Katie Taylor
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Katie Taylor is a contemporary sculptural installation artist located in Oxford, UK. Holding a first-class degree in Textiles, she is presently pursuing a Ph.D. at Oxford Brookes University. Her artistic focus revolves around the exploration of our place in the world, the fragility of life, the inevitability of death, and the precariousness of our existence. Often, she draws upon history and historical research as foundational elements in her work. A persistent theme in her art is forensic anthropology and its role in determining identity, a topic integral to her current Ph.D. research.
Katie employs a diverse range of media to craft contemporary sculptural installations that delve into the intersection of materiality and memory. Her creations contemplate how we are commemorated posthumously through our possessions, delving into the conceptual and emotional depth of objects to explore the enduring aspects of remembrance beyond death.
Education
PhD Fine Art - Oxford Brookes University (current on hold)
MFA in Fine Arts - Oxford Brookes University
Post Graduate Certificate Textiles - University for the Creative Arts
BA (hons) Textiles 1st Class - University for the Creative Arts
Exhibitions
Dividing Lines Connecting Spaces – The Northwall, Oxford – April 2025
‘Discomfort’ - art-sauce members exhibition Common Ground Oxford – May 2024
Afterlives SDA's Spring 2023 Selections Online Exhibition - May 2023
Unseen workers: the essential roles of microbes Oxford Town Hall May 2023
Dying alone and its afterlives in Contact-less socialites conference exhibition and talk. The Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin Germany April 2023
Exhibition and talk - Oxford Human Rights Festival, Oxford Brookes University March 2023
1st International Contemporary Material Art Biennale, Haitian Sky Art Center, Qingdao, China. December 2022
Galerie Zône, Leiden Netherlands May 2021
Vanishing at This Gallery online December 2020
25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide - Remembering Srebrenica exhibition July 2020
YMCA North Stafford as part of Srebrenica Memorial Week 2020 July 2020
Nou Wave I The Old Biscuit Factory, London November 2019
Conflict and Identity Conference, Lincoln College Oxford, October 2019
Body of Work MFA show Brookes University, Oxford, June 2019
'a Meeting' Independent open studio exhibition and conversation, Oxford, June 2019
'Chromantics' Cornerstone Gallery, Didcot April 2019
The Socio-Parasitology Manifesto The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts London January 2019
DreaMFActory 18 Glass Tank, Oxford Brookes University December 2018 - January 2019
‘Our Place’ Arts at the Old Fire Station, Oxford November – December 2018
Srebrenica Memorial service at The Guildhall London July 2018
8372 Cards - Oxford Town Hall. Funded with help from Oxford City Council 8th - 16th July 2018
‘Lie Down’ Exhibited at City of Oxford College May 2018
disPLACED P21 Gallery, London 20th January - 10th February 2018
19th International textile exhibition SVÚ, Dostojevského rad 2, SK – 811 09 Bratislava, Slovakia May 31st – 25th June 2017
Latent The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London 13 – 14 January 2017
Through An Artist’s Eye All Saints Church, Esher Kent 8 October – 29 October 2016
Dis-locate Exhibition with Magdalen Road Artist Studios Old VW Showroom, Iffley Road, Oxford 27 May – 5 June 2016
17th International textile exhibition SVU Manes Diamond, Spalena 4, Prague Czech Republic 1-24 July 2015
17th International textile exhibition SVÚ, Dostojevského rad 2, SK – 811 09 Bratislava, Slovakia June 2015
Oxford Spotlight Oxfords light festival Organised by OVADA held in Oxford Town Hall November 2013
Research Trips
Return Trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina – Collaborative project with Ephemeral Ensemble funding from Warwick University
Funded trip to Rwanda in August 2022 to meet survivors or the Rwandan Genocide including street children.
Partially funded trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina with Remembering Srebrenica visiting survivors as well as Potočari, Sarajevo and Tusla.
Curatorial
Unprecedented an exhibition of work exploring resilience during the Covid Pandemic OVADA Gallery May 2021
Projects
Lead artist ‘Our Place’ - Crisis and The Old Fire Station, Oxford. November 2018
Lead Artist - Processions 2018 Banner Workshop OVADA April 2018
Commissions
Inert - commissioned work for collaborative project ‘Through an artist’s eye‘ funded by Arts Council England, October 2016
Residencies
Cel Del Nord - Virtual Residency during the Coronavirus Pandemic March 2020
Publications
Artists responding to… magazine that explores contemporary art, culture and activism. - July 2023
1st International Contemporary Material Art Biennale catalogue ISBN: 978-7-112-28213-5
Textiles and the Acknowledgement of Unidentified Dead - Textile: Cloth and Culture February 2022
Work selected for Covid magazine December 2020
Cover artwork of Idles Divide and Conquer 7” single November 2017
Awards
The Association of Death and Society 2021 Public Education Award Remembering Srebrenica Community Champion
Conferences / Talks
Death Design, Culture Conference - Falmouth University 2024
International Contemporary Material Art Symposium - China 2023
The Max Planck Institute for Human Development - Berlin Germany April 2023
Oxford Human Rights Festival - Oxford Brookes University March 2023
Friends of The Pitt Rivers Museum - Oxford October 2022
Death and Culture IV - York St John’s University - September 2022
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - School of Fashion and Textiles - March 2021
Bradford University Archaeology and Forensic Science Department Guest Lecture Series - March 2021
The Association of Death and Society Seminar Series - Using Art Practice to explore the acknowledgement of unidentified dead - February 2021
Lincoln College, Oxford Conflict, and Identity Conference October 2019
York University – Symposium - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Corpse Work June 2019
CARU | Arts re Search Conference 10th December 2017
Associate Lecturer
Oxford Brookes University – BA Fine Art
Imperial College London – BA Medical Bioscience 3rd year
Helping Artists Keep Going
Axis is an artist-led charity supporting contemporary visual artists with resources, connection, and visibility.