Details
| First Name | Rhona |
| Last Name | Taylor |
| Username | rhonataylor |
| Website | |
| Region | Edinburgh & The Lothians |
| Disciplines | Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Installation |
| Themes | Abstract, Landscape, Architecture, Geometric, Site-specific, Identity |
Statement
| Statement | My practice includes installations, painting, printmaking and sculpture. I make work in response to particular places, and it is important for me to research, understand and connect to the history and evolution of any place I am making work about. I’m especially interested in the coast and places with a strong maritime heritage, and how that heritage highlights links and relationships with other places.
Before I fully realise any work, I undertake research – reading and using materials including maps and photographs, and making drawings – before developing these into compositions. The materials I use in my paintings – aluminium, wood, paper, plywood and acrylic sheets – are always an important and relevant part of the work.
I often make site-specific work, in the form of installations and outdoor or larger wall-based paintings. This work always connects strongly to the site where it is located, and responds to and engages with its environment. I have made work in locations including a former prison cell, a First World War boat shed, an ammunitions store on a former military airbase, a public loo and a derelict fishing factory. For all of these the work responded directly to the location. The viewer’s own experience of the work is also an important consideration for my installations.
My work is visually abstract, but there is always a tangible starting point from which I begin any composition, whether a small painting or a large-scale public installation. That starting point may be a map, a journey, a building, a story or a piece of data. |
Biography
| Biography | Education 2013 BA (Hons.) Painting, Edinburgh College of Art
Solo Exhibitions 2021 Solo Show, The Briggait, Glasgow (Sept 2021) 2019 Waypoints, Machrihanish Airbase, Argyll (part of the Architecture Fringe) 2018 Perimeters, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh 2017 Sea Marks, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh 2014 New Work, Fine Art Library, Edinburgh 2014 Typology, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, Aberdeen 2013 Shed 8, Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry
Public Artwork 2020 Gatherings, Joppa, Edinburgh (commissioned by Artwalk Porty) 2019 Eponymous, Portobello, Edinburgh (commissioned by Artwalk Porty)
Selected Group Exhibitions 2021 RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy (online exhibition) 2021 Adjust/Adapt, City Art Centre, Edinburgh (online exhibition) 2020 Reduct: Abstraction and Geometry in Scottish Art, Royal Scottish Academy 2020 Utopia – What’s Yours, Kirkcudbright Galleries and Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries 2019 The Fragile Ocean, St John on Bethnal Green, London 2019 Artists in the Field, Royal Geographical Society, London 2019 The Factory, Djúpavík, Iceland 2019 Hidden Door Festival, Leith 2019 Utopias, Upper Church Summerhall (part of Syn Festival Edinburgh) 2018 Socius18, DOK Artist Space, Leith 2018 Current, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay 2018 Nes Alumni Exhibition, Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland 2018 Odysseys, Upper Church Summerhall (part of Syn Festival Edinburgh) 2018 Limited Edition, Edinburgh Printmakers 2017 Visual Artist Unit Members’ Show, Crownpoint Gallery, Glasgow 2017 Macmillan Art Show, Bonhams, Edinburgh 2016 Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London 2016 Confined Spaces, Old Prison, Campbeltown 2015 Society of Scottish Artists Annual Show, Royal Scottish Academy 2015 Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh 2014 Society of Scottish Artists Annual Show, Royal Scottish Academy 2013 Afterword, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2012 TransAtlantic, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and ECA
Production / Curation 2016 Confined Spaces, Old Prison, Campbeltown, Argyll
Residencies 2022 SÍM, Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik (funded by VACMA Scotland) 2019 Wild Islands Sailing Residency, Sail Britain 2017 Nes Artist’s Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland 2017 Cove Park, Argyll (subsidised, self-funded winter residency) 2015 Lacawac Field Station, Pennsylvania, USA 2014 Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry, Edinburgh 2013 MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
Workshops / Teaching 2020 Society of Scottish Artists, Professional Development Programme 2017 FNV College of Northwest Iceland 2016 Argyll and Bute Council / Campbeltown Museum
Permanent collections School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, Edinburgh Several private collections
Publications Iceview Journal of Art and Literature, Iceland, Vol 2 (2017)
Memberships Vice-President, Society of Scottish Artists Member, Visual Arts Scotland Member, Scottish Society for Art History Member, Scottish Contemporary Art Network Fellow, Royal Society of Arts |