BIOGRAPHY

Kathy Taylor was born in Southern California and currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Kathy has been painting for the past 25 years and exhibits in numerous galleries throughout the Southwest and the San Francisco Bay Area. Taylor is also the Art Director for MTAP, a collaborative art project that combines creative expression with family ritual

Visit her other online gallery is at www.kathytaylorart.com

ARTIST STATEMENT

Creating is my meditation. It is this act that allows me to stay in the present moment. I paint to "see" the truth and through the process I am able to find the answers I seek on my journey to self-realization. Using the media of paint, collage, pencil and wax, as the vehicle for expression, the creative process becomes a form of alchemy, discovery and adventure. The basis for each painting is the on-going search for spiritual truth in a sometimes harsh and chaotic world. By eliminating the unnecessary, what is not seen is just as important as what is seen. The images and symbols that remain evoke feelings that are ancient in origin but familiar to the soul.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

2001-present: Bogena Galerie, Saint-Paul, France
                       SALT Gallery, Kingshill, Virgin Islands
                       Deloney Newkirk, Santa Fe, NM
                       Coda Gallery, Park City, UT
                       Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
                       DeanWarren, Scottsdale, AZ
                       Fanin Interiors, Phoenix, AZ
                       Objects, Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ
1997-2001: Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1994-1997: Art One, Scottsdale, AZ

SOLO-TWO PERSON SHOWS

2004 "Finding Imbas", Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, AZ<
2003 "Art as Healer", Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Art One, Scottsdale, AZ
1999 Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 Art One, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 Art One, Scottsdale, AZ
1995 Art One, Scottsdale, AZ
1994 Art One, Scottsdale, AZ

GROUP SHOWS AND AWARDS

2000 Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1995 Arizona Watercolor Association, Sedona, AZ Merchant Award
1994 Arizona Watercolor Association, Scottsdale, AZ President's Choice Award
1994 San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibit, San Diego, CA
1993 Arizona Watercolor Association, AZ State University, Tempe, AZ
1993 Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Boulder, CO
1992 Arizona Watercolor Association, Glendale, AZ Award of Merit
1987 Arizona Watercolor Association, Scottsdale, AZ Best Experimental

IMAGE PUBLISHED

2003 Phoenix Home and Garden
2001 Java Magazine
2000 Arizona Republic
1999 Epic Magazine
1998 Phoenix Home and Garden
1996 Java Magazine
1995 The Ashes Art Review

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

AT&T, Phoenix, AZ
Bedford Auto Body, Mountain View, CA
The Campeau Corporation, Boston, MA
Juhl Marketing Inc, Scottsdale, AZ
Stroebe, Zine & Associates, Portland, OR