Katherine 'KT' Taylor
Taylor working at Alfa Arte
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Midland, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Artist, sculptor

Katherine 'KT' Taylor (born 1974, Midland, Texas) is an American artist living and working between Houston, Texas; Keene, New York; and Eibar, Spain. Spain. KT focuses mainly on cast metal sculptures in bronze and stainless steel. KT works with Alfa Arte,[1] a fine art foundry located in Northern Spain. She started working with Alfa[2] almost twenty years ago when she met her husband who is also from the Basque Country. Her work is represented by the Skoto Gallery[3] in New York City . Sculptures and drawings from her latest exhibition can be seen here: https://skotogallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/30/#39;s

Taylor's recent commissions can be found at the Museum of the Southwest, University of Texas Permian Basin, Sawtooth National Recrational Area [4] and Easton Park, Austin, TX.

Early life and education

Taylor was born in Midland, a city in western Texas, in October 1974. Taylor attended the St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH from which she graduated in 1993.[5] She then attended Dartmouth College (BA1997) and received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Melbourne in 2005.

Exhibitions

Elefantito stainless steel shown at Skoto Gallery 2018

Taylor began exhibiting in the late 1990s and has since taken part in over 40 individual and group exhibitions in Europe, North America and Australia.

Solo exhibitions

YearShow
2023Skoto Gallery (New York)[6]
2019Skoto Gallery (New York)
2016Skoto Gallery] (New York)
2014Skoto Gallery[7] (New York)
2013National Arts Club[8] (New York)
2010New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
2004Maurice Stenberg Galleries, Chicago
2004Red Gallery Melbourne, Australia

Group exhibitions

YearShow
2015Art Center at Hargate, St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)
2015Skoto Gallery (New York)
2012Hood Museum (New Hampshire)
2012Skoto Gallery (New York)
2007Alfa Arte Prize, Eibar (Spain)
2005Cobalt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Awards

Katherine has received multiple grants and scholarship from different foundations and schools

YearAward
2019Fuera de Serie award to the best Furniture design, Barcelona, Spain[9]
2018The Arctic Circle Summer Expedition
2006Karravaz Foundation, Spain
2003Melbourne University, Australia
2002Reynolds Scholarship, Dartmouth College
2001Ceramic Sculpture Award, University of Texas

References

  1. ↑ https://alfaarte.com/portfolio/katherine-taylor-17/
  2. ↑ https://alfaarte.com/portfolio/katherine-taylor-17/
  3. ↑ https://skotogallery.com/artist/katherine-taylor/
  4. ↑ https://svmoa.org/events/lectures-talks/2022-08-10/artist-talk-sculptor-katherine-taylor
  5. ↑ https://www.spshorae.com/fall-2018/2018/11/12/sps-today-pelican-fly-together
  6. ↑ https://skotogallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/30/#39;s
  7. ↑ "New Criterion Magazine Show review".
  8. ↑ "Wall Street Journal Show review".(subscription required)
  9. ↑ "Premios Fuera de Serie Diseño e Innovación 2019 review".
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