Taylor Davis (sculptor)

Taylor Davis
Born 1959
Residence Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Fields Sculpture
Institutions Bard College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Alma mater Bard College, Tufts University

Taylor Davis (born 1959) is an American sculptor, known for her innovative wood sculptures.[1] Davis has been a Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 1999,[2] and is also the co-chair of the sculpture program at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. In fall 2008, she was a visiting faculty at Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. She earned a Diploma of Fine Arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts; a Bachelor of Science degree in Education at Tufts University; and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. Her work has been widely shown across the United States[3] and Davis was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2004.[4] Davis is represented by DODGEgallery, NY.

Grants and awards

Taylor Davis has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a prestigious residential fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University from 2010–2011.[5] She also won the Association of International Art Critics Award in 2007 and 2002; the St Botolph Foundation Grant in 2003, the Institute of Contemporary Art Artist Prize in 2001, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant in 1999.

References

  1. ↑ Boston Phoenix Review: http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/arts/art/documents/01967127.htm
  2. ↑ MassArt homepage: http://www.massart.edu/taylor_davis.html
  3. ↑ List of exhibitions: http://hortongallery.com/artist/taylordavis/cv
  4. ↑ Washington Post article: http://www.rufuscorporation.com/wapost.jpg
  5. ↑ Radcliffe IAS profile: http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/fellows_2011tdavis.aspx


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