ANGELA TAYLOR

Angela Taylor graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee followed by a year of Post Graduate studies. She has received a number of awards and travelling scholarships and was a Royal Society of Arts, London, Major Prizewinner.

Angela’s work is held in several private and public collections including The Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Dundee Leisure Centre, The Scotch Whisky Association, Brechin Cathedral and St. John’s Kirk, Perth. She was also commissioned to produce a series of soft sculptures in collaboration with Ian Hamilton Finlay.

She was elected a Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists in 2019.

Angela has exhibited widely in the UK, Ireland and France and also exhibits in the SSA, RSA and other Scottish venues. Her work was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2019. 

She works from her studio in Newport on Tay and from the Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts.

Selected Exhibitions:

2021       Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
SSA Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
Tides Changing/Changing Tides SSA Online Exhibition
2020 RSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
          Birches, Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh
 2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
          Winter Exhibition, Meffan Gallery, Forfar
     Parallels, Meffan Gallery, Forfar
 2018  RSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
          Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh
          Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld
 2017 RSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
          EDS Gallery, Edinburgh Festival Exhibition
          Frames Gallery, Perth
          Meffan Gallery, Forfar
 2016 SSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
          Print Gallery, DCA, Dundee
          PrintRoom Dundee, University of Dundee
          Meffan Gallery, Forfar
 2015 Print Gallery, DCA, Dundee
          Meffan Gallery, Forfar
 2014 SSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
          Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld
 2013 SSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
 2009 Edge, Textile Artists Scotland, York
 2008 Visual Arts Scotland,  Edinburgh
 2007 Queen’s Gallery Dundee
 2004 Edge, Textile Artists Scotland, Edinburgh
 2003 Edge, Textile Artists Scotland, London, Dublin, Harrogate
 2002 Art T.M Inverness, Paisley Art Gallery
 2000 The McManus, Dundee
          City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
          Frames Gallery, Perth
 1999 S.S.A. Edinburgh
          Angus Open exhibition
 1998 Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven
 1997 Crawford Centre, University of St. Andrews
          British Council Gallery, Edinburgh
 1996 Angus Open Exhibition
 1995 Commonwealth Institute, London
          Whitworth Gallery, Manchester 
 1994 In Our Own Time, The McManus, Dundee
          Cancer Research Exhibition, Dundee
          S.A.A.C., R.S.A. Galleries, Edinburgh
 1993 Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
 1992 State of the Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
 1991 Dundee in the Making, The McManus, Dundee
 1990 Hampton Court Palace, London
 Â          Commonwealth Institute, London
 1988 Three Strands, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow
 1985 The Orangery, Holland Park, London
 1983 Scottish College of Textiles, Galashiels
 1982 Embryo, Dundee Textile Artists, Edinburgh
 1981 Embryo, Dundee Textile Artists, Dundee
 1975 Society of Scottish Artists, Edinburgh
 1974 Fair Maid`s House, Perth
          Compass Gallery, Glasgow
 1972 Crafts in Tayside, Perth
 1971 Scottish Craftswomen, Nice, France
          Scottish Crafts Centre, Edinburgh 
          Artist Craftsmen in Architecture, Edinburgh

 

Commissions and Collections:

 National Museums of Scotland
 Ian Hamilton Finlay 
 Scotch Whisky Association
 Dundee Leisure Centre
 Brechin Cathedral
 Perth Crematorium
 St John`s Kirk, Perth

 Private Collections in the UK and Europe




Angela Taylor can be contacted at:

angela-j-taylor@hotmail.co.uk

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

© Angela Taylor 2021