Austyn Taylor

In my youth, visiting a museum felt magical, like time travel. The artifacts from around the world were somehow so similar but so unique across great distances. I think a lot about our collective ancestors. What would an ancient animist sculptor make if they were alive today? Currently, I build my sculptures using hand building techniques and complete using the vivid colors available in the contemporary world.

Trained as an illustrator, Taylor began sculpting after a serendipitous encounter with a stockpile of clay while teaching at a charter school in Colorado. This led her back to New York to pursue an MFA in Ceramics at Alfred University.  What followed was an eight year journey as a resident artist across the USA, China, Denmark, Mexico, and Lebanon.

Working within different cultural contexts, studio environments and resources led to her current practice- exploring the universality of animal forms and our shared intelligence. Taylor’s work is shown internationally and collected in over 25 countries.

She currently works from her studio in Sonoma, California.