RHONA TAYLOR
Bio
Born in London in 1975. Lives in Edinburgh with a studio at Wasps, West Park Place
Vice-President of the Society of Scottish Artists
Education
2013 Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons.) Painting
1998 University of Liverpool, BA (Hons.) German with Dutch (exchange semesters at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
Public Artwork
2020 Gatherings, Artwalk Porty, Edinburgh
2019 Eponymous, Artwalk Porty, Edinburgh
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Waypoints, Machrihanish Airbase, Argyll (part of the Architecture Fringe)
2018 Perimeters, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh
2017 Sea Marks, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
2014 New Work, Fine Art Library, Edinburgh
2014 Typology, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
2013 Shed 8, Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry
2012 Solo show, Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Reduct, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2020 Utopia, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, and Kirkcudbright Galleries
2019 The Fragile Ocean, St John on Bethnal Green, London
2019 Artists in the Field, Royal Geographical Society, London
2019 The Factory, Djúpavík, Iceland
2019 Hidden Door Festival, Leith Theatre
2019 Utopia, Upper Church Summerhall, Edinburgh (Syn Festival, invited artist)
2019 Gone Fishing, DOK Artist Space, Leith
2018 20/20, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 Scottish Furniture Makers' Association's Annual Show, Custom Lane, Edinburgh (accompanying artist)
2018 Socius18, DOK Artist Space, Leith
2018 Current, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay (Visual Arts Scotland Members' Show)
2018 Nes Alumni Exhibition, Akureyri Summer Arts Festival, Iceland
2018 Macmillan Art Show, Bonhams, Edinburgh (invited artist)
2018 Odysseys, Summerhall (Syn Festival Edinburgh; invited artist)
2018 Limited Edition, Edinburgh Printmakers
2017 Visual Artist Unit Members' Show, Crownpoint Gallery, Glasgow
2017 Macmillan Art Show, Bonhams, Edinburgh (invited artist)
2017 Leith Lates, Out of the Blue Leith Walk, Edinburgh
2017 Opið Hús, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2016 Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Show, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Macmillan Art Show, Bonhams, Edinburgh
2016 Confined Spaces, Old Gaol and Police Station, Campbeltown
2016 Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
2015 Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2015 Wayward Currents, Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
2014 Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2014 Variation,Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry
2014 Salonely, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 Afterword: Contemporary Responses to Peploe, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
2013 Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art
2013 Encounters, InSpace, Edinburgh
2013 Defcon Salon 1, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2012 res ipsa loquitur, Edinburgh College of Art
2012 TransAtlantic, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, and Edinburgh College of Art
Collections
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh
School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Residencies
2021 SÍM (The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists) – funded by Creative Scotland through VACMA
2019 Sail Britain Wild Islands Residency
2017 Nes artists residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2017 Cove Park (subsidised, self-funded winter residency)
2015 Lacawac field station, Pennsylvania
2013/14 Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry
2013 MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
Workshops
2017 FNV College of North West Iceland
2016 Argyll & Bute Council
Memberships
Vice-President, Society of Scottish Artists
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Member, Scottish Contemporary Art Network
Member, Visual Arts Scotland
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