Natalie Taylor
Scotland
email nataliej_taylor@yahoo.co.uk

Natalie Taylor is a sculptor who incorporates living plant organisms into mechanical structures. Often the works are kinetic, powered by the plants themselves. Sometimes purpose-built greenhouse structures house the slowly evolving pieces. She has exhibited widely across Europe and has recently completed two public art works in Finland and Scotland. She lives in Edinburgh and teaches at Edinburgh College of Art.

Solo exhibitions
July ’00 Made in Scotland, Kunstraum Zehn, Hanover, Germany

Group exhibitions
Sept –Oct ’02 New Contemporary World Order, Brixton Art Gallery, London
July -Oct '02 Biennale Européenne d'Art Contemporain, Nimes (France) Edinburgh (Scotland), Oporto (Portugal). Touring group exhibition
April ’02 Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Johnson Atelier, New Jersey, USA
Sept ’01 Art and Cultural Heritage 2001, Nordisk Kunstnarsenter, Dale, Norway
April- June ’01 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition 2001, C. A. C., Edinburgh
July ’00 Between The Waters, River Leine, Hanover, Germany
Jan ’00 Ur Da Ibai, Centro Cultural, Gernika, Spain
July –Sept ’99 Wider View 1999; Cultivar, Wysing Arts, Cambridgeshire
Aug ’99 Art in the Park, Milton Park, Cambridge, England
March ’99 Feedback, Villa Waldberta, Munich, Germany. Two person exhibition
Sept ’98 Keramike, Paredes de Coura, Portugal. European artists
June ’98 Plant, Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire, England

Residencies
Oct- Dec ’02 Nordisk Kunstnarsenter, Dale, Norway
April - Aug ’99 Residency and commission at Wysing Arts, Cambridgeshire
March ’99 Residency, Villa Waldberta, Munich, Germany

Awards
March '03 Scottish Arts Council, grants to artists
April ’01 N. S. Macfarlane Charitable Trust Award, R.S.A.
Dec ‘00 Arts Trust of Scotland Artists’ Awards
Jun ’00 Edinburgh City Council Arts and Crafts Awards
May ’00 British Council ‘Grants to Artists’ Award
Sept ’99 Scottish Arts Council Small Assistance Grant
Nov ’99 The George Wyllie Prize
June ’98 The Hope Scott Trust Fund

Commissions
June '03 Pirkkala Sculpture, Tampere, Finland.
Public art commissioned for sculpture park
Sept ’01- June ‘02 The Royal Edinburgh Hospital, permanent outdoor sculpture
April- Aug ’02 Wysing Arts, Cambridgeshire. Art/Science collaborative commission

Press and Publications
Autumn Musicworks Magazine. Canadian contemporary music journal
July '02 Biennale Europeenne d'art Contemporain, Nimes, colour
Aug ’00-ongoing AnWeb; Artists’ Stories, Cultivar. Intro.by D. Butler www.anweb.co.uk
Mar ’00 Strange and Charmed (Science and the Contemporary Visual Arts) Ed. Siân Ede. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Pps 60, 174.
Mar ’00 Ur Da Ibai, Colour catalogue from symposium, Spain
Mar ’00 AN Magazine, ESPACE. Creating a cross-cultural network
Sept ’99 AN Magazine, full page review of ‘Cultivar’ with images
July ’99 Wider View catalogue including ‘Cultivar’ and ‘Inheritance Hotel’
March ’99 Starnberger Mercur. German newspaper. Interview re. residency

Teaching Posts
Oct ’01-ongoing Part time lecturer in Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art
Oct '01-'02 Part time tutor for Centre of Continuing Studies, E.C.A.