Fraser Taylor

body, land and history

selected works

Fraser is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose studio practice is rooted in drawing. Images occupy a space between figuration and abstraction and two and three dimensions. Ideas are motivated by material investigations and conceptually explore issues of the body, land, and spatial representations of personal history, loss and recovery. He works across a range of singular or collaborative projects including large-scale sculptural installations, set design, print media, film and painting.

As an educator he has lectured at leading fine art and design institutions, and from 2001 until 2017 he was the Visiting Artist and Adjunct Full Professor in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He returned to Scotland in 2017.

He co-founded The Cloth, an highly influential 80’s creative studio focused on contemporary textile design and production. The Cloth worked with clients such as Calvin Klein and Yves St Lauren.

Since 1983 Fraser Taylor has exhibited extensively in the UK, Europe, Asia and US. Recent Projects include: Bodies of Work, Studio Pavilion, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow; Shadowed Valley, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland Arts, Shetland; Orchid/Dirge, Threewalls, Chicago; Interface, in collaboration with Rashaun Mitchell, Baryshnikov Art Center, New York.