Leslie  Taylor

Born: March 13, 1962

Detail of "Ballast 3" Digital photograph 30”h x 40”w Date:2008,  Colour photograph of the inside bottom of a small fishing boat. « previous image next image »

Website: www.leslietaylorphotography.com (under construction)

Occupation: Artist , Company Director

Art Education:

School: John Abbott College - Montreal, Canada College/University: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California

Professional Associations:

Barbados Photographic Society

Statement

Artist Photographer Leslie Taylor lives and works in Barbados. She studied Commerce at John Abbot College, Montreal Canada and Photography with Academy of Art College, San Francisco, USA. She has exhibited in 2 solo, 1 duo and 26 group exhibitions in Barbados, United States and Guyana. Awarded the Governor General’s Award of Excellence in Photography at NIFCA (Barbados) in 2005. Her work is also featured on the covers of two book publications. A variety of her works reside with private collections in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Barbados and Trinidad. In her more recent works, Taylor explores intimate portraits of found objects, concentrating on the finer details - the minutiae. By bringing the viewer closer in, she challenges the mind to explore. Images bold with colour and details ..or in the opposing extreme, almost completely devoid – floating within shades of white.

Keyworks:

Blue 2, 2009, photograph   Blue 3, 2005, photograph   Copper Coconut, 2010, photograph   The Hook, 2009, photograph   Roots & Thorns, 2005, photograph   Up On Drums, I, 2005, photograph   Palm Frond I, 2005, photograph   Blue 1, 2007, photograph   Green Twist, 2008, photograph   Cereus, 2005, photograph

Exhibitions (Group):

2010, ‘Tribute to Kamau’ + ‘Art & Agriculture’ - Queen’s Park Gallery, Barbados   2010, ‘Constants & Waves’ - Aweipo Gallery, Barbados   2009, ‘Art Beyond the Sea’ + ‘100th Anniversary of Queen’s Park’ + ‘Home Drums Beat First’ - Queen’s Park Gallery, Barbados   2009, ‘Collage – Impressions of an Island’ - Aweipo Gallery, Barbados   2008, ‘Carifesta X’, Guyana

Exhibitions (Solo):

2007, Holders House - Barbados   2005, Central Bank Grande Salle - Barbados

Publications (Discussed):

Calendar - Taste ‘Taste for Life’ – Calendar (published by WIBISCO, Barbados) Date: 2003   ‘From This Bridge I See’ – Cover Photo (published by Foundation Publishing, Barbados) Date: 2004   ‘The Hole & Other Barbadian Poems and Short Stories’ – Cover Photo (published by Foundation Publishing, Barbados) Date: 2005   Art For Export (published by: NAGC) Date: 2007   A Conversation Between – Home Drums Beat First & De Bottom Bound to Drop Out (published by: NAGC) Date: 2009

Commissions (Private):

Ocean Reef Suites, Barbados – various works for each of the Suites rooms.

Collections (Private):

Dr. Clyde Cave, Trevor Dash & Philippe Coudon, Chris McHale, Goldie Spieler - Barbados   Hal Eisen & Andrew Bottecchia, Kerry Harris - Canada   Derek Maingot, Daryl Pigat, Brendan Woodley - USA   Mara Di Venanzio - Italy

Awards:

Governor General’s Award of Excellence in Photography/National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA)-Barbados Date: 2005