Kāryn Taylor

Taylor’s practice is informed by geometric abstraction, a concept that has long been used to explore complex philosophical notions that transcend the physical realm. Spirituality, light, time and perception can all be experienced but cannot be physically grasped nor easily explained. [1] For Taylor, geometric abstraction is a conduit: allowing...

Room of Reality Kāryn Taylor’s Room of Reality reminds me of what Duchamp once said about the fourth dimension. The idea of ‘dimensions’ first came about in the 1750s but it wasn’t until the 1880s that the notion of an ‘unseen’ distance could form a 4D cube known as a...

It is like an underlying field of undivided wholeness which can be unfolded into an abstraction of forms in time and space, and again be enfolded back into the whole – a continuous dance between wave and particle, material and immaterial. Kāryn Taylor likens geometry to a language that has...

In 'Shape of a Circle' Kāryn Taylor continues to explore ideas around geometry. She is interested in the notion that it can hold an influencing resonance along with it’s ability to describe the intrinsic order of the universe. Taylor takes the square and the circle as her building blocks for...

In this new body of work, ‘Elements of Euclid', Taylor is pushing colour more than ever before as she explores wave-particle duality, the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or quantic entity may be partly described in terms not only of particles, but also of waves. The differing wavelengths...

Her time-based projections access the mysteries of vitalism, making the viewer not just an observer but an active participator in the manifestation of the work. Responding to the specific gallery environment, Taylor positions visual elements carefully within the constructed space – but the vitality of the installation expands beyond site-specificity....

We are very pleased to announce that Kāryn Taylor has been invited to exhibit at Venice in the G.A.A. Personal Structures exhibition, which is running concurrently with the Biennale. To support Karyn and her travel to Venice for the exhibition in May 2017, we are very excited to release two...

Line to Plane is an exhibition showcasing new works from artist Kāryn Taylor. In this new body of work Kāryn is further investigating geometric space, notions of defined reality and the desire for logical outcomes. Taylor’s works seem to be made with some form of magic – a glowing line...

Taylor claims to be a Formalist, which would suggest that the aesthetic of her practice takes precedent. To this end, Taylor navigates the precision of her material constructs with an accuracy attesting to her skills as a practitioner. Every material detail is intricately managed. The proportions of her work and...

Karyn Taylor is interested in the space between the potential and the actual, the transitional state between energy and matter. Her starting point is the idea of quantum superposition, a state in which all potentials of a physical system exist simultaneously before ultimately collapsing into a single variant. Education: Masters...