Jo Taylor
About Artist
In Jo Taylor’s ceramics there is a grand gesture reminiscent of a Rococo ornament and architectural plasterwork. The light models each of her pieces, with dramatic deep shadows drawing rhythms and curves. She works from potters wheel to composing looping constructions in porcelain and stoneware.
In her sculptures and vessels the making process influences the outcome; the connection with the raw material is intrinsic to the shapes & marks made. Clay pieces are made & marked with tools as the potter’s wheel rotates until a collection of loops & curls of varying sizes is amassed.
Selected Artworks
Jo Taylor
After Consort
Date: 2020
Medium: Coloured porcelain
Size: 41 x 20.00 x 19.00 cms (16.14 x 7.87 x 7.48 ins)
New vessels inspired by the form of Sevre porcelain from the C18th. Thown vessel. The surface is embellished with hand formed flourishes in matt, coloured porcelain and fluid brushes of slip that are strike impolite conversations with the material, challenging them into a new articulations.
£2,500.00
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Jo Taylor
After Girl
Date: 2020
Medium: Coloured porcelain
Size: 37 x 20 x 15 cms (14.57 x 7.87 x 5.91 ins)
New vessels inspired by the form of Sevre porcelain from the C18th. Thown vessel. The surface is embellished with hand formed flourishes in matt, coloured porcelain and fluid brushes of slip that are strike impolite conversations with the material, challenging them into a new articulations.
£2,500.00
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Jo Taylor
After Queen
Date: 2020
Medium: Coloured porcelain
Size: 36.00 x 22.00 x 15.00 cms (14.17 x 8.66 x 5.91 ins
New vessels inspired by the form of Sevre porcelain from the C18th.
£2,500.00
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Jo Taylor
Blue Boy
Date: 2022
Medium: Coloured porcelain
Size: 43 x 25 x 21 cms (16.93 x 9.84 x 8.27 ins)
New vessels inspired by the form of Sevre porcelain from the C18th. Thown vessel. The surface is embellished with hand formed flourishes in matt, coloured porcelain and fluid brushes of slip that are strike impolite conversations with the material, challenging them into a new articulations.
Jo Taylor
Chinese Cloud 1
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 29.5 x 30 x 6 cms (11.61 x 11.81 x 2.36 ins)
£695.00
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Jo Taylor
Chinese Cloud 2
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 22 x 33 x 5 cms (8.66 x 12.99 x 1.97 ins)
£695.00
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Jo Taylor
Chinese Cloud 3
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 16 x 24 x 6 cms (6.30 x 9.45 x 2.36 ins)
£550.00
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Jo Taylor
Chinese Cloud 4
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 22 x 31 x 4 cms (8.66 x 12.20 x 1.57 ins)
£550.00
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Jo Taylor
Chinese Cloud 5
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 23 x 23 x 5 cms (9.06 x 9.06 x 1.97 ins)
£695.00
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Jo Taylor
Chinese Cloud 6
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 22 x 30 x 6 cms (8.66 x 11.81 x 2.36 ins)
£695.00
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Jo Taylor
Chinese Cloud 7
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 18 x 24 x 7 cms (7.09 x 9.45 x 2.76 ins)
£550.00
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Jo Taylor
Fleurette 2
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 33 x 11 x 4 cms (12.99 x 4.33 x 1.57 ins)
£695.00
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Jo Taylor
Fleurette 3
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 24 x 15 x 4.00 cms (9.45 x 5.91 x 1.57 ins)
£695.00
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Jo Taylor
Fleurette 4
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 21 x 11 x 4.00 cms (8.27 x 4.33 x 1.57 ins)
£550.00
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Jo Taylor
Fleurette 5
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 21 x 11 x 4.00 cms (8.27 x 4.33 x 1.57 ins)
£550.00
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Jo Taylor
Fleurette 6
Date: 2021
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 24.00 x 15.00 x 4.00 cms (9.45 x 5.91 x 1.57 ins)
£695.00
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Jo Taylor
Happenstance
Date: 2021
Medium: stoneware with coloured porcelain
Size: 46 x 32 x 25 cms (18.11 x 12.60 x 9.84 ins)
New vessels inspired by the form of Sevre porcelain from the C18th.
£3,250.00
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Jo Taylor
Jardiniere 2
Date: 2022
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 18.5 x 14 x 14 cms (7.28 x 5.51 x 5.51 ins)
£550.00
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Jo Taylor
Lichenesque
Date: 2021
Medium: stoneware with coloured porcelain
Size: 50 x 22 x 17 cms (19.68 x 8.66 x 6.69 ins)
Jo Taylor, ‘After Girl’ and new vessels from this series of porcelain appropriate the form of Sevre porcelain from the 18th Century. Each is a contemporary reinterpretation of this elegant high-shouldered, voluptuous shape. The surface is embellished with hand formed flourishes in matt, coloured porcelain and fluid brushes of slip that are strike impolite conversations with the material, challenging them into a new articulations.
£2,900.00
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Jo Taylor
After Duchess
Date: 2021
Medium: stoneware with coloured porcelain
Size: 31.50 x 21.50 x 16.00 cms (12.40 x 8.46 x 6.30 ins
New vessels inspired by the form of Sevre porcelain from the C18th.
£SOLD
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Jo Taylor
Jardiniere I
Date: 2022
Medium: Porcelain
Size: 18.5 x 14 x 14 cms (7.28 x 5.51 x 5.51 ins)
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News
Jo Taylor will be exhibiting her ceramic vessels at the London Art Fair 2022 with Rabley Gallery. In addition to this, she has recently authored a comprehensive book entitled: ‘Handbuilt Ceramics’, written for Crowood Press and published October 2021.
Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Reliquary, Culture Object, New York 8th December – 25th February
Artist at Work! Chippenham Museum 4th December – 3rd January
Crafting a Difference, Argentine Ambassadors Official Residence with Vessel Gallery 4th – 10th Oct
Antitaupe Gallery, Bruton solo 17th July – 19th September
Artefact, represented by Vessel Gallery, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London 22nd – 29th June
An Intimate Distance, Rabley Gallery, Marlborough, 15th April – 29th May
COLLECT 2021 with Vessel Gallery 26th Feb – 24th March
London Art Fair with Rabley Gallery, 20th – 31st January
Crafting a Difference at SoShiro, London with Vessel Gallery, 18th January – 30th April
2020
Rabley Gallery Summer Exhibition, Wiltshire
Spotlight On: Modern and Contemporary Art from the collection of Chippenham Museum
Clay Today online exhibition
Vessel Gallery at Antitaupe, Bruton 1st November – 24th December
Bath Spa University Alumni Exhibition 4th – 24th March
COLLECT, Somerset House, represented by Vessel Gallery 27th Feb – 1st March
2019
10th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Korea
Manchester Art Fair with ITV Creates,
CLAYmakers, Kobi & Teal, Frome
Flourish, Pound Arts & The Council Chambers, Corsham, joint show with Anya Beaumont, as part of Arts Council funded project GrowFlowShow
The Hope Ball Fine Art Charity Auction for cancer care at the Royal United Hospital, Bath
London Original Print Fair presented by Rabley Gallery
Liverpool Hope University Art Auction, Creative Campus Cornerstone Building
RWA Sculpture Open Exhibition, Bristol
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, with Young Masters presented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery & Yunomi presented by Rabley Gallery
2018
Collection Point, Kobi & Teal Gallery, Frome, Somerset
PlatFORM, Tate Liverpool
Forms Assembled in the Light: The KPP Prize for Art, Architecture & Design, Sunnybank Mills, Leeds
Ceramics at Doddington Hall & Gardens, Lincolnshire
Fractures: Texture & Fragility in Modern Ceramics, Swindon Museum,
Summer Show, The Royal Society of Sculptors, 108 Old Brompton Rd, London
Summer Exhibition: Showcase for Young Masters presented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Royal Opera Arcade, 5b Pall Mall Street
Works on show at The Wit Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
Young Masters presents Jo Taylor, Lucille Lewin & Tessa Eastman at The Arts Club
COLLECT Saatchi Gallery, London with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Art Wynwood, Miami represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington with Rabley Gallery
2017
Art Miami represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Duo, Rabley Gallery Marlborough & Rabley London
Ceramica, RIBA North, Liverpool
Young Masters at the Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Pall Mall, St James’s, London
Saul Hay Fine Art Manchester
Vessell Gallery, London
In the Window, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea: Spring with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Saul Hay Gallery at The Portico Library, Manchester
COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London, represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery
London Art Fair, Islington, with the Cynthia Corbett Gallery & Rabley Gallery
2016
Art Miami represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Saul Hay Fine Art, Castlefield, Manchester
Young Masters: Launch of the Fourth Edition; Royal Opera Arcade, London
From Where I’m Standing, Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
Carter Preston Prize Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
Art Southampton, Bridgetown, NY with Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Separate Arrangements solo show at Rabley Contemporary
Battersea Affordable Art Fair with Cynthia Corbett Gallery
The Hospital Club, Covent Garden,
London Art Fair with Rabley Contemporary, Business Design Centre, Islington
Summer Show, Royal Opera Arcade, London with Cynthia Corbett Gallery
2015
Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, Christie’s, London with Rabley Gallery
Open Ceramics 2015, Salisbury Arts Centre
Young Masters Dialogues, Sphinx Fine Art, London
The Princes Trust Evening of Art Auction, The Assembly Rooms, Bath
British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke on Trent
Sculpture for Furniture, Salisbury Arts Centre
ICF 2015 – International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth – demonstrator
Hampstead Affordable Art Fair with the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery Summer Exhibition, Conings by Gallery, London
COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Sweet 18, Kasteel d’Ursell, Near Antwerp, Belgium
Battersea Affordable Art Fair Young Masters, Cynthia Corbett Gallery
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Spring & Summer Show
The London Art Fair 2015, Young Masters, Cynthia Corbett Gallery
2014
Alchemy 9.2.5, Belmont, Boston, MA
The Harley Gallery, The Welbeck Estate, Worksop
Young Masters 2014,Sphinx Fine Art, London
Young Masters 2014, Lloyds Club, London
Bristol Affordable Art Fair, Leonora Martin Fine Art
Sculpture, Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Tribe Prize – Art Reflecting Culture, Edgar Modern, Bath
Bath Charity Art Auction, Abbey Hotel, Bath
The New Georgians, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
Sculpture, Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath
Off the Wall, The Young Gallery, Salisbury 7th – 31st Dec & Pound Arts
2013
Open Spaces, Mottisfont, Romsey, Hants
Royal United Hospital, Bath – 18th September onwards; “Splendour” on long term loan
Elegance & Form, Wyndcliffe Court Gardens, Chepstow
The Open West, The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham
The Wilson Museum
Sculpture at Coughton Court Gardens, Warwickshire
Fresh Air 2013, Quenington Sculpture Trust, Cirencester
Transitory, solo show with Leonora Martin Fine Art, Barn Gallery, Wilts
Hospitality, Bath Abbey, Bath
Sculptural, with William Benington Gallery at Coombe Trenchard, Devon
The Graduate Show 2013, Bevere Gallery, Worcester
Get Fresh, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracy
Look West, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys
2012
Emergence, solo show, The Holburne Museum, Bath
MA show, The American Museum, Claverton Down, Bath
Portal 2012, Llantarnam Grange , Cwmbran
New Designers, Islington, London
2011
Fresh 2011, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent
Fresh Air 2011, The Quenington Sculpture Trust, Cirencester
AWARDS
2021 Awarded “Unity Place” bursary by Zurich Insurance in conjunction with Gingko Projects
2021 Handbuilt Ceramics commissioned by Crowood Press May 2020, published October 2021
2021 Awarded 2-week residency at Marchmont House in conjunction with Borders Art Fair
2020 Front cover & master class feature/ youtube film for Ceramic Review issue 305
2020 Awarded ACE Covid Emergency funding for “Home Residency” project
2019 Awarded Artists Network mentoring bursary
2019 Commissioned by ITV Creates to make sculpture for ident broadcast November 2019
2018 Awarded “Frames of Reference” bursary in conjunction with Ginkgo Projects & Bloor Homes
2018 Winner of Royal British Society of Sculptors J Sheekey Atlantic Bar exhibition opportunity
2017 Etude ix acquired for the Bath Spa University School of Art & Design art collection
2016 Shortlisted for Carter Preston Prize, Bluecoat Display, Liverpool; winner People’s Favourite
2015 Demonstrator at International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth
2015 Synchronous i purchased for Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection
2014 Shortlisted for the Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize
2014 Elected Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
2013 Shortlisted for V&A ceramicist in residence
2012 Graduated with distinction: Masters Degree in Ceramics at Bath Spa University
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Author of Handbuilt Ceramics written for Crowood Press, published October 2021
2020
Ceramic Review Issue 306 Nov/Dec Featured in Sculptural Ceramics article
Ceramic Review Issue 305 Oct/Dec Front cover & Masterclass feature article
2016
Ceramics Monthly (US) Nov 2016; author of career switch edition article
Sculpture Techniques, published by the American Ceramics Society January 2016; author of opening chapter
2015
Ceramic Review issue 274 July/August 2015 International Ceramics Festival feature
Pottery Making Ilustrated (US) – March 2015, author of “Sculpting with Flair” article
2013
Ceramic Arts & Perception (US/AUS), issue 95, December 2013 p60
Ceramic Review issue 262, July/ August 2013 “The Risk of Ornament” solo feature
The New Ceramics: Sculpting & Handbuilding (A&C Black) by Claire Loder; featured maker