| Taylor Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 |
| Residence | Boston, MA |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Sculpture |
| Institutions | Bard College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
| Alma mater | Bard College, Tufts University |
Taylor Davis (born 1959) is a noted American sculptor, known for her innovative plywood sculptures.[1] Davis has been a Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 1999,[2] and is also the co-chair of the sculpture program at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. In fall 2008, she was a visiting faculty at Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. She earned a Diploma of Fine Arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts; a Bachelor of Science degree in Education at Tufts University; and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. Her work has been widely shown across the United States[3] and Davis was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2004.[4]
Taylor Davis has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a prestigious residential fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University in 2010–2011.[5] She also won the Association of International Art Critics Award in 2007 and 2002; the St Botolph Foundation Grant in 2003, the Institute of Contemporary Art Artist Prize in 2001, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant in 1999.
