Artist bio Nathan Taylor is based in Manchester, mostly working in installation, sculpture and drawing.

He is interested in the displacement, collection and arrangement of objects as a method of constructing value and communicating meanings and recognises his own role as an artist in this system. He takes an exploratory approach to a diverse range of physical media, gravitating towards subjects that exist on the periphery of the dominant gaze and defy simple categorisations whilst not overlooking their articulation of vernacular culture, mass production, and memory embodied in materials and processes.

Western art historical narratives and processes inform his practice and are embedded in his sustained exploration of plaster alongside various organic substances. His studio based activity is often fragmented and has recently materialised in exhibitions as assemblages of cast and found objects which blur the line between reality and illusion, carefully rendered drawings, or multi channel audio installations. Works sit in playful dialogue with traditions of museological display and readymades, turning attention to the context around objects and their incorporation of different interpretations, thereby engaging and destabilising the contemporary viewer’s experience of being in a world abundant with things.




Education
BA Fine Art, 1st Class

Foundation Diploma in Art & Design
Manchester School of Art, 2021

Manchester School of Art, 2018


Awards
Menteeship under Harold Offeh

Holden Gallery Graduate Award and Bursary
2022

2021


Residencies
Matters of Procedure

Love and Care of the Countryside

Paphos College of Art

Manchester, 2019

Borrowdale, 2018
 
Cyprus, 2018


Professional
ITSS Technical Placement

Performer



Assistant Technical Officer


Technical Lead

Assistant to Mads Floor Anderson & Cara Davies

Performer


Assistant to Cheng Ran, Diary of a Madman - Manchester Plan, New Bees
Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, June 2026

My Hat and My Other Hat
, Caz Egelie, PINK Manchester, March 2026

Galleries, Manchester School of Art, 2022 - present

Moon Grove, Manchester, 2022 - 2024

Ghostlines - PINK Manchester, 2022

Grey Area, Caz Egelie & Kevin Hunt, PINK Manchester, 2021


CFCCA (now ESEA Contemporary), 2019