Artist Bio

Chelsea Taylor is an artist and educator with a MFA in Interdisciplinary Art Practices from University of Colorado Boulder and a BFA in Photography with a minor in Sculpture from Sam Houston State University. Her work focuses on themes relating to self exploration, memory, and residual energies. Working primarily with photographic techniques her images and objects reflect her explorations of personal experiences, familial connections, and how they shape ones identity. Her photographic work explores narratives which revolve around personal tribulations, family, and introspection. Chelsea was born and raised in Texas, and is currently living and working in Houston, Texas.

Statement from the Artist

My creative practice is interdisciplinary in nature. Although I am primarily interested in photographic processes, I also enjoy exploring ways to emphasize photographs as three-dimensional objects rather than solely as two-dimensional images. Regardless of what process I am working with, whether it be digital, analog, or alternative processes I believe that an image has more energy when it takes up space. A considerable amount of my work involves experimenting with layering. This is done either by using physical materials such as Alum Salt, or other imagery in order to hide or reveal particular details. 

Conceptually my work explores the interwoven relationships between the tangible and the unseen. I am fascinated in the associations we make between the images we see and the feelings or memories they invoke.