Will Taylor grew up in Liverpool and after a science and engineering education and a career in business chose a dramatically different direction to develop his interest in arts and creativity. He is now an established artist and printmaker based near Rye East Sussex. He attended short schools at the Slade School of Fine Art London (Drawing) and Kent Institute of Art and Design Maidstone (Printmaking), but is predominantly self-taught.
He is a member of of the Royal Society of British Artists, the Society of Graphic Fine Art and the Rye Society of Artists. His work is in galleries in Kent and East Sussex, as well as in London at the Mall Galleries, Bankside Gallery, Affordable Art Fair and the RA Summer Exhibition.
In 2019 he was the Artist-in-Residence for the Rye Art Gallery Trust.
Publications
“What’s the Story – Artists talking about original printmaking”
(Circaidy Gregory Press 2012)
“The Artful Hare” (Mascot Media 2015)
Awards
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Theme Award 2007, 2009
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Print Award 2013, 2014
Pure Arts Group, Print Award 2014, 2017, 2018
Royal Society of British Artists, The Geoffrey Vivis Memorial Award 2020
Royal Society of British Artists, The Stuart Southall Print Prize 2021
Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum
University of San Diego Print Collection
Interview
An interview with Sophie Skelton from ‘Behind the Artist’: