T. / (they/them)🏳️‍🌈

based in dallas, but born and raised in pittsburgh, pa, taylor considers themselves an observer and student of the human experience. their art explores the thought provoking truths of our existence through the decontextualizing and recontextualizing of bits and scraps of this world.

transforming childhood images, breaking news, and heartfelt prayers, into cerebral layerings held together by paper, ink, and superglue. much like their work, taylor considers themself and their life to be a collage of sorts. every scraped knee, every friend made, every tear cried, every place visited, every thing ever felt, cut and pasted to their own life storyboard.

“AND IS…” is a momentary capture of the queer existence in this world, including that of the artist’s. stratified stories of beauty, creativity, resilience, pain, and irony. no one fragment, moment, or image will ever do the story justice. our community is a brilliant collage spanning space and time. it has been, was, and will be. queer is…and is…and is…and is…