STRATA GALLERY

Exhibition: Along for the Ride
Artist: Rachel Taylor
Dates: November 09 – November 20, 2021
Reception: November 12, 5-7PM

Strata Gallery presents its second Emerging Member solo exhibition, Along for the Ride by New Mexico based artist Rachel Taylor. The exhibition run from November 9 to November 20 , with a special reception on November 12^th from 5-7 pm.

Rachel Taylor’s relationship to the physical use of paint and drawing materials informs the content of her work. Taylor uses acrylic paint to depict both fluid and plastic forms. Varying marks on the surface form mutual relationships that characterize the spaces they inhabit. She focuses on reworking, organizing, transforming, and animating the surface of a painting with careful consideration of illusionistic depth.

Rachel Taylor stated, “It feels wonderful to be an emerging artist at Strata gallery. My process consists of a call and response between deliberate and unintentional marks on a surface. I rely on chance and intuition, and where they pause between the known and chaos. These playful and imperfect environments emerge from the emotional impact and resonance of personal experience. I also view these energetic, vulnerable, and fluid spaces as reflections of an interior life. They refer to pleasure, tactility, and desire through a close relationship and proximity to the body.”

Rachel Taylor received an MFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She had her first solo show at Ed. Varie in New York City in 2020 and has participated in residencies such as the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, and SOMA Summer 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico. Rachel Taylor is currently pursuing an MA in Communications and Journalism at the University of New Mexico.

Strata Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday. For more information about Strata Gallery, the current exhibit, and the future schedule of events, please visit the Strata Gallery website and Instagram.