b. Muscat, Oman, 1993
based in Amsterdam
Education:
MA Painting
Royal College of Art London, UK 2018-2020
BA Fine Art Academie Minerva Groningen, NL 2013-2017
Selected Exhibitions:
-Wingspan, Collège néerlandais curated by Julie Cousty, Paris, FR, June-September 2026
-The Universe Within, Copeland Gallery curated by Latifah Stranack, London, UK, September 2024
- At Land and At Sea, MINT Gallery curated Aida Valdez, Munich, DE, July 2024
- Interplay, Jiuba Art Space, Amsterdam, NL, December 2023
-Atari, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL, July 2023
-Can You Hear The Wood Whisper?, Lutmastraat 191, Amsterdam, NL, June 2023
- Flour, Flower, WEP Groningen, Groningen NL, September 2022
- Umbel, No Man’s Art Gallery Project Space, Amsterdam NL, August 2022
-Show 2020, Bargehouse, OXO Tower, London UK, June 2022
-Rectangle Roads and Paved Tongues, MAPA Pop Up exhibition, Amsterdam, December 2021
-Open studio Atelier 74, Amsterdam, NL, August, 2021
-Art Vault:RCA in Focus, Kovet.Art, June- October 2021
-50/50, Fold Gallery, London UK, August 2020
-Beacon, Josh Lilley and Vortic Collect, Online, August 2020
-Show 2020, Royal College of Art, Online, July 2020
-Up, Up and Away, Hockney Gallery, London UK, March 2020
-Influencing the Influencer, TORCH Gallery, Amsterdam NL, November 2019
-Nescafe Azera X Time Out London, Truman Brewery, London UK,
June 2019
-It’s A Lot Like Life, Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Art, London UK, June 2019
-Brexhibtion,
Courtyard Galleries, RCA, London UK,
April 2019
-We Can Only Have Fun on Certain Days, Warbling Collective x Stour Space, London UK,
April 2019
-Work-In-Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London UK,
January 2019
-MOAM X Paradiso 50 jaar Paradiso, Amsterdam NL, September 2018
-FIEG, Y2, Groningen NL, August 2018
-Paperworks, Corrosia, Almere NL, March 2018
-Another Reassuring Depository of Truths, This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam NL, December 2017
-A Reassuring Depository of Truths, Oficina Divagar,
Almada PT,
November 2017
-Perspectives, Academie Minerva, Groningen NL,
July 2017
Selected Press:
The Universe Within, interview with Latifah Stranack
The Mater Podcast: Paint with Kirsty Buchanan and Safira Taylor, June 2024
Munthe Interview, Feburary 2024
Residencies:
Oficina Divagar,
Almada PT, October&November 2017
Kunsthuis SYB 24uur Residencies Beetsterzwaag NL, March 2017
Awards and Scholarships:
Corona-overbrugging Kunstenaar Fond, Mondriaan Fonds, 2021
Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds, Young Talent Award,
2018
Hans Brinker Budget Trophy, 2015
Safira Taylor is a painter, currently living and working in Amsterdam. She graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Academie Minerva (Groningen, NL) in 2017 and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (London, UK) in 2020.
I have been painting on second-hand linen sheets since 2021, prior to that my practice was more sculptural. The works I make are built up of many layers, partly because of doubtful decision making, but also because I want parts of a painting to leave me questioning how it was painted. For the same reason I push my materials, letting the medium dry until it is sticky or adding more than the recommended dose of marble dust. The linen sheets provide a context for underlying themes of domestic space and cycles in nature, including humans.
For inquiries or to request a portfolio of available works, please e-mail safira.taylor@hotmail.com