Wendy Taylor

Wendy Taylor studied from 1963 to 1967 at the Saint Martin's School of Art in London. She gained renown for her many sculptures in the public realm, especially in London.

Timepiece, St Katharine Docks by Tower Bridge

Taylor's abstract sculptures explore themes of equilibrium, materiality and fabrication. She views her artworks as communicative devices.[1] From 1986 to 1988, she was design consultant for the Commission for New Towns. In 1988, Taylor was the subject of a documentary on The South Bank Show, and, in 1992, her work was profiled in a monograph by Edward Lucie-Smith.

In 1988, Taylor was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1999, she restored the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument at Blackwall, London,[3] adding an astrolabe. In 2005, a major exhibition of her work was held at the Cass Sculpture Foundation in Goodwood titled The Seed Series. In 2009, this exhibition travelled to Canary Wharf in London.

Three of her works are Grade II listed structures: the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument,[4] Timepiece in St Katharine Docks, London,[5] and the Octo sculpture and reflecting pool,[6] in Milton Keynes.

Taylor lives and works in London. She is a fellow of the Royal Zoological Society.[2]

In 2019 Taylor was in dispute with The Time Party over the use of her work for commercial purposes. The pro-Brexit party used an image of Timepiece on their website as well as on their merchandise. Talking to The Observer, Taylor said "I was bloody livid when I found out... Quite frankly it feels like my work is being manipulated without my permission.... It is not so much about the politics for me, it is about using Timepiece in a way I did not intend. The Time party may say that the image is just a sundial, but it is clearly based on my work.”[7] In response to Taylor's comments, the deputy leader of The Time Party Tim Considine said “We do not subscribe to the view that displaying an artwork on our website suggests in any way that the original artist is a member of the Time party, or that he or she supports the Time party".[8]

• Kasmin Gallery, 1966.[9]
• Exhibited Tier and Column at the British Council exhibition 'British Printmakers 1968–1970'.[10]
• Sculpture 66, AIA Gallery, London 1966.[11]
• Axiom Gallery, London, 1970.[1]
• Angela Flowers Gallery, London, 1972.[1]
• 24th King's Lynn Festival, Norfolk, 1974.[1]
• World Trade Centre, London, 1974.[1]
• Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1975.[1]
• Oxford Gallery, Oxford, 1976.[1]
• Oliver Downing Gallery, Dublin, 1976.[1]
• Oliver Downing Gallery, Dublin, 1979.[1]
• 'Building Art- The Process', The Building Centre Gallery, London, 1986.[1]
• Austin, Desmond & Phipps, London, 1992.[1]
• 'Art and Engineering', The Osbourne Group, London, 1998.[1]
• 'The Seed Series', Cass Sculpture Foundation Gallery, London, 2005.[1]
• 'The Seed Series', Canary Wharf, London, 2009.[1]

Virginia Quay Settlers Monument

Jester, Cambridge

Dung Beetles sculpture at London Zoo

• 1971: Triad, Somerville College, Oxford
• 1973: Timepiece, St Katharine Docks, London
• 1979/80: Octo, Norfolk House, Milton Keynes
• 1982: Essence, Saxon Court, Milton Keynes
• 1983: Gazebo, Golders Hill Park, London Barnet
• 1986: Pharos, East Kilbride South Lanarkshire
• 1987: Docklands Enterprise, West Dock/Marsh Lane
• 1987: Globe Sundial Sculpture, Marine Walk, Swansea
• 1994: Jester, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, USA
• 1997: Rope Circle, Hermitage Basin, London
• 1997: Spirit of Barrow
• 1999: Dung Beetles, Millennium Conservation Centre, Regent's Park, London
• 1999: Virginia Quay Settlers Monument, Jamestown Way, London (restoration of the 1928 monument)
• 2000: Tortoises with Triangle and Time, Holland Park, London
• 2000: The Millennium Fountain, River Walk, Enfield
• 2001: Voyager, Wapping High Street
• 2003: Knowledge, Library Square, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
• 2006: Sycamore, sculpture garden at Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wendy Taylor (sculptor).

• Wendy Taylor's webpage
• The artist's page at the Royal Society of British Sculptors
• The artist's page at Cass Sculpture Foundation