Taylor Stoneman

Born in Phoenix, AZ / Works in Berkeley, CA

BIO

Taylor Stoneman is a contemporary painter living in Berkeley, CA. Utilizing a range of abstraction, her work examines the meaning of wilderness and its imperative role in human life. Taylor’s paintings have been juried into exhibitions across the country, including at Firehouse Art Center’s Harrington Gallery, Voss Gallery, SFWA Gallery, Delaplaine Arts Center, Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery, and the Ojai Art Center. She most recently exhibited at The Other Art Fair Los Angeles this spring.

My art, which is rooted in my emotional connection to the wilderness, interrogates how humans manipulate the physical land and resources of the earth, and how we see (or don’t see) those changes. Via my paintings, I enjoy thinking through themes of what belongs in a physical space (and what does not); which land we choose to alter, destroy or preserve; and how we might account for and, in some cases, reverse the impact of such alterations.