A wonderful mention of my work ‘Lie Down’ by @virtusdelhoyo
#katietaylor #britishartist #britishartist #womanartist #feminism #feminism #empoweringwomen #installationart #installation #contemporaryart #dontforget #neverforget
At the start of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims were required to wear a distinctive white armband and display a white flag or sheet over their homes, distinguishing them from their neighbours. This artwork is meticulously crafted from strips of white sheets and tablecloths, a direct reference to this painful period. As the conflict progressed, the separation became more pronounced. Muslim men and women were separated, with young boys further divided by height. Boys under 150cm were allowed to stay with their mothers, while those over that height were forced to leave with their fathers, often facing an uncertain fate. This artwork hangs precisely 150 cm above the ground, symbolizing this grim distinction. The lower part of the work is infused with a natural coffee dye, a powerful symbol of community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before the war, citizens of all backgrounds would gather around coffee, transcending religious or ethnic lines. After the conflict, many Bosnian Muslims returned home to find that other families had occupied their homes. In a poignant gesture, they were sometimes offered coffee in their own cups, a symbol of displacement and dislocation. The work itself spans the width of a human body, all the way to the floor, evoking thoughts of burial, mass graves, shrouds, and mortality. It is titled “Lie Down,” a haunting reminder of the last words spoken by many before being executed. During the grim process of digging up mass graves and trying to identify the victims found there, forensic teams discovered cloth ligatures and blindfolds at various mass grave sites in Srebrenica. @remembering_srebrenica
I'm excited to be speaking at the Art Forum 2026! A panel discussion exploring the ‘dialogue between the medium and the Maker’
May 20th 7 - 8 pm Ticket link in bio ⬆️
I’ve been working on a display case and velvet base for my ‘Tummy Leather’.
I want to be able to display it as a relic of what was and a reminder of my transformation 🙌🏻
Still work to do but I’m excited by the start
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Human leather made from my excess skin removed after abdominoplasty surgery after huge weight loss.
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I am heading back to Bosnia and Herzegovina with @ephemeral_ensemble to Sarajevo with REWIND: Bosnia & Herzegovina! On the 8th of May - for one night only at the legendary @sartr_sarajevo as a part of @festivalmess !
REWIND: Bosnia & Herzegovina is an adaptation of our multi award winning and critically acclaimed theatre show, REWIND, paying tribute to the victims of the atrocities that occurred in B&H 31 years ago.
‘This is a collaboration between Remembering Srebrenica, multi disciplinary artist Katie Taylor (@bigtangle ), Professor Alison Ribeiro de Menezes and Ephemeral Ensemble.’
New Brokenness and Repair podcast - a discussion between Iza Kavedžija, Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology, University of Cambridge and Katie Taylor, Artist and founder of Shifting States.
Iza has conducted fieldwork on health, wellbeing, creativity and happiness with older adults and contemporary artists in urban Japan.
Katie’s sculptural and installation works address questions of ‘grievability’ for the unidentified dead in sites of mass death like Bosnia and Rwanda, as well as the less visible deaths of lonely individuals in the UK.
Link in bio ⬆️
Excited to be part of this !
Rewind: Bosnia and Herzegovina showing at @therepbirmingham in October!
A wonderful collaboration with @ephemeral_ensemble@remembering_srebrenica Professor Alison Ribeiro de Menezes and myself
Book a ticket and come along on 19th October 2026
Different types and sizes of algae yarn extrusion - bottle, syringe, and different thicknesses!
So many possibilities for experimental work.
#experimentaltextiles #algaeyarn #bioplastic
Stepped into a very different kind of studio this week — lecturing 3rd year Medical Biosciences students at Imperial College London.
We explored how textile thinking operates far beyond the gallery: from sutures to scaffolds, heart valves to hernia repair. Materials that stitch, reinforce, hold, and heal. The language of cloth embedded within the body.
We discussed how creative methodologies can help translate complex biomedical research for patients and wider audiences — offering clarity, reassurance, and a more human connection to the technologies designed to support them.
#TextileThinking #ArtMeetsScience #MedicalHumanities #CreativePractice #biomedicaltextiles
March 5, 2026. 'An Espresso with...Katie Taylor'@bigtangle I have known Katie's work for a while, but only see it now after our conversation about forensic sciences, catalyst moments and going through life. Katie Taylor is an artist full of surprises, and I will be curious to see what comes next in her art journey. Link: /blog/katie-taylor Please read, share and subscribe for updates! #artists #contemporaryart #textiles #interviews #storytelling #forensicsciences
I made these tiny candle wax models of human body parts today.
Votive wax models were historically used as offerings to the gods. They would have been made from beeswax and date back to ancient Greco-Roman times. People used to place them in sacred locations to ask for healing or show thanks.
