Nicola Taylor (b. 1984) is a South African-born visual artist living on Bungalung Land in Australia. Her practice explores internal landscapes, consciousness and external environment with deep reverence. Through a closed eye somatic drawing process, Taylor attunes to physical sensations and responses, allowing the body to provide subtle content that guides her work. This intuitive process opens up vast internal landscapes, with the artwork expanding into images that reflect both inner and outer worlds.

Taylor works in oil paint, performance and video installation offering space for contemplation and for viewers to reflect on their own embodied experience.

From 2003 to 2010, Nicola studied Fine Art and completed a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in the UK, Italy, and South Africa. Since 2010, she has presented solo exhibitions, participated in numerous group shows and residencies both locally and internationally, and her work is now held in private and public collections around the world.

“I am interested in the peculiar relationship between the individual and oneness.”