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Taylor Davis is a noted American

United States

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sculptor, known for her innovative plywood sculptures. Davis has been a Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 1999, and is also the co-chair of the sculpture program at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts

Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts

Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts is a graduate program associated with Bard College that grants Master of Fine Arts degrees.Founded in 1981, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts is a nontraditional school for interdisciplinary study in the visual and creative arts...

at Bard College. In fall 2008, she was a visiting faculty at Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University

Harvard University

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. She earned a Diploma of Fine Arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts; a Bachelor of Science degree in Education at Tufts University

Tufts University

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; and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts

Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts

at Bard College

Bard College

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. Her work has been widely shown across the United States and Davis was included in the Whitney Biennial

Whitney Biennial

The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...

in 2004.

Grants and Awards

Taylor Davis has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a prestigious residential fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

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at Harvard University

Harvard University

in 2010–2011. She also won the Association of International Art Critics Award in 2007 and 2002; the St Botolph Foundation Grant in 2003, the Institute of Contemporary Art

Institute of Contemporary Art

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Artist Prize in 2001, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant in 1999.

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