Jacqui
Taylor Basker - New York
"Artist's Wheel of
Misfortune"
Mixed Media
(Bicycle Wheel,
Car Tail Lights,
Collaged Paper,
Acrylic on
Canvas, Plexiglass)
by Jacqui
Taylor Basker
Jacqui Taylor Basker is a
multimedia
artist, art historian, curator, critic, teacher and medical art
therapist.
She served as Director of Westbeth Gallery, for many years.
She
was
a devoted supporter of Audart and its projects and also exhibited her
paintings
in Audart's "TNT"
exhibition and her
sculpture
in "Salute To Broad Street".
In
the
Spring of 1997, Jacqui curated "Important Women Photographers" at the
Audart
Gallery, a show sponsored by The National Organization For Women. Jacqui was born in New York but
spent much of her childhood in Puerto Rico and the Andes Mountains of
Peru. Later, she lived in the mountains of Vermont and Oregon
and
also in the sub-Saharan desert in Nigeria, as a member of the Peace
Corps. Her work is influenced by the natural elements of
these
locations. The list of degrees,
fellowships
and awards that appear in Jacqui Taylor Basker's biography is extensive
and
impressive. She holds a Masters degree in cultural and
intellectual
history and is completing her doctorate in art history, religion and
studio
art at New York University. Jacqui has studied at Harvard and Columbia
Universities,
the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. Combining her interest in
medicine
and art, she has developed a unique practice in medical art therapy
which
combines hypnosis and art as an instrument of healing. She teaches art
history
at the School of Visual Arts and writes for various journals. Jacqui's work has been
exhibited
extensively in the United States, Europe, Japan and Nigeria. |