About

Artist: Three decades collaborating with architects and designers on site-specific installations: paintings, murals, sculpture, mixed media—cement to fabric to steel. Research-driven approach exploring history and 'sense of place.' Major hospitality projects include Disney flagships, Hilton, Hyatt properties across US and Paris.

Link to main website: stephanietaylorart.com

Writer: Freelance essayist and Op-Ed contributor, Sacramento Bee (2011-19, 2024)—'California Sketches' series blending art and non-fiction. From Mount Shasta to the Mexican Border, from the sea to the Sierra, Taylor writes essays and makes drawings, taking the reader along. What lies just between the surfaces of things?

“Stephanie Taylor is, without doubt, the most creative and versatile person I have ever met. I make this statement based on my forty-year career working in rare book and history libraries. Stephanie combines a keen sense of place with a passion for history. She has created scores of public and private commissions across the country, which are not only of striking artistic merit but also incorporate easily recognizable historical and contemporary themes that appeal to a general audience.” Gary Kurutz, Curator Emeritus, California State Library Collections

COLLECTIONS, a selection:

International

Disneyland Hotel, Paris, France, the only non-Disney, non-French artist on the project.

Shoji Corporation, Kyoto, Japan: paintings

National

Bally’s Casino, Las Vegas

Crown Plaza, New York

Disney Institute, Disneyworld, Orlando

Grand Floridian Beach Resort, Disneyworld, Orlando

Harvey’s Resort, South Lake Tahoe

Hilton Hotel, New Orleans

Hyatt Hotel, Atlanta

Sheraton Resort, Tucson

California

California Association of Realtors, Sacramento & Los Angeles

City Hall, City of Indian Wells

City Hall, City of Los Angeles

Columbia Pictures, Los Angeles

Crown Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles

Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim

First Interstate Bank Branches, Southern California

Fluor Corporation, Irvine

Hilton Hotels in Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Hyatt Hotels in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Atlanta

Kaiser Facilities

MGM Studio, Los Angeles

Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood

Six Flags Corporation, Los Angeles

Sutter Medical Centers, Santa Rosa, Antioch

Texaco Corporation, Los Angeles

UC Medical Center, Los Angeles, Sacramento

Waterfront Plaza, Jack London Square, Oakland

Wells Fargo Bank branches, Los Angeles

Xerox Corporation, Los Angeles

Sacramento regional projects include:

Sacramento Science Center

Beer’s Books, Jack London Mural

Buzz Oates Corporation, 555 Capital Mall

California Exposition and State Fair

California State Library Foundation

California State Railroad Museum,1999 & Wide Open Walls, 2017

Crocker Art Museum

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sacramento

Jackson Properties

Jackson private residence

Sacramento Public Library

Sacramento Regional Transit Headquarters

Raley Field, West Sacramento

UC Davis Medical Center, since 1986               

Water Education Foundation

Water Forum, a public agency, Sacramento

Wide Open Walls, 2019: a tribute mural, Sacramento Ballet

Publicly Funded Projects

Sacramento Metro Arts Commission, Fremont Park Project, 2011.

Sacramento Metro Arts Commission, Valley-Hi Library, 2009

Finalist, Sacramento City Hall, in two areas, Sacramento Metro Arts Commission

Live radio and TV interviews: including NPR and news coverage, many examples

2019                 Capital Public Radio

 Publications and films:

2019                 Inside Publications (and other years)

2011- 2019       Sacramento Bee: California Sketches, Sacramento Business Journal, Comstock’s Magazine

2013                 “Paperclay: Art and Practice,” by Rosette Gault, U of Penn.

2006-8             Sactown Magazine

2003               Ceramics Art and Perception, Australia, American Craft Magazine

2001                 Feature film, Los Angeles

prior                 San Francisco Hilton Murals, mini documentary, PBS short film Arts Alive

                        Wall Street Journal, Top Ten Hotel Properties, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Magazine  

                        Design International Magazine, Designer’s West Magazine

                        Kodak’s More Joy of Photography

                        German Art Calendar of International Murals

            Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Herald Examiner

 Exhibitions

Solo and group, almost every year since 1988-2019

“Simple Objects: An Excavation,” collaborative installation, Sutter County Museum, Yuba City, 2019

“Simple Objects: An Excavation,” collaborative installation at Archival Gallery, Sacramento, 2019