Peggy Taylor Reid says, "Self Portraits (2016-ongoing) chronicles connected journeys from traumatic injury to healing. They witness a shift that is both physical and perceptual. They play with the notion of inside/outside, seen/unseen. I weave these images together to create a visual that expresses my experience of loss of words, loss of balance, neck pain and fatigue, depression resulting from multiple concussions.

The works were created using multiple cameras; an iPhone, point and shoot and full frame DSLR. The images were compiled together with and additional layering of anatomical drawings of the neck and head, and my own x-rays."

Taylor Reid holds a BFA from the University of Ottawa, a B. Ed. from University of Toronto and a Diploma in Computer Graphics from Sheridan College. Taylor Reid has been awarded Ontario Arts Council Grants and participated in artist residencies in Canada and the United States. She is a long time member of Gallery 44. Presently she is a member and past co-chair of The Red Head Gallery collective. Peggy Taylor Reid is also represented by Lonsdale Gallery in Toronto.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018   (re)pair, Red Head Gallery, Toronto ON
2017  form follows (dis)function, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto ON 
Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival Feature Exhibition
2017   A Culture of Convenience, Red Head Gallery, Toronto ON
2015   Eating Away at the Edge or the poetry of discarded things, Red Head Gallery, Toronto ON
2013   Crash & Burn, Toronto Image Works, Toronto ON 
2007   Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto ON 
2005   Crossroads,Clarington Art Centre Bowmanville ON

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2019   She, A Smth Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2018   Gratitude, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria OR
2017   big/SMALL, an exchange with the Red Head gallery, Halifax NS
2015   World of Wonders, curated by Judy Daley, Helson Art Gallery, Halton Hills ON 
2014   Inside/Outside, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (2014); Cambridge Centre for the Arts, 
Cambridge ON (2016); Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener ON (2016)
Bibliography/Reviews
2016   Dick, Terrence, Akimblog 20 Years at Lonsdale Gallery, April 07, 2016
2004   Cherry, Maralynn, Essay for “Crossroads” exhibition catalogue 
2003   Hujer, Elaine, A Wake-up Call about ethics of science; Hamilton Spectator 
2000   Landsberg, Michele, Reflection nature’s wonders using nature’s tools; Toronto Star

Published Writings 

1999   Parcours; Rosaura Guzman Clunes; exhibition brochure for Gallery 44, Toronto ON Multiplicity; Photobased constructions by Eugenie Shinkle and Lynn Cazabon; exhibition brochure for Gallery 44, Toronto ON

Published Works 

2019   She, Catalogue for exhibition
2018   The Hand, a magazine for reproduction-based art, issue #22
2017   Light, a journal of Photography & Poetry, Issue 05, Reflection(s) 
2005   Crossroads; Exhibition catalogue 
2000   Prefix PHOTO #2 
Curatorial Projects 
2014   Photography in the Time Digital Disenchantment, Peel Art Gallery (PAMA) Brampton ON 

Residencies

2017   ALCHEMY: exploring the intersections between Art & Food, Prince Edward County, ON
2016   Spring Retreat, Laura Valenti Photography, Portland OR
2014-15   Artscape Gilbraltor Point, Gallery 44, Toronto ON
2013   Vermont Studio Centre, Johnson VT
Professional Participation
1986 –present   Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography  roles: Board Member 1991-1995, Exhibition Selection Committee 1997-1999
2013 –present    Red Head Gallery

Collective roles: past co-chair with Tonia diRiso, Chair 25th Anniversary Exhibition and ongoing Collective initiatives

 

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