SHORT BIO OF CAROL TAYLOR

Internationally known, award-winning quilt artist, Carol Taylor, approaches her quilt making with intensity and a seemingly boundless energy. Vibrant colors, striking contrasts, use of value, as well as heavy machine quilting and embroidery distinguish Carol’s quilts. She has created over 475 quilts since she began quilting in 1993.Carol has won six “Best of Show” awards in her career…with six different quilts!  Recently, Carol’s quilt, Dispersion, won Best of Show at Quilts for Change in August 2006.  Sedona: Red Rocks & Blue Skies, was awarded Best Of Show at Form Not Function 2005 by Arturo Sandoval and her quilt Tonality was awarded Best of Show out of 1100 entries at Craft USA 2002 at the Silvermine Gallery in Connecticut by Holly Hotchner, Director of the Museum of Arts and Design. She won another Best of Show in 2004 when her quilt, Tapestry, won at the Anderson Arts Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In 2003, her quilt, Interwoven, won her 3rd Best of Show at Quilts=Art=Quilts in NY and her original Best of Show was for Glimpse of the Grotto at Made in NY 1999.Jurors for the international exhibit, Quilt National, selected Carol’s quilt, Vibrations, for the 2001 edition of this “best of contemporary quilts” showcase. Quilt National 1999 also featured Carol’s quilt, Shattered, which traveled with the show for two years. She was also one of 35 artists to be juried into Visions 2004 in California.  In May 2001, the Museum of Art and Design in New York City acquired Carol’s quilt, Reverberations, for their permanent collection and their “Six Continents of Quilts” exhibition. Other recent honors for Carol include the selection of her work for the Smithsonian’s “Following the Thread” exhibit in 2002, and the mixed media exhibitions, Crafts National 2003 (Juror’s Award), 2001, and 2000, Materials: Hard and Soft 2003,2004 and 2005, and the 24th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibit in Mesa Arizona, 2002, where she won a Juror’s Award, Handcrafted 2004, and Gross McCleaf Gallery’s Contemporary Quilts in 2003 and 2004. Her quilt, Cymbalism, was one of fifteen selected for the Museum of American Folk Art’s exhibition, which toured from 2001-2003. Carol has also won a myriad of awards at quilt shows. This includes an amazing 15 major prizes in 2006, 22 in 2005, and 17 in 2004.  This includes a number of first prizes and awards for the Best Use of Color and Best Threadwork, at the American Quilters’ Society in Paducah KY, the International Quilt Association in Houston, TX, and gallery shows.A teacher by degree, and outgoing by nature, she has been a sales recruiter (”headhunter”) for 22 years and just closed her business in October 2003 to quilt full time. Her quilting classes are said to be “fun, motivational, and non-threatening.” Carol delights in using hand-dyed fabrics in her abstract, motif-driven designs, accented by the use of value. Her art quilts grace the walls of several companies as well as many private collectors. Gallery inquiries, and exhibition opportunities are welcomed. Purchase information available by contacting the artist.

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Behind Closed Doors in Carol's Studio