Angie Taylor is a traditionally-trained sculptor who has worked as a digital artist since the 1980’s.
Exploring themes of identity, isolation & otherness – often championing life’s misfits and highlighting the struggles faced by them. Her work juxtaposes the DIY ethic of punk, fresh immediacy of naïve art & complexity of VR & 3D technology.
Angie’s highly-distinctive style is hard to pin down but has been described by some as Punk-Expressionism – a unique mix of punk art, naive art, pop art & expressionistic aesthetics and themes
Her current creative process begins in VR where she models 3D characters and scenes. These are hand-painted and textured on iPad before being rendered in desktop 3D software.
History
Angie studied Sculpture & Drawing at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1980’s. Her sculptures are made from a combination of wood carving & construction, steel construction and bronze casting.
After graduating, Angie became a motion graphic designer. She was a pioneer of the digital motion graphics revolution in the late eighties and early nineties.
She regularly worked as a demo artist with creative software companies including Adobe and Apple in the 1990’s. She wrote books and delivered seminars on motion graphics and animation.
You can see Angie talk about her work here in this candid interview with John Dickinson from Motionworks.
Motionworks | Unplugged with Angie Taylor from Angie Taylor on Vimeo.
Full-time Artist
Angie is now a full-time artist and supports her practise by writing books and making video training regarding digital art, design and animation.
She creates digital, 3D sculptures that fuse futuristic, abstract with naive, primitive aesthetic.
Her work involves animation, AR & VR experiences as well as more traditional illustration, paintings and sculptures.
Angie’s work is influenced by Cypherpunk culture. She is an OG of the Crypto Art movement. You can find her art work for sale as NFTs on several online platforms & galleries.
Training
Angie provides bespoke, one-to-one training from her studio near Brighton. She delivers training a few days per month alongside her work as a full-time artist.
Previous training clients include; Apple, Adobe, Skype, Bloomberg, BBC, Cartoon Network, Channel 4, Channel 5, Carlton, B Sky Television & MTV.
Teaching
Angie teaches drawing, 3D modelling, animation and digital media arts. She also worked as a visiting lecturer at several universities including; UCA, University of Sussex, Edinburgh Telford College, university of Brighton Art College and Central St. Martins.
The author of several books; Creative After Effects, Design Essentials for the motion media artist and several titles in the Learn By Video series. She is also a Linkedin Learning author and made software training for Lynda.com and Video 2 Brain.
Angie also provided training, written materials and demos for companies such as Adobe, Apple, Microsoft and Gridiron. Working as a product specialist, regularly touring international conferences like NAB, IBC, Flash on the Beach and Macworld. She was also an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Community Professional.
To find out about booking Angie to speak at your event please contact her directly via the Contact page.