About me
Katya Taylor has been studying and practicing photography in the South East of England for 11 years, and has plans to become an educator at a university level. Her practice uses both digital and analogue techniques, which she uses to better develop her knowledge of the processes themselves, whilst also using it as a documentary tool to deepen her understandings of the world that we live in.
Katya’s work encourages her to stay fascinated by the aesthetic qualities of natural geographic and botanical forms; of theoretical explorations of social norms and representations of select groups within different societies; and also research surrounding our understandings of the interconnectedness of space, place and belonging. Katya’s work is delicately composed and crafted to be precise in its visual structure yet unique, and also inquisitive in its explorations of the themes and subjects that pique her interest. Dedicated to her own work and to the success of others’, Katya thrives best in an environment that allows equal opportunity to all creatives alike.
Katya is currently undertaking a Masters Degree in Surrey where she aims to expand on her practice and understanding in the above areas, whilst assisting as a gallery technician as she has done for the last two years, in the James Hockey Gallery where her own work once hung. She is open to creative teaching opportunities, gallery work, and commissions.
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Education
2026
Masters Degree in Photography - UCA Farnham
2024
Bachelors Degree (Hons) in Photography - UCA Farnham
2020
Extended Diploma in Lens Based Media - UCA Canterbury
2018
Medway Arts Award - UCA Rochester
Exhibitions
2026
Source Magazine - Graduate Photography Online
UCA Post-Grad Show - James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham
TBC - Camden, London
UCA Farnham Photo Showcase - Photo Book Cafe, London
Global Pulse, MONAD - Brunswick Art Gallery, London
How Are Things? - Brew, Hull
INTERWOVEN - South Hill Park, Bracknell
Jane Bowen student responses - Newlands House Gallery, Petworth
2024
Graduate Showcase Online - University for The Creative Arts
Source Magazine - Graduate Photography Online
Free Range - The Truman Brewery, London
UCA Grad Show - Photography Studio 1 & 2, UCA Farnham
Identify, Work in Progress show - James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham
2023
Identify, Interim show - James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham
2022
RE:Labeled, Sustainable Fashion Experience - Farnham Public Library
Experience
2026
Publication and social media design - for INTERWOVEN
2024
Exhibition installation & assisting - James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham
Photography studio assistant - UCA Farnham
Exhibition curation & promotion for ‘Identify’ - James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham
2023
Experimental photography workshop assistant - UCA Farnham
Live press photography - Bounce & Groove, The William Cobbett Pub
Exhibition curation & promotion for ‘Identify’ - James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham
2022
Event & social media management - RE:Labeled, Farnham Public Library