As a figurative artist whose work has focused on the body and on the skeleton, her images reflect her focus on the impermanence of the material world. “I seek to explore human mortality and create a dialogue around our almost universal denial of our own materiality. All my work is focused on the strength/fragility dichotomy that is an integral part of the human condition. I look at all human constructs and how quickly (time being relative) they are taken back by nature. The feats of human kind have been incredible. Yet our lives can be taken away by the smallest things. I use the body to discuss fragility, mortality and the absurdity of our notions of time. Born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Andrea Taylor is a prolific painter and printmaker, and publisher of her own letterpress books. She focuses on painting and printmaking, working out of her studio in Vancouver’s 1000 Parker building, as well as the Dundarave Print Workshop on Granville Island. She recently exhibited at Elliott Louis Gallery in the Emerging Artist Show 2011 and exhibited, in September, her first solo show of paintings at Grey Door Gallery in Vancouver. Her work has been exhibited in a number of international juried shows and is in private collections in Canada, USA, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Australia, UK, Greece, and France. Andrea's letterpress books are in the special collections of many academic and public libraries, including UBC and SFU. As a member of Dundarave Print Workshop at Granville Island, I have enjoyed having solo shows in 2003, 2006 and 2009 at Dundarave and participate in many group shows. I have exhibited in a number of international juried shows and my work is in private collections in Canada, USA, Germany, Japan, Australia, UK, Greece, and France and in the special collections of UBC, SFU, U of A, & VPL.