utter nonsense and other fabulous things
by samantha taylor
artist bio
about
Based in Queensland's Sunshine Coast, I am an Australian artist, architect, mother, daughter, sister and more. My creative practice is shaped by both personal experience and an enduring curiosity about the relationships between people, place and the landscapes we inhabit. I draw & make. I collaborate and facilitate. I design & document.
Working across drawing and installation, my arts practice sits at the intersection of imagination and lived experience, seeking where possible utter nonsense and all other fabulous things. Please have a look around - check out my portfolio, shop a print or (a giant cardboard prawn) and get in touch if I can help with an upcoming community activation or commission.
community activation & events
Horizon Festival 2025: Radical Hope installation project with Experimenta. Sunshine Coast Council.
Place2Play- Caloundra Placemaking & Installation art project: April 2020 in Collaboration with textile artist Penny Gale. Sunshine Coast Council.
1000Playstreets- Sunshine Coast Council. Place-making community engagement project April 2020 in collaboration with textile artist Penny Gale.
Maroochy Botanic Garden: Artist in residency. December 2018- Feb 2019. Creative Spaces Sunshine Coast in Collaboration with Artist Miles Allen.
The Refinery: 2019 Sunshine Coast Council.
Maleny Wood Expo. 2 days; May 2019. Delivering 15 cubby-building workshops for Barunga Landcare. (in collaboration with Artist Miles Allen)
‘Fabric’ activation event at World Environment Day, Cotton Tree Parklands June 1 2019. for Sunshine Coast Council. (in collaboration with Artist Miles Allen)
‘City Makers’: Horizon Arts festival; in collaboration with Wildings Forest school. Kids central activation events on 24th and 31st August 2019
permanent public art works
Montessori International College: Play Cloud. Playground installation. Rope, Stainless Steel, Timber, screws, Mirror. 2021. Commission value $12k.
Tree House: Playground element at Summerland House Farm (NSW) commissioned by Plummer & Smith Landscape Architects. Commission value: 100k$.
set design
‘Poetical Inhabitants’: Set Development, design and Documentation for LJ Projects. Horizon festival 2020/ 2021. Caloundra Events Centre 2023.
Ravenswood Art Prize- 2025 Finalist.
Local Contemporary Art Prize- Caloundra Regional Gallery- 2025 Finalist.
prizes
exhibitions
Maroochy Botanic Garden: Feb 2019. Exhibition of ‘Garden Clouds’ and the making process, plus public workshops. RADF grant from Sunshine Coast Council in Collaboration with Artist Miles Allen.
Lines Between/ Apart: Gympie Art Gallery Exhibition. August 2021. Art installation & public event commission for Gympie City Council. A collection of installation art made from screen-printed doormats (100+) and works on paper in collaboration with Miles Allen.
temporary installations
The Met- Hoarding Artwork. SunCentral Maroochydore. 2023. Coffee Six-Ways.
Sculptural Object: ‘Garden Clouds’. 2.2 x 2.3; 1.2 x 1.8, 1.2 x 1.7m Bamboo, wire, cable ties, foraged garden material. 2018/ 2019.
Sculptural Object: Look up/ Look down. 2.2h x 1.3w; 3.5 x 1.3m bamboo, fabric, wire, cotton cord 2019
Sculptural Object: Cloud Seeding: 6m x 2.3m. Delivered within the SWELL sculpture festival 2019, Currumbin. (in collaboration with Artist Miles Allen)
Sculptural Installation: Equidistant’ Floating Land 2019, Noosa (Commissioned Works) For Noosa Art Gallery. (in collaboration with Artist Miles Allen)
Sculptural Installation: ‘Recast’ Floating Land 2021, Noosa (Commissioned Works) For Noosa Art Gallery. (in collaboration with Artist Miles Allen & Five-Mile-Radius)
Coffee Six Ways; MET City Building. 1.5m x 6m 2D printed billboard artwork commission. 2022 MET, Maroochydore.
