This month’s guest artist is Diana Taylor.
Diana’s workshop brings together meditation, QiGong, and painting. Drawing on over a decade of engagement with Eastern philosophy and Taoist traditions, the session explores ways of thinking that emphasise the interconnected nature of all things.
The workshop begins with a short guided grounding meditation followed by a gentle Qigong session. These practices help participants become aware of breath, movement, and the surrounding environment.
In the second part of the workshop, participants will work with painting, responding to botanical life observed in Holland Park. Diana encourages personal approaches while offering guidance throughout the session.
Expect a calm and reflective experience that combines movement, observation, and creative practice within the landscape of the park.
No previous experience of Qigong or painting is required.
Daisy Green has generously provided the space and refreshments are included in the ticket. Proceeds from ticket sales go directly to the artist.
Artist Bio:
Diana Taylor (b. 1977, UK) lives and works in London.
Her practice-based PhD, completed in partnership with the William Morris Gallery and Sheffield Hallam University in 2023, explored notional time and the ways the past continues to shape the present. This research was further developed during a short-term fellowship at The Huntington in California in 2025.
Recent solo exhibitions include Flotsam and Jetsam at Don’t Look Projects, Los Angeles (2025); Borrowed Time at Bobinska Brownlee, London (2024); and A Ghost for Today at the William Morris Gallery, London (2022).
Selected group exhibitions include Their Floating Attention at Florence Trust, London (2025); Decennial at Artseen Contemporary, Nicosia (2025); A Landscape of Chance at SLQS Gallery, London (2024); Stable at Bobinska Brownlee, London (2024); and A Painting Show at Benjamin Parsons Gallery, Oxford (2024).
Residencies include JOYA, Spain (2025); 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica (2024); CCA Andratx (2018, 2012); The Factory Floor at Modern Art Oxford (2015); and the Abbey Scholarship in Painting at the British School at Rome (2011).
Taylor graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2010 with an MFA in Painting.
https://www.dianataylor.co.uk/
