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From Fulton County Public Art Program

  1. Peace by Ronnie Phillips, Image 5.

    Ronnie Phillips

    Peace, 2019

    Mixed media, Acrylic paint and photograph

    15 x 30 in (38.1 x 76.2 cm)

  2. A Sudden Burst of Lux by Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Image 6.

    Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier

    A Sudden Burst of Lux, 2019

    Acrylic on Panel

    30 x 30 in (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

  3. Rosa Parks by Ré Phillips, Image 5.

    Ré Phillips

    Rosa Parks, 2019

    Mixed Media

    30 x 30 in (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

  4. Sumaya II by Tracy Murrell, Image 5.

    Tracy Murrell

    Sumaya II, 2018

    Acrylic, high gloss enamel, Thai embossed paper

    40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

  5. The Queen and the Ladies-In-Waiting by GW Harper, Image 2.

    GW Harper

    The Queen and the Ladies-In-Waiting, 2018

    Acrylic on Canvas

    16 x 20 x 1 in (40.64 x 50.8 x 2.54 cm)

  6. Pink House by Joe Remillard, Image 5.

    Joe Remillard

    Pink House, 2017

    Oil on linen

    18 x 32 in (45.72 x 81.28 cm)

  7. Only Atlanta by Rodney Callahan, Image 5.

    Rodney Callahan

    Only Atlanta

    Photograph

    24 x 36 in (60.96 x 91.44 cm)

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About the artist

Tokie Taylor

Atlanta, GA based artist Tokie Rome-Taylor's photography career began early, where at the age of 18, she was given the honor of creating portraits of Coretta Scott King for the book, The Many Faces of Sweet Auburn. Rome-Taylors' work explores representation through themes of adornment, memory, spirituality and time. She draws inspiration and influence from an eclectic range of time periods, artists, and cultures. Key influencers are Old Renaissance Master painters, along with Harlem Renaissance photographer James Van Der Zee and afro-futurism/afro-surrealism . She is additionally influenced by a love of culture, and vintage artifacts/clothing.

Rome-Taylor's work has been published in Behind the Shutter Magazine as well as Art-Diction Magazine. She has been featured on several podcasts discussing her practice including StudioNoize and National Black Arts Festival:ReImagined. She is a Funds for Teachers Fellowship recipient, studying photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico and in San Francisco, California. She is an Honorable Mention recipient for the International Photography Awards (2019)- sponsored by the Lucie Foundation. She is a 2019 recipient of the 2019 Virginia Twinam Smith Purchase Award.

Rome-Taylor’s portraits have been featured in several museums, galleries and exhibitions including the Masur Museum (LA), ArtFields (SC), Johns Creek Art Center, (GA) The High Rise Exhibition (GA), Emerging Photographers Exhibition curated by Mechi Mecho (GA), Zuckerman Museum of Art (GA), Auburn Research Library (GA), Callanwolde Fine Arts Center (GA) Hartsfield Jackson International Airport (GA), the ArtXchange (GA) and Alan Avery Selects: APG Gallery Show (GA). Taylor's work is held in several private collections as well as by the Fulton County Arts Council and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia. She has five bright, beautiful children, a wonderful husband, a love of science fiction and learning new things.
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