Taylor Zarkades King is a studio artist and jeweler based in Massachusetts. Formally trained as a metalsmith her craft based practice sways between a jewelers bench and a studio that finds its form through larger configurations of wood, fiber, print and re contextualized objects. Through her use of coded material language and comedic mimicry she creates and choreographs strange but familiar objects into relational installations— each form hinting at another, deflecting a central gaze in favor of a horizon.
Her limited-edition anodized aluminum jewelry has an affinity for asymmetry and distressed color. Color conducts the feeling of each wearable piece and favors the honesty of weathered surface.
King received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019 and a BFA from California College of Arts in 2010. She was a 2013 artist in residence with EDITIONBasel at Druckwerks [Basel Switzerland], the 2019 artist in residence with Quirk Gallery + VisArts Center [Richmond, VA], and a resident in Metals for Pentaculum 2022 at Arromont School of Arts and Crafts [Gatlinburg, TN]. She is a participating artist of Radical Jewelry Makeover’s RJM Artist Project, and a Jewelry Edition Vol. 5 alumni. King teaches inventive studio workshops nationally and has exhibited in the US, Switzerland, Mexico, and China.