photo by Kalaija Mallery / Good Art Doc
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Taylor Yocom (b. 1992, Des Moines) holds a BFA in Photography from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Visual Art from Washington University in St. Louis’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Her lens-based and collage practice explores the social construction and performance of femininity. Her work has been exhibited and screened in venues across North America such as Indie Memphis, FilmDiaryNYC, Comfort Station Logan Square, The Kansas Union Gallery, and the Montreal Feminist Film Festival. Her artist books and zines are in collections across the country including Rutgers University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the MOMA Library. She has been in residence at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris and ArtFarm Nebraska. Recently, her installation “My mom said to always have flowers around,” was on display at the Lambert International Airport.