April A Taylor

April A Taylor (born 1977) is an American writer and dark art, horror, fine art and portrait photographer.
Biography
April A Taylor was born in Metro Detroit in May 1977 and grew up in Taylor, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. She has been quoted as crediting Clive Barker, Michael Jackson's Thriller video and the original A Nightmare on Elm Street with getting her interested in horror at a young age.
Career
Taylor is a self-taught photographer and her work includes a mixture of Dark Art, Fine Art and Portraits. Her Dark Art & Fine Art work has been published and exhibited internationally. Her work has received rave reviews within the horror community (including from genre actress Lisa Wilcox) In 2011, some of her work was featured in the short horror film CathARTic, written & directed by genre actress Devanny Pinn and her work was also featured on Fangoria.com.
In June 2010 Detroit area radio station 93.9 FM named her their first ever Artist of the Month. In August 2010 American Frame named her as their Featured Artist of the Month. In March 2011 she was named runner-up for the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards 2010 Artist of the Year.
Exhibits/Publications
Taylor's work has appeared in 5 different countries to date (USA, Canada, Italy, Hong Kong & the UK), in a mixture of 100+ various art galleries, magazines, books, calendars, websites and special events.
Personal life
Taylor has been openly homosexual throughout her career. In several of her interviews she has referred to Clive Barker as an inspiration.
 
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