Jason deCaires Taylor

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jason deCaires Taylor
Occupation	Sculptor
Date Of Birth	Aug 12, 1974(1974-08-12)
Age	50
Birthplace	Dover
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Jason deCaires Taylor Biography

Jason deCaires Taylor is one of the most popular and richest Sculptor who was born on August 12, 1974 in Dover, England, United Kingdom. Jason deCaires Taylor (born 12 August 1974 in Dover) is a British artist and creator of the the first ever underwater sculpture park – Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park – and also an underwater museum. He is most famous for his installation of site-specific underwater sculptures that develop into artificial coral reefs, combining his expertise as a marine conservationist, sculptor and underwater photographer, as well as a diver instructor. His projects in Grenada are listed as one of his Top 25 Wonders of the World by National Geographic. The most challenging projects he has undertaken up to now are the construction of the world’s most expansive underwater sculpture museum and that of the Cancun Underwater Museum located in the waters in between Cancun as well as Isla Mujeres in Mexico as well as Ocean Atlas (2014), which is a 5 metre high 60-ton statue located in the coast of the Bahamas. Taylor is currently located in the Spanish island Lanzarote, Spain, working on a huge new underwater museum that will be a part of the Atlantic Ocean.

La Evolucion Silenciosa (The Silent Evolution)is the world’s largest collection of underwater art. It was erected within MUSA in November of 2010, and comprises 450 life-size cement figures who are seated side-by-side on a plain piece of sand. Although the look of the exhibit under water is that of a crowd of people at a distance, it appears to appears to be the shape of an eye. The collection covers more than the ocean’s floor. The site was selected to divert guests away from natural reefs, and provide them with the chance to re-grow.

By the end of 2013, Taylor had placed nearly 700 sculptures around the globe. Works completed in 2014 include Ocean Atlas, located in the Bahamas, the largest single underwater sculpture in the world at 5 metres tall and weighing 60 tons.

In 2015 Taylor installed his first London commission, The Rising Tide. “I quite like the idea that the piece sits in the eye line of the place where many politicians and so many people who are involved in climate change all work and make these damaging deals and policies, yet who are in this state of mad denial,” he said.

Through the inclusion of bio-restorative and culturally educational aspects, Taylors art has also been classified within the Eco-Art movement. In 2010, his work was featured in the campaign launched by Greenpeace to raise awareness about Global Warming ahead of the 2010 United Nations Climate Conference in Cancun.

Jason deCaires Taylor Net Worth

Jason deCaires Taylor is one of the richest Sculptor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jason deCaires Taylor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Taylor’s earlier work includes Vicissitudes, Grace Reef, The Lost Correspondent, and The Unstill Life. The four are all located in the first ever publicly accessible underwater sculpture museum located in the Caribbean Sea in Molinere Bay, Grenada, West Indies and located on the area of coastline that was severely affected by the hurricane Ivan in 2004.

In 2009, Taylor moved his studio to Mexico in 2009, where he surpassed another landmark: the establishment of the first underwater museum in the world. It is called the Cancun Underwater Museum (Museo Subacuatico of Arte also called MUSA) has over 485 pieces of Taylor’s underwater sculptures and 30 land-based works. It is located between along the coastline of Cancun as well as the western part of Isla Mujeres. The project was funded and approved from 2008 CONANP, National Commission of Mexican Protected Natural Areas (Comision National de Areas Naturales Protected) along with The Cancun Nautical Association, officially opening in November 2010.

The only son of an English father and Guyanese mother, Taylor was educated in [[cators″, 19 June 2010 Scuba diving from the age of 18, he became a fully qualified scuba instructor in 2002.

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Jason Ranked on the list of most popular Sculptor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jason deCaires Taylor celebrates birthday on August 12 of every year.

Where are Jason deCaires Taylor sculptures?

The sculptures are sited near the island of Sainte-Marguerite, one of the Lérins Islands, just off the coast of Cannes, France. Placed at a depth of between three and four metres, these artworks rest on areas of white sand in- between oscillating posidonia sea grass meadows in the protected southern part of the island.

Why does Jason deCaires Taylor make his sculptures?

Jason wanted to make a positive impact and not cause further damage to delicate coral reefs. So he started creating casts of different people and watched how these sculptures not only attracted sea life, but also drew the tourists away from the ravaged reefs to marvel at the underwater museum.

How did Jason deCaires Taylor demonstrate activism?

His creation of underwater sculpture parks attracts tourists away from natural reefs, allowing them to recover, and taps into tourism revenue, showing how activists might be able to use the system’s rapacious tendencies against itself.”

What was Jason deCaires Taylor's first underwater sculpture?

Taylor gained international recognition in 2006 with the creation of the world’s first underwater sculpture park, situated off the west coast of Grenada in the West Indies. Moilinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park is now listed as one of the Top 25 Wonders of the World by National Geographic.

Why are there statues underwater in Cancun?

Why are there statues underwater in Cancun? The project was launched in 2009, had the goal to create an artificial reef, and help the marine life restoration in the Cancun and Isla Mujeres area.