Biography

ason deCaires Taylor FRSS, born in 1974 to an English father and a Guyanese mother, is a sculptor, professional photographer andenvironmentalist. After graduating from the London Institute of Arts in 1998 with a BA (Hons) in Sculpture, Taylor became one the first artiststo translate the concepts of the Land Art movement into the marine environment. He is widely recognised as the pioneer of underwater museums and sculpture parks.

In 2006, Taylor gained international recognition with the creation of the world’s first large scale underwater art installation off the coast of Grenada in the West Indies. The Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park is now listed by National Geographic as one of the Top 25 Wonders of the World and played a significant role in the government’s decision to designate the site as a national Marine Protected Area.

Over the past two decades, Taylor has created more than 1,200 public terrestrial, tidal and fully submerged sculptures worldwide, including major works in Mexico, Australia, Japan, the Maldives, Cyprus, Spain and France, which are now visited by thousands of people each week. His permanent, site specific works are predominantly installed within submerged and tidal marine environments, exploring contemporary themes of conservation, climate change and environmental activism.

Constructed using pH neutral, bioreceptive materials, the works are designed to encourage marine growth and stimulate ecological regeneration. The natural transformation of the sculptures over time explores themes of decay, rebirth and metamorphosis. Taylor’s pioneering projects function not only as artworks, but also as living marine habitats that promote environmental awareness and inspire a deeper connection to the underwater world.

Throughout his career, Taylor has received numerous awards for sculpture and photography. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Sculptors, an Ocean Ambassador for DAN (Divers Alert Network), an Ocean Exemplar for The World Ocean Observatory, and an internationally featured TED speaker. Foreign Policy awarded him The Global Thinker Award and described him as the “Jacques Cousteau of the art world.”

To discover more of Jason deCaires Taylor’s projects, view Exploring the Underwater World Through Sculpture here.

Major works include:

• 2025 Ocean Gaia Tokunoshima, Japan
• 2024 A World Adrift, Carriacou
• 2024 Sirens of Sewage, Whitstable, United Kingdom
• 2023 Coral Carnival, Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park, Grenada
• 2023 Ocean Sentinels (MOUA), John Brewer Reef, Australia
• 2021 Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa (MUSAN), Cyprus
• 2021 Cannes Underwater Eco-Museum, France
• 2019 The Coral Greenhouse (MOUA), John Brewer Reef, Australia
• 2019 Ocean Siren (MOUA), Townsville, Australia
• 2019 The Pride of Brexit, United Kingdom
• 2018 Nexus, Oslo, Norway
• 2018 Coralarium, Sirru Fen Fushi, Maldives
• 2017 Nest, BASK Gili Meno, Indonesia
• 2016 Plasticide, with Greenpeace, United Kingdom
• 2016 Museo Atlántico,  Lanzarote, Spain
• 2015 The Rising Tide, London, United Kingdom
• 2014 Ocean Atlas,  Nassau, Bahamas
• 2011 The Musician, Musha Cay, Exumas, Bahamas
• 2009 Museo Subacuático de Arte (MUSA), Mexico
• 2006 Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park, Grenada