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Île Sainte-Marguerite, Cannes, France





Jason deCaires Taylor MRSS (b.1974) is an award winning sculptor,
environmentalist and professional underwater photographer. For the past 16
years, Taylor has been creating underwater museums and sculpture parks beneath
the waves, submerging over 1,100 living artworks throughout the world’s oceans
and seas. Themes explored by these artistic installations include, among others,
the climate emergency, environmental activism, and the regenerative attributes
of nature. The sculptures create a habitat for marine life whilst illustrating
humanity’s fragility and its relationship with the marine world. Taylor’s
subjects mainly feature members of the local community, focussing on their
connections with their own coastal environments.

“Museums are places of conservation, education, and about protecting something
sacred. We need to assign those same values to our oceans.”

Jason deCaires Taylor 


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Taylor’s work is a collaboration with nature. By using low carbon, pH neutral
materials designed to be colonised, the surrounding environment transforms the
artworks. Each sculpture is effectively an artificial reef that provides new
habitat spaces for a variety of marine life whilst drawing tourists away from
natural, fragile areas. The works, which are assimilated by the sea, send a
message of regeneration and hope at a time of significant threats to our marine
world.


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Jason deCaires Taylor Studio has produced a series of sculptures encrusted with
artificially grown copper crystals. These replicate the natural formation of
corals found on the underwater artwork installations.


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Each year, over half a million people worldwide visit Taylor’s museums and
sculpture parks. These unique underwater attractions act as portals to the
marine world and provide visitors with intimate encounters with marine life and
an alternative perspective on our blue planet.


SEE PROJECTS ❯



Explore the various projects that are located throughout the world including in
the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and
Mediterranean Sea. The galleries show the transition the underwater sculpture go
through from being static inert forms to dynamic living reefs.


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All images on this site are Ⓒ Jason deCaires Taylor and may not be copied or
reproduced, in whole or in part, without the permission of the artist. 


All images on this site are © Jason deCaires Taylor and may not be copied or
reproduced, in whole or in part, without the permission of the artist. All
rights reserved 2022