Hey, I’m Tay

she/her

I am an artist and professional photographer and from Rochester, MN.

I enjoy sitting in direct sunlight, consuming local brews, perusing thrift stores, eating the rich, staying sane with my partner, Paul, and daughter, Casey, and making weird art.

Photo credit to Full Circle Photograph

Publications

2025 Office Hours, Issue Five; SPLATMAG, Gainesville FL

2025 THE PHOTO ISSUE, Issue Four; SPLATMAG, Gainesville FL

2023 Keeping Late Rochester Artist Luke Austin's Legacy Alive

2021 Featured Artist of the Week; 507 Magazine, Post Bulletin, Rochester, MN

2021 3 More Southeast Minnesota Instagram Accounts to Follow; 507 Magazine, Post Bulletin, Rochester, MN

2021 Sounds Like Home Virtual Festival feat. Fires of Denmark; 89.3 The Current, Minnesota Public Radio, Twin Cities, MN

Exhibitions

2026 An Artist Mind: From Idea to Masterpiece: The Journey of Vision in Clay; 125 Live, Rochester MN (curated by Anna-Kjose)

2025 CSA Featured Artist; Clover and Rose, Rochester MN (curated by Cassandra Buck)

2025 Rochester Thaw Music Photography Exhibit; Threshold Arts, Rochester MN (curated by Naura Anderson)

2024 Little Thistle Brewery Artist Glassware Release; Little Thistle Brewery, Rochester MN

2023 So It Goes: A Remembrance of Luke Austin; Rochester Community & Technical College, Rochester MN (curated by Simon Heulsbeck & Jake Austin)

2021 Resistance is Soup & Colorscapes; 125 Live, Rochester MN (curated by Beth Sievers)

2020 Foot in the Door 5: The Virtual Exhibition: Minneapolis Institute of Art; Minneapolis MN

2019 The People and Values of Mayo Clinic: A Mosaic; Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN (curated by the Dolores Jean Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine)

Education

2015 Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead MN
Bachelor of Science degree in Photojournalism
Minor in Mass Communications