Hailing from South Georgia and raised across Georgia and North Carolina, Lydia Cherie Taylor’s relationship with art and the written word are strongly influenced by regional culture, folk histories and the exploration of all griefs. The experience of growing up across the swamp, the forest, the farm and the small Southern town, plus personal trials such as the death of her brother and an extensive family history of mental disorders including bipolar, PTSD and schizo-spectrum disorders “imbue her work with a compassionate and unusual texture”. She believes the ties between horror, love, isolation and anaclitic bonds are deeply intertwined and aims in her work to address consumption, loss, survival, the beautiful-grotesque and the enduring devotion of love after catastrophe.
Playing across mediums, Cherie dabbles in painting & sketching, photography & videography, poetry & prose writing, crafting with recycled materials, and more. She is influenced heavily by Expressionism, Surrealism and Lynchianism.
A lifelong horror film & literature enthusiast, Cherie enjoys the dissection of writing process, characterization and theme, as well as the vivisection of living horror legacies. She loves to see what makes a good movie tick and discover why a bad one doesn’t work. As a firm believer that art can thrive anywhere, her favorite stories are usually found in the middle ground - untapped potential, abandoned storylines and inconsistent worldbuilding are rife with opportunity for imagination and analysis. She aspires to encourage creatives to eschew elitism and embrace the bizarre.
