Yoshio Taylor has worked in clay for over four decades and has become one of Sacramento Valley’s foremost artists in the field of ceramics. Taylor received his Master’s degree in ceramic from California State University Sacramento in 1979. He went on to University of California Berkeley where he received his Master of Fine Art degree in sculpture while studying with Peter Voulkos. Currently, he is retired from 38 years of teaching but still very active with public art projects and exhibitions. Some of Taylor‘s major exhibitions Include: Triton Museumof Art, Santa Clara, California; The society for contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; Dorothy Weiss gallery, San Francisco craft and folk art museum, San Francisco California and Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California.