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Sunny Taylor was born in 1982 in Tucson, AZ and was un-schooled throughout her childhood. She has been painting from the age of twelve and is largely self-taught. Taylor was born with a disability called Arthrogryposis due to United States military pollution. She is an active member of the disability community and recieved her undergraduate degree from Goddard College majoring in disability studies. Her works have been exhibited at venues across the country, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Yager Museum. She is the recipient of a Sacatar Foundation Fellowship and winner of VSA’s Driving Force award. She has been nominated for numerous awards including a Joan Mitchel Foundation award, a Wynn Newhouse Award, a McColl Center residency and a Dedalus Foundation Award. Her published work includes The Right Not to Work: Disability and Capitalism (Monthly Review, 2004) and Military Waste In Our Drinking Water (With Astra Taylor, 2006- nominated for a Project Censored Award 2007). She is currently a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley in the department of Art Practice.