Born in 1974 to an English father and Guyanese mother. Educated at the London Institute of Arts and graduated with
a BA Honours degree in Sculpture. Taylor is also a fully qualified diving instructor, underwater naturalist and award winning underwater photographer.
In 2006, Taylor founded and created the world’s first underwater sculpture park off the coast of Grenada in the West Indies. 5 years later National Geographic now lists it as one of the Top 25 Wonders of the World. His second project MUSA was also subsequently described by Forbes in 2011 as one of the world’s most unique travel destinations. Both these ambitious, permanent public works have a practical, functional aspect, facilitating positive interactions between people and fragile underwater habitats while at the same relieving pressure on natural resources.
Numerous publications and documentaries have featured his extraordinary work, including the BBC, CNN, USA Today, The Guardian, Vogue, New Scientist and the Discovery Channel. His pioneering public art projects are not only examples of successful marine conservation, but inspirational works of art that seek to encourage environmental awareness, instigate social change and lead us to appreciate the breathtaking natural beauty of the underwater world. Taylor is currently based in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, where he is working as Artistic Director of MUSA.
Karen Martinez Salinas was born in Mexico City, the location where she discovered and began her creative journey
in art.
She studied visual arts at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (ENAP) part of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), obtaining a degree with a major in sculpture and printmaking.
In 2011 she won for the second time an award in the category of “Young Artist” from the state fund for Culture and Arts Program, supporting creation and artistic development in the state of Quintana Roo.
She won with the project entitled “Nothing is true and nothing is but a lie”….“It all depends on the eye of the beholder”.
In addition to having served in teaching and art direction (design and production), Salinas has participated in various exhibitions in Mexico and Quintana Roo, where she has lived for some time. She was also involved since the initial creation of MUSA, supporting Jason de Caires Taylor as an assistant on his international projects.
She currently works as a freelance visual artist, developing projects pictorial, photographic and sculptural.
Born in Mexico City on May 11, 1951. Roberto graduated as an ITAM Economist with a MBA from the University of Boston and a diploma from IPADE.
His experience in the past 27 years has mainly been in the field of business, serving as General Manager of Aquaworld in Cancún since 1993 and a founding partner of Education Center Monteverde and its related sports teams.
Other titles include; vice president of COPARMEX from 2001-2004 and President of the Cancún Nautical Association 2007-2010. He is currently; Director of CCE, Honorary Consul of Hungary in the state of Quintana Roo and founding member and President of MUSA.
He is also an accomplished Ceramist and Sculptor with over 33 years of experience working with clay alongside master Japanese ceramist Makoto Yabe and Laura Ramirez Leal.
Rodrigo Quiñones Reyes (1981, México City), Bachelor of Visual Arts at the School of Arts of Yucatan specializing in cultural management, curacy and contemporary art productions.
Working as a visual artist he has exhibited at the Califia Gallery in Prague, the cultural Image Factory in Belize, The Collection of Joseph and Marie in New York, The Museum of Science and Arts in Mexico City and at The House of Latin Catalunya in Barcelona.
As curator and organizer of cultural events he has collaborated with The Institute of Culture of Yucatan ICY, The Contemporary Art Museum Ateneo of Yucatán MACAY, The Marist University, The organization; Safe Planet (UN) and Volkswagen Mexico.
During the last 3 years he has worked alongside the sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor in the creation of moulds and sculptures for MUSA (Museum of Underwater Art).
Quiñones’s work over the past 10 years has been divided between research and contemporary art production and has been published in El Universal (newspaper), Journal Code 06140, Replica21 and the Boston Globe among others.
Founder of CONCEPTO M studio, which specializes in museums, exhibition design and art installations. Salvador studied industrial design in Mexico and Milan and has been involved professionally in projects related to architecture, ecology and communication.
20 years of experience in these fields has given him the ability to coordinate large scale projects for museums and develops technically complex sculptures like: “BACAB” the underwater reef and “132 Yo-Yo Soy” a kinetic chandelier sculpture of 33ft in height, “Movimiento Perpetuo” an invisible circus horse. He recently designed an exhibit for the Museum of Cinema in Mexico City, and has developed installations in Germany, France and USA.