Geraldine Taylor was known in her early feminist days as Susan Taylor. She studied art at Sheridan College and Ottawa University. In Ottawa she became one of a group of installation artists who found abandoned buildings to exhibit in. Taylor created and performed in a series of immersive installations, including The Womb Room, Pink Lullabies, Teatime, Summer Fun – B-B-Q, and This Moment is an Eternity.

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A central body of work from this period is Ode to the Grand Experimental Farm of Canada, conceived as three interrelated portfolios. The Arboretum portfolio was included in a recent exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery.

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During this same period, Taylor also conceived, incorporated, and implemented the Company of Artists and Patrons to support her peers working in the visual arts in Ottawa. Its sole production, Portfolio ’83, remains an important snapshot of the breadth and vitality of artistic practice in the region during the early 1980s.

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In the decades that followed the 80's, Taylor extended her scope to artist-led cultural infrastructure through the founding and operation of Geraldine’s Gallery in North Grenville, which she directed for ten years. As curator and advocate, she supported numerous visual artists in the development and exhibition of new work, fostering an active regional dialogue between artists, audiences, and place. During this period, Taylor also continued to collect the work of her peers, amassing a substantial collection of contemporary Canadian art—now comprising more than 2,000 works—reflecting her sustained engagement with the artistic community beyond her own studio practice.