Craig Taylor was born in 1971. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
craigietate@gmail.com
Education
1998
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking
1996
Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking
Solo Exhibitions
2018
The Elastic Cache, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
2017
Head CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2015
Enface CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2013
Essence, transference, no cigarettes CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011
Craig Taylor Paintings and Drawings Sue Scott Gallery, New York, New York
2010
New Paintings La Montagne Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2007
Abstract Fucking Paintings March Gallery, New York, New York
2005
These Dandies are in Focus Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1999
Tests-Showroom Berlin, Germany,
Two Person Exhibitions
2012
Craig Taylor-Chuck Webster, Memorial Hall Painting Gallery RISD, Providence, Rhode Island
Group Exhibitions
2019
AxxOnn. Essex Flowers Gallery New York, New York
Pulled In Brooklyn International Print Center New York
2018
USPS The Free University Tbilisi, Georgia
2017
Stacked Kathryn Markel Fine Arts New York, New York
Jennifer Melby Prints, Editions and Artist Books Fair 2017 The Tunnel, New York, New York
2016
If Color Could Kill! Long Island University Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
If Color Could Kill! Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
New Haven, CB1 Gallery, Los Angles, California
Jennifer Melby Prints, Editions and Artist Books Fair 2016 The Tunnel, New York, New York
2015
Jennifer Melby Prints, Editions and Artist Books Fair 2015 The Tunnel, New York, New York
Mortal Parts: Figures in the Abstract, Green Biola University Green Art Gallery, La Mirada, California
Paper Ground, CB1 Gallery, Los Angles, California
One Foot on the Ground, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2014
Jennifer Melby Master Printer Editions: 18 years of Intaglio Norte Maar Presents SchemaProjects Brooklyn, New York
Co/Brooklyn, Telluride Contemporary Gallery 81435, Telluride, Colorado
Make/Shift, Folioleaf, Brooklyn, New York
2013
Miami Project, CB1 Galley, Miami, Florida
Works on Paper, CB1 Gallery Los Angeles, California
Being Paul Schrader, Monya Rowe Gallery New York, New York
A Country road. A tree. Evening. Fjord Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012
Small Works, Sue Scott Gallery New York, New York
Dallas Art Fair, Sue Scott Gallery New York Dallas, Texas
The long and the short of it, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, New York
2011
Painting. Design. Speculation. Generosity. CB1 Gallery, Los Angles, California
Fresh Flowers, Sherman Art Gallery Boston University, Boston Massachusetts paper a-z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, New York
Forth Estate:New Editions Wild Project, New York, New York
2010
Forth Estate: New Prints, Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, New York, New York
Last Thursday, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Nature, Once Removed Lehman College Art Gallery The Bronx, New York
Tenants 106 Greene Space Brooklyn New York
Precarity and the Butter Tower CTRL Gallery Houston, Texas
Selections 10 Baklar and Paine Galleries Massachusetts College of Art Boston, Massachusetts
2009
Insomnia, Pace University Art Gallery New York, New York
“X” Mixed Greens Gallery New York, New York
At Close Range, Edward Thorp Gallery New York, New York
2008
Reverse Turing Tests, Eleven Rivington, Curated by Kevin Zucker New York, New York
Feeding the Beast Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York
Preview Berlin Art Fair: Fred Gallery London Ltd Berlin, Germany
Pratt Prints Brazil Gallery Gravura Brasileira Sao Paulo, Brazil
They Fought A Running Engagement Collaborations, Fredericks and Freiser Gallery New York, New York
Pure Optic Ray, Fred Leipzig [London ltd.] Leipzig, Germany
International Print Center New York: New York
2007
Quiet Riot, March Gallery, New York, New York
Transmutations, NYIT Gallery New York, New York
2006
Toronto International Art Fair, Esther Kim Projects Toronto, Canada
Fast Times: 7 New York Artists, 449 Park Avenue Gallery, New York, New York
D.Y.I. T.L.C., NYIT Gallery, New York, New York
2005
Glimpse, Mixed Greens Gallery, Curated by Robert Nadeau, New York, New York
Band of Abstraction, Van Brunt Gallery, Curated by Joe Fyfe, New York, New York
Partyka Website, Flowers in the Skull Drawings, Guest Artist, www. partykausa.com
2003
Flatfile Exhibition, Art Space, New Haven, Connecticut
2002
Proper Villains, Art Space, Curated by David Hunt, New Haven, Connecticut
2001
Flatfile, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2000
Growing into Space, Silverstein Gallery, New York, New York
Intimate Books, University of the Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999
Drawing Invitational, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1998
Yale University, Art and Architecture Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1996
Vinalhaven Press at Fogg Gallery, Vinalhaven, Maine
Bibliography and Publications
“Poster Design Contribution” Manual Out of Line 2017
“Edition Review:Craig Taylor” Art in Print Magazine, No.5 Volume 6, 2016
“ARTPULSE Craig Taylor Enface” Megan Abrahams ARTPULSE Magazine No.23 Volume 6, 2015
“Craig Taylor Data Bust” Two Coats of Paint Sharon Butler April 2, 2015
“Visiting Artist Report” The Chautuaquan Daily, Karly Buntich, July 7, 2014
Taylor, Craig “Sea Hag the woodblocks of Christopher Patch”, Evans Contemporary artist catalog 2013
“Essence, transference, no cigarettes” Huffington Post, Haiku Reviews, Peter Frank, February 2013
“Craig Taylor Paintings and Drawings” Art in America Review, November, 2011
“Craig Taylor’s Paintings make you see things” Time Out New York Review, Jennifer Coates, July 2011
“Taylor made” Boston Globe with reproduction, Cate Mcquaid, May 2010
“Staying up with Insomnia”, Manhattan Fine Arts Examiner, November 2009
Taylor, Craig and Iliatova, Vera “Darina karpov: Black and White” Pierogi Gallery artist catalog 2008
Zucker, Kevin “Thematic Apperception Test” The Highlights www.thehighlights.org August 2008 Abstract Fucking Paintings Previewed Flavorpill www.flavorpill.com
“See How Pretty See How Smart #4, Broken Pencil Issue 30 2006
“See How Pretty, See How Smart #3, Razorcake 2006
“See How Pretty, See How Smart #3,#4, Punk Planet 2006
Taylor, Craig and McCarthy, Sean 2005 “See How Pretty See How Smart”, issue #4
Taylor, Craig and Garwood, Deborah Hot and Cool:Freedom and structure interview with Albert Kresch ArtCritical.com 2005
“The Strokes” Listing reproductions page 17, The New York Sun, March 2005
Visiting Artist
2018 Art New England Bennington, Vermont
2017 University of Texas Houston, Texas
2014 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2012 Art New England, Bennington, Vermont
2010 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Low Residency MFA Provincetown Work Center
2010 Lehaman College, City University of New York Bronx, New York
2009 Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, New York
2008 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
2008 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Experience
2018-present Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Program Director
2011-present Rhode Island School of Design, Associate Professor of Painting
2009 -2011 Massachusetts College of Art, Assistant Professor of Painting
2005-2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Critic of Painting
2006-2009 Pratt Institute, Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Art
2002-2003 Brandeis University, Artist-in-Residence
1999-2001 Yale University School of Art, Lecturer of Painting