From 2009 until 2012 his work was selected for the Eastern Open in Kings Lynn and in 2011 he won the Wyss Foundation Painting Prize. Since 2010 Taylor has been an active member of the Contemporary British Painting group, which has recently resulted in his work being exhibited in a touring exhibition called Contemporary Masters of Britain. This group show in 2017 is touring museums in China.
From 2009 until 2012 his work was selected for the Eastern Open in Kings Lynn and in 2011 he won the Wyss Foundation Painting Prize. Since 2010 Taylor has been an active member of the Contemporary British Painting group, which has recently resulted in his work being exhibited in a touring exhibition called Contemporary Masters of Britain. This group show in 2017 is touring museums in China.
'The painting process is a daily ritual that is very gradually transformed over time'. For Taylor the process is a labour intensive one that requires him to meticulously build up an image using a strict daily routine. In 2009 he rejected his earlier abstract way of working in order to develop the work towards realism and superrealism. The portraits capture a moment in time and the people depicted tend to be close family members, including his mother and daughter. He is inspired by the working process of Malcolm Morley and the melancholy nature of Gerhard Richter's photo painting. For Taylor the photograph is a chart or map that allows him to navigate from one area to another and find his way through the image.
BIOGRAPHY
Graduated from Winchester School of Art in 1993 and then moved to Colchester in 1997. Head of the Art and Design department at the Sixth Form College.
My 'superrealist' paintings are concerned with the process of painting and breaking the whole down into small parts. The image I work from is a map that is scrutinised and closely transcribed onto a larger scale. Through the process of unpicking the image a new painting evolves.
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EDUCATION
1996 - 1997 - P.G.C.E. Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church College
1990 - 1993 - B.A (Hons) Fine Art, Painting - Winchester School of Art
1989 - 1990 - Foundation Diploma - Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury
SOLO SHOWS
2018 - Collected Works, The Minories, Colchester
2015 - New Paintings, The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk
2014 - Paintings, St Marylebone Church, Marylebone, London
2013 - Portraits, Norman Rea Gallery, University of York
2010 - A Painter's Process, Slack Space, Colchester
2009 - Sleeping Heads, Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester
2007 - Wembley Point, West London - Target follow.
2007 - Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm Studios
2007 - Appetite Cafe, Colchester
2005 - Shaping Colour at the Digby Gallery, The Mercury Theatre, Colchester
2005 - Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester
2004 - The Garden Cafe. Firstsite @ The Minories - Colchester
2003 - McCleans Bar, Colchester
2003 - Head Street Gallery, Halstead, Essex
2002 - Priory Galleries, Colchester
2001 - Les Livres Gallery, Colchester
2001 - Trinity Street Studios, Colchester
2000 - Inkpen Downie Gallery, Colchester
1999 - Gallery 73, Brighton
1999 - Chambers Gallery, Ipswich
1999 - Nevill Gallery, Canterbury
GROUP SHOWS AND OPENS
2020 Vitalistic Fantasies, The Cello Factory, London
2019 An Exhibition of 34 Painters, The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral
2019 'Made in Britain' at The National Museum of Poland, Gdansk
2017 Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum - China - Contemporary Masters from the East of England
2017 Testcard P, Contemporary British Painting show, St. Marylebone Church Crypt, London
2017 Menier Gallery, Southwark Street, London - Contemporary Painting: In Good Health - Paintings in Hospitals. Group show with CBP
2017 Contemporary Masters from the East of England, The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk
2016 Postkarte, Wivenhoe Bookshop, Wivenhoe, Essex
2016, 2015, 2012, 2011 - Essex Open, Beecroft Gallery, Southend
2014 - Priseman - Seabrook Collection, Huddersfield Art Museum
2014 - @paint - Group show of CBP work curated by Simon Carter, Ipswich Arts School
2013 - East Contemporary Art: A Collection of 21st Century Practice, Waterfront Gallery, UCS, Ipswich
2013 - Contemporary British Painting Group show, St. Marylebone Parish Church Crypt, 17 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LT
2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 - Eastern Open, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
2011 - Winner of the Wyss Foundation Painting Prize 2011 at Eastern Open
2009 - Wyss Foundation Prizewinner 2009 at Eastern Open
2012 - Call for entries, Artworks, Cambridge
2012 - All at Sea, Pie Factory, Margate
2011 - Group show at Jardines, Wivenhoe, Essex
2009 - The National Open Art Competition, Chichester
2008 - Braintree Open, Essex
15 Oct - 3 Nov 2007 and 2008 - Canterbury Art Fair - Canterbury Art College
2007 - Naze Tower, Walton on the Naze, Essex - Cuckoo Farm group show
2007 - Life Cafe, Colchester. Open Studios group show
2005 - Babylon Gallery, Ely. Cuckoo Farm Studios group show
2005 - The Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk. Cuckoo Farm group show.
1999 - [email protected] Minories, Colchester - ‘On the Shelf'
1995 - Riviera Gallery, Hastings - Moves in Black and White - selected show
1994 - Slaughterhouse Gallery, London - selected graduates
1993 - Wiggins BMW Showroom, Winchester - best of the graduates
COLLECTIONS
East Contemporary Art Collection - University Campus Suffolk
Priseman - Seabrook Collection
Art UK - Leaves II is part of the Priseman - Seabrook Collection
Art UK - Linda is part of the East Contemporary Art Collection
