Kevin Taylor

BIO

Kevin Earl Taylor is a native from Charleston, South Carolina and now lives and works in San Francisco, California. In 1995 he received a B.F.A. from The Savannah College of Art and Design. His work has been exhibited and published throughout the US, as well as internationally.

STATEMENT

The objects I produce are interrogations.  They exist as curious inquiries into the ostensible dichotomy between the human animal and mutating partitions of nature.  Using painting as a language, I propose mysterious, abstract narratives which are simultaneously given ground by familiar, objective imagery.  Amalgamating scientific, genetic and anthropological source material, I survey and ultimately depict hybrid landscapes where diverse aspects of human physiology mesh with the origins of species.  Through the merger of these methods, my exploration into the creative process develops.  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

LUX, K Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

Spirit Animal, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Monument Adrift, Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR

Google, Mountain View, CA

2012

Annex, Circle Culture, Hamburg, Germany

Kounterpart, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011

Primal Union, Rebekah Jacob Gallery, Charleston, SC

Deviant Instinct, Circle Culture, Berlin, Germany

2010 

Dislocated, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009 

Terrestrial Syndrome, The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Google, San Francisco, California

2008

Symbiotica, Gallery 3, San Francisco, CA 

Posture, Swarm, Oakland, CA 

2007

Animalitia, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA

Rise to Power, Fall from Grace, Gallery 3, San Francisco, CA

The Rorschach Test , The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006

Retrospective, 53 Cannon Gallery, Charleston, SC

Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA

Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC

2005

Space 12 Gallery, Boston, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

Put a Bird On It, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

2015

Milk and Honey, Slow Culture, Los Angeles, CA

2014

Hello! Exploring the Super Cute World of Hello Kitty, The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2013

Needles and Pens 10th Anniversary, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

These Friends IV, THIS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Selva Obscura, Officine dell'Immagine, Milan, Italy

Staffers, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Covers, Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA

2011 

These Friends, THIS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

New Art - Formerly Knows As :  New Art, Circle Culture, Berlin, Germany

2010 

The Idol Hours, London Miles, London, England

Hello Sweden! (curated by Needles and Pens), Krets, Malmo, Sweden

Weight Perception (curated by Andrew Schoultz), Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Rites in Passage, Alicia Blue Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Secret Drawings, The Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

2009 

Nastic Movements, LeBasse Projects, Culver City, CA 

Regime Change, Swarm, Oakland, CA 

Portrayals, Mina Dresden, San Francisco, CA

Tales from an Imaginary Menagerie, The Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

Skate and Create, The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC

2008 

AQUA Art Fair, (via The Shooting Gallery), Miami, Florida

Diverse Chorus, Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany

Transformation, Meltdown Comics, Los Angeles, CA 

At the Movies, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA 

Deep Pop, Kenneth Chapman Gallery, New Rochelle, NY

2007

Art of Politics,  No Regrets, Hartford, CN 

From Digital to Physical, 9th & Liberty, Jacksonville, FL

Opening Night Party (Noise Pop Festival), Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA

Fresh Produce, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA

2006

 Peep!, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA

Le Forest Rustique, CB’s 313 Gallery (CBGB’s), New York, NY

4th Annual Erotic Show,  The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Graphic Content,  Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The Favorites Show,  Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA

Yo! What Happened to Peace?, ongoing travelling print exhibit, USA/Japan/ItalyPrevious

New Year’s Revolution: New Works by Shepard Fairey and Kevin Taylor, Charleston, SC

Holiday Bazaar, Subliminal Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Love Hangover, The Gallery, New York, NY

Monkey Business, Chicago, IL        

INSTALLATIONS

2008

Animalitia, Gallery AD, San Jose, CA

2007

Migration: Cave Dwellers,  Swarm Gallery, Oaklnad, CA

2006

Cave Painting (60’ x 20’ mural), Eyespy, Charleston, SC

CURATED

2010

Diverse Chorus, Scoop, Charleston, SC

2008

Diverse Chorus, Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany

2007

V/A, YoungBlood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Time Capsule: Famous Last Works, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA

New Year’s Revolution II, 53 Cannon Gallery, , Charleston, SC

ILLUSTRATION / DESIGN

The Fresh and Onlys, Artwork for “Play It Strange” LP/CD on In The Red records, 2010 

Ned Oldham, Artwork for 7” release, 2009 

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Designed official posters, t-shirts, and sticker for national tour, 2009

Oldham Brothers, Artwork/CD design for 2009 Spanish EP Release

Amocoma, cover art for CD “Go to Hell”, 2008

The Specs, artwork and package design for CD, 2008

PUBLISHED

JUXTAPOZ, May 2015 Feature/Interview

MILK AND HONEY, 2012

CIMARRON REVIEW, Front Cover, 4/2010

ARTWEEK, Portrayals – Review 5/2009

BANT, Front cover/full feature interview 10/2008 (Istanbul, Turkey)

JUXTAPOZ, Profile, 10/2007, p. 32

YO! WHAT HAPPENED TO PEACE

SUPPLY & DEMAND : THE ART OF SHEPARD FAIREY, (written essay)

 DOMAIN, (designed and illustrated full-bleed 4 page spread)

HIGH PROFILE, The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC (extended biographical feature)

MERIAN/Germany (featured in a profile of attractions to the southern united states)

ART PAPERS (review of “HEALTH” exhibit in Savannah, Ga.)

LECTURES

SFAI, San Francisco, CA, 2010

Lecture/MFA Studio visits, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, 2009

Google, 2009

The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2009

SFAI, San Francisco, CA, 2008 

The Significance of Art in Construction, presented to The American Institute of Architects, 2003

EDUCATION

Savannah College of Art and Design B.F.A. Illustration, 1994

School of Visual Arts -Painting Study with Marshall Arismann, Summer 1993

TEACHING

The Academy of Art University, 2006-2012

Root Division, 2008-2010

The Gibbes Museum School of Art, 1998-2006