ROBERT LANGE STUDIOS
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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
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