Kevin E. Taylor - CV
While primarily a painter, Kevin has also employed film, sound, and sculpture to accompany and animate the stillness of the two-dimensional plane. A member of numerous bands and musical projects, he has been active in audio/video production for much of his life and continues to explore the undercurrents weaving various forms of artistic expression together into larger bodies of thematic work.
Kevin’s work has been exhibited extensively in the US as well as internationally in Japan, Sweden, Germany, UK and featured in numerous publications including Bant (Istanbul), Empty (Australia), Art Papers and Juxtapoz (USA). In January 2010, he was invited by The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art as part of a visiting artist series, to lecture and conduct studio visits with MFA candidates. Kevin has curated several exhibitions in the US and Berlin.
CV
Born 1972, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2010
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
2010
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/Italy
Previous
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
Commissions
Portrait for furniture designer, Raymond Waites.
Sculpted Monumental Props for set of “Don Giovanni”, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC
Created paintings for Producer, Thom Mount's private collection (RKO Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
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
CIMARRON REVIEW, Front Cover, 4/2010
ARTWEEK, Portrayals – Review 5/2009
BANT, Front cover/full feature interview 10/2008 (Istanbul, Turkey)
CREATIVITY, finalist – Penguin Books cover illustration contest 9/2008
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.)
BARFLY Magazine (AdFed Gold medal “Best Cover Illustration 2004”)
Awards
“Best Local Visual Artist”- Reader's poll "Best of Charleston" City Paper, Charleston, SC, 2001, 2003Gold Medal AdFed Award- "Best Cover Concept/Illustration" (10/03 Barfly Magazine)
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-present
Root Division, 2008-present
The Gibbes Museum School of Art, 1998-2006
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Shepard and Amanda Fairey, Obey/Giant, Los Angeles, CA
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Ron Turner, Last Gasp Comics, San Francisco, CA
Matt and Amy Rogers, St. Helena, CA
Steffi Goebel, Berlin, Germany
Jack Drake, Whatley/Drake, Birmingham, AL/New York, NY
Pernille Ægidius Dake, New York, NY
Ned Oldham, Charlottesville, VA
James Hunter and Emily Jateff, Adelaide, Australia
Thom Mount, RKO Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
Terry Fox, Charleston, SC
Biography
Having grown up within the cultural climate surrounding skateboarding and punk rock of the mid eighties, Kevin E. Taylor developed a dynamic interest in art, music, and the creative process in general. Following receipt of a B.F.A. from The Savannah College of Art and Design, he returned to his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina where he helped cultivate a fledgling contemporary art and music scene. In April of 2006, Kevin left his rural 1.5-acre estate for a modest studio apartment in San Francisco where he now works from a Union Square studio.