contact: taylorbaldwinstudio@gmail.com
b. tucson, az 1983
Education
2012 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2007 MFA Sculpture and Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2005 BFA Sculpture with Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions (* denotes two-person exhibition)
2023 A World Lit Only By Fire, Fine Arts Gallery, Stockton University, Galloway NJ *
2022 Honest Bodies, International Waters Gallery, Brooklyn NY *
2019 Everything All At Once, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 True Neutral Human, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AK
2013 The Disinterred, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Prodrome, Land of Tomorrow Gallery, Louisville, KY
2010 Living Fossil, Conner Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
2009 Perfect Future, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions ( * denotes two-person exhibition )
2024 Edge Condition, The Armory Show, Non-Profit Section, Javits Center, New York, NY (curated by Matthew Bollinger)
Edge Condition, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown MA (curated by Matthew Bollinger)
2023 Homage, Fred Gallery, Brooklyn NY (curated by Jeffrey Wallace + Derek Larson)
Local Objects, International Objects, Brooklyn NY
2020 Infinity / Infinity / Perfect Vision, C for Courtside Gallery, Knoxville, TN *
2019 A Periodic Table, Sibler Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD * (curated by Alex Ebstein) (catalog)
Metal, Foam & Lace, Field Projects Gallery, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY * (curated by Rachel Frank)
Ander Mikalson; Scores for a Black Hole, Art in General, New York, NY (curated by Ander Mikalson)
2018 Portraying Power and Identity, 21c Museum Durham, Durham, NC (curated by Alice Gray Stites)
April, Digital AR Exhibition, Activatar, IOS App (curated by Christopher Manzione)
2017 A Global Gathering, 21c Museum Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (curated by Alice Gray Stites)
2016 Stages, Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Matthew Bollinger)
2015 Mysterious Muck, Circuit 12 Gallery, Dallas, TX (curated by Clark Goolsby)
Drum Baby, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA (curated by Nathaniel Rappole)
Fruits of Our Labor: Chew, Screw, Glue, Grin Gallery, Providence, RI (curated by Kevin Frances) (catalog)
Rare Work, Scope NYC Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, Rare Gallery Booth, New York, NY
2014 Ander Mikalson: Three’s Company for 8 Performers, Churner & Churner, New York, NY (curated by Ander Mikalson)
Expo Chicago Art Fair, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Chicago, IL
2013 Seven Borders, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville KY (curated by Joey Yates)
Thunder Perfect Mind, Land of Tomorrow Gallery, Louisville, KY (as curator)
2012 Crush, RK Projects, Providence, RI
Birds, Bodies, and Bricolage, Toomer Labzda Gallery, New York, NY *
2011 Sculpture Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2011 Young Sculptors Competition: Finalist Exhibition, Heistand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Goodbye Space Shuttle, Curbs and Stoops Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Thick Blood, Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA *
Not the Way You Remembered, Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY (curated by Jamillah James)
New Waves, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2010 Mutual Migration, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Made in Tucson/Born in Tucson/Live in Tucson, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2009 Comet Fever, PPOW Gallery, Young Curators New Ideas II, New York, NY (curated by Nico Wheadon)
2009-10 Visual Arts Fellows, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
The Sun Never Sets, Special Project, Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY
Art Fellows Annual, Provincetown Arts Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2008 Visual Arts Fellows, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Gallery Artists: Recent Work, Conner Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
Chasing Tales, Project 4 Gallery, Washington DC
Just a Ghostly Paper Sigh, 31GRAND, New York, NY
2007 International Sculpture Center Student Award Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Options 2007, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington DC (curated by Paul Brewer) (catalog)
More Fresh Meat, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA (catalog)
WE and US, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Multiplex, Onebeta Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Debate Team, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
4th Annual Student Triennial, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey (catalog)
Like Dowsing, Corrugated Box, Richmond, VA
Not Psychedelic, Building 16, Providence, RI
What Happens When Things Get Together?, Flat International, Richmond, VA
W/E Trade, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
2005 Scurvy Picnic, Locker 50B, curated by Jack Risley, Richmond, VA
MFA Sculpture Presents…, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Big Show, Red Door Gallery, Providence, RI
Residencies / Fellowships
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Sculpture Space, Utica, New York
2011 Artist-in-Residence, Seven Below Arts Initiative, Burlington City Arts, Burlington, Vermont
2010 Artist-in-Residence, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2009 Visual Arts Fellowship (second- year awarded), Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2008 Visual Arts Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Awards / Grants / Honors
2024 Professional Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2019 Professional Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2017 Semi-Finalist Award, MacColl Johnson Fellowship, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI
2014 New Faculty Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2011 Second Place Prize, Young Sculptors Competition, juried by Dan Niardi, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Best in Show, New Waves Juried Exhibition, juried by Craig Drennen, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Norfolk, VA
2009 Special Projects Award, Pulse NY Installation Projects, juried by Helen Toomer, New York, NY
2008 Emerging Artist Program, Connor Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
2007 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
2006 Marmara University 4th Annual Student Triennial, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Graduate School Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2005 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Graduate School of the Arts Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bibliography reviews / articles / catalogs / interview
2024 Walt Cassidy, “The Party’s in the Back: Armory 2024”, Impulse Magazine, September 13th, 2024
Bitter Reviews, “Edge Condition, The Hudson D. Walker Gallery, FAWC”, Bitter-Reviews.biz, August 15th 2024
2023 Loukaia Taylor, “Portraits, Fire & Pine: New Fall Exhibitions”, Stockton University, August 29th 2023
Diana Budds, “A ‘Greater New York’ for Designers”, New York Magazine, May 10th, 2023
Will Heinrich, “Critics Notebook: When is a Chair a Work of Art?”, New York Times, Apr 13th 2023
Camille Okhio, “’Local Objects’ at International Objects”, Elle Décor Magazine, Apr 13th, 2023
Jesse Doris, “This Clever New Gallery Collapses Boundaries”, Surface Magazine, Apr 1st, 2023
2019 Alex Ebstein, A Periodic Table Catalog, Goucher College, Baltimore MD
2016 Alia Al-Sabi “Fan Mail: Taylor Baldwin”, Daily Serving, March 20th, 2016, dailyserving.com
“New Media Art Now”, episode 7, Miracle Film Ltd, Taiwan Public Television, Taiwan Ministry of Culture
Artist Feature, Infinite Industries, Online Exhibition, www.infinue.industries
2015 Eli Blasko, “Taylor Baldwin: The Plague Year”, Eutopia Contemporary Art Review, eutopia.us/taylor-baldwin
“Fruits of Our Labor” Catalog, Interview w/Kevin Frances, Grin Gallery, Providence, RI
Artist Feature, The Pinch Literary Journal, University of Memphis, University of Memphis Press
2014 Aaron Michael Skolnick ed., “New Baroque”, independently published catalog
“Fusion: Bones”, Prairie Schooner Literary Magazine, University of Lincoln-Nebraska Press
2013 Chelsea Gifford, “7 Borders at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft”, Aeqai, www.aeqai.com
Keith Waits, “Ambitious “7 Borders” Seeks to Define Kentucky’s Role in American Art”, artslouisville.blogspot.com
Chip Schwartz, “Vox Populi Heads into Uncharted Waters of 2013”, Knight Arts, Jan. 06 2013
2012 Edith Newhall, "Galleries: The People's Choices." Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 23 2012
Chelsea Gifford, “Art: Grotesque and Beautiful”, LEO Weekly, Feb. 29, 2012
A.C. Frabetti, “Idiosyncracies, the Mundane, and More at Land of Tomorrow”, Aeqai, www.aeqai.com
Andy Jones, “Interview with Taylor Baldwin”, Artbox Magazine, Issue 19, Mar. 2012
Serena Qiu, “Interviewing Taylor Baldwin”, Uppercase Q, www.uppercaseq.com
Rachel Corbett, “Bird Watching at Toomer Labzda”, ArtNet Magazine, www.artnet.com
2011 Andrew Russeth, “Not the Way You Remembered”, 16 Miles of String, www.16miles.com
Russ Crest, “Taylor Baldwin’s Assembled Madness”, Beautiful/Decay, www.beautifuldecay.com
Andy Sangria, “Art: Taylor Baldwin”, Sick of the Radio, www.sickoftheradio.com
2010 Jessica Dawson, “Reviews: Kost and Baldwin at Conner”, The Washington Post, Jan. 29, 2010
Danity Child, “Taylor Baldwin: Living Fossil”, ARTifice, May 21, 2010
“Taylor Baldwin: Drawing Portfolio”, Happy Meat, SixA Artists’ Initiative, Hobart, Tasmania
2009 Joseph R. Wolin, “Young Curators, New Ideas II”, Time Out New York / Issue 725, Aug. 20–26, 2009
Charles Shultz, “Separate But Equal”, Artslant, www.artslant.com, Aug. 16, 2009
Drawing Portfolio, Goldmine Anthology of American Comics and Drawings, Issue 5
2007 Kriston Capps, “Perish the Thought”, Washington City Paper, Oct. 17, 2007
Paul Brewer, Options 2007 Catalog, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington DC
Lawrence Rinder, “2007 MFA Exhibition”, MFA Graduate Thesis Catalog: 14-20
Sculpture Magazine, 2007 Outstanding Student in Contemporary Sculpture Award, Oct: 55
2006 4th International Student Triennial Catalog, Istanbul Marmara University
Lectures/Panels/Visits/Presentations
2023 visiting artist Gallery Talk, Fine Arts Gallery, Stockton University, Galloway NJ
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture/Graduate Studio Visits, Fine Arts Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, Fine Arts Department, University of Texas Denton, Dallas TX
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture/Workshop/Graduate Studio Visits, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture/Workshop/Graduate Studio Visits, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
Visiting Artist Lecture, Goucher College, Baltimore MD
Visiting Artist Lecture, 21c Museum Durham, Durham NC
Studio Visit, Fine Arts Undergraduate Students, College of Charleston, New York, NY
2018 Studio Visits, Member Artists, Wayfarers Gallery, New York, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture/Graduate Studio Visits, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Visiting Artist Lecture/Undergraduate Studio Visits, Amherst College, Amherst MA
Studio Visit, Fine Arts Graduate Students, School for Visual Arts, New York, NY
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture/Graduate Studio Visits, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AK
Visiting Artist Lecture/Graduate Studio Visits, Ohio University, Athens OH
Studio Visit, Fine Arts Undergraduate Students, University of Texas Denton, New York, NY
2016 Panelist, Powerhouse Roundtable Discussion, facilitated by Triple Canopy, New York, NY
2014 Artist Lecture/Studio Visit, Kansas City Art Institute NYC Summer Program, New York, NY
Lecture/Panelist, ‘Ekphrasis’, Division of Liberal Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
2011 Artist Lecture/Visiting Critic, Sculpture Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2010 Lecture/Panelist, ‘Scale Models: Triple Canopy at MOCA’, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
Artist Lecture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Panelist, ‘Narration, The Invisible Ink’, Painting Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2009 Artist Lecture, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Artist Lecture, Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY
2008 Artist Council Board Member, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Artist Lecture, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Collections
21C Museum Hotel, Louisville KY
Richard Harris Anatomical Collection
