RICHARD TAYLOR Statement
Artist Statement
My work is a distillation of life experiences, often seen through the influences of music and poetry. I allow the cadences, rhythms and syncopations of the musical and the poetic to resonate within and inform the spirits of my pieces.
Sometimes found objects from walks serve as metaphors for the experiences and wisdom we accumulate walking through life. I use their shapes in metal and in paint to echo their continued callings to us as they are then found in new circumstances.
Certain works are between painting and sculpture. The painted wall sculptures and painted standing sculptures fall into this category. Time plays a very essential part in these works as they are not so much about the details of the past as they are about the essence of remaining memories.
The painted wall sculptures address remnants of my emotions connected with specific places in the past. The memory of sitting in a station wagon back seat as a child, witnessing the light falling on a clapboard building in the south; the heat of the desert air as I passed through it to buy bread at a desert bakery.
Painted standing sculptures recall those people in my life who have shaped my character and sculpted my being through their actions, examples and spirits. They are my sentinels, my guideposts in my walk through life.
RICHARD TAYLOR Resumé
EDUCATION
1991 •MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM)
1986-88 •Part-time studies, fine arts, UWM
1981-84 •Part-time studies, fine arts, San Diego Mesa College; San Diego City College; University of California at San Diego
1981 •DDS, Marquette University School of Dentistry
1979-81 •Part-time studies, fine arts, Milwaukee School of Art and Design
1977 •BA, Art History, UWM
EMPLOYMENT
Present •Self-employed artist
1987-99 •Artist-in-residence, Quad/Graphics, Pewaukee, WI (part-time)
1990-91 •Instructor in Life Drawing, Basic Drawing, UWM
1976-78 •Saxophonist, Jose Martinez Orchestra
EXHIBITIONS
2009 •Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA; Group show, Works on Paper
2008 •SOPA Gallery, Kelowna, BC, Canada; 3 person show
•Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Anniversary Show; group show
•Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, group show
•Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2-person show
•Wisconsin Museum of Art, West Bend, WI; solo show
2007 •OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY, solo show
•Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI; 2 person show
•MIAD (Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design), group show
2006 •Kajima Sculpture Awards Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan; group show
•Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, California; group show
•Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL; 2-person show
•Continuum 5; Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Inova, group show
2005 •Paint on Metal, Tucson Art Museum, group show
•Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI; solo show
•Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI; solo show
•”Urban Camouflage” Luckystar Gallery, Milwaukee, WI; group show
•Artscape, Milwaukee, WI; outdoor sculpture group show
2004 •Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL; group show
•Waukesha Civic Theater, Waukesha, WI; 2-person show
•Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, group show
•3rd Ward Sculpture Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
•Niemi Sculpture Gallery Group Show
2003 •Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, group show
•18x18x18; West Bend Art Museum, WI; group show
•Wisconsin Presents, Wisconsin Lutheran College, group show
•Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, group show
•Kahler-Slater Architects, Milwaukee, WI, solo show
•Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, group show
2002 •OK Harris Works of Art, NY, NY, solo show
•3-D Chicago Maquette Show, Field Museum, Chicago
•Mad River, San Francisco, group show
•Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington DC, group show
•Navy Pier Sculpture Exhibition, Chicago, IL, curated by Dave Hickey
2001 •Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group show
•Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Abstract Show”
•Europa Gallery, Hannover, Germany, group show
•Nortel Networks Gallery, Santa Clara, CA, solo show
•Woodlot Gallery, Sheboygan, WI, group show
•TBA Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, group show
•Emory Fine Arts, Saugatuck, MI, group show
•West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI, featured outdoor sculpture
2000 •Pier Walk 2000 Sculpture Exhibition, Chicago, IL
•Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL, group show
•Woodlot Gallery, Sheboygan, WI, group show
1999 •DeLind Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, group show
1998 •Beyond the Object: Public Art, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
1994-96 •Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, group show
1992 •La Galleria Del Conte, Milwaukee, WI, group show
1991 •Master’s Thesis Show, UWM
1989 •Aristoi Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, solo show
1988 •UWM Union Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, “Really Big Shoe”
1983-84 •San Diego Art Institute, group show
COMMISSIONS
550 Washington Building, Chicago, IL
All Saints Hospital, Racine, WI
Allen Bradley Corp., Milwaukee, WI
Badger Meter Corp., Brown Deer, WI
Blettner Building, Madison, WI
Children’s Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Curative Rehabilitation, Milwaukee,WI
Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee, WI
Esker Hall, UW-Whitewater, % for Art Commission
Flad Architects, Madison, WI
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
General Electric Medical Systems, Pewaukee, WI
Guaranty Bank, Milwaukee, WI
SC Johnson Co., Racine, WI
Marnell Corrao, Shreveport, LA
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Public Central Library
Mc Kinley Marina, Milwaukee County
City of Mount Vernon, IL
Quad/Graphics
Rockwell International, Milwaukee, WI
Ruud Lighting, Racine, WI
St. Lukes Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Taylor’s, Milwaukee, WI
U.S. Robotics, Chicago, IL
Virchow Krause, Madison, WI
City of Wauwatosa, WI
Waukesha County Transit Station, Waukesha, WI
YMCA, Milwaukee, WI
COLLECTIONS
Visa
General Electric Medical Systems, Pewaukee, WI
Milwaukee Riverwalk
Quad/Graphics
Rockwell International
Semi-finalist, Kajima Sculpture Competition, Tokyo, Japan
Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
Koehler Winery, Santa Barbara, CA
Hewlett-Packard, Colorado Springs, CO
City of Skokie, IL
PERCENT FOR ART PROJECTS
Universty of Wisconsin, Parkside
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Wisconsin Rapids State Office Building
University of Wisconsin, Madison
General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, WI
State of Louisiana, LaSalle Building, Baton Rouge, LA
Department of Public Works Headquarters, Milwaukee, WI
MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONS
City of Wauwatosa, WI
City of Mount Vernon, IL
Janesville Public Library, Janesville, WI
Milwaukee Public Library
City of Green Bay, WI / Northeastern Wisconsin Arts Council
City of Waukesha, WI Transit Center
PUBLICATIONS
“Paint on Metal”, Tucson Museum of Art, 2005
“Navy Pier Walk”, Chicago Navy Pier Sculpture Exhibition, 2002
