Tracy Taylor
Education
MFA, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001
BFA, Painting and Drawing, The University of New Mexico, 1998
Study Abroad, The University of Swansea, Wales, U.K., 1995
Gosia Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2007
24 Hour Painting, Fraction Workspace, Chicago, IL, 2006
Translations, The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL, 2005
Between the Lines, Streetlevel Gallery, Highwood, IL, 2005
3 Second Painting, Gallery 2, Chicago IL, 2000
Dukkha- The, ILK@Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO, 1999
American Mythos, ILK Gallery, Denver, CO, 1998
American Mythos, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1998
Bad at Sports, Apex Art, New York, NY, 2010
Chasing Two Rabbits, Threewalls Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2010
Faculty Exhibition, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, IL, 2009
Snap to Grid, LA Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
The Art of Play, The Project Rm, Chicago, IL, 2007
Bridge Art Fair, Gosia Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2007
Crossmediale, Gosia Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2007
Faculty Exhibition, The Project Rm, Chicago, IL, 2007
Two Artists, Fraction Workspace, Chicago, IL, 2005
Summer Show, The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL, 2005
Heretic Heredity, Up the Stairs Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
Annual Group Show, Carrol/Albany Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
Fieldwork, 1926 Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL, 2003
Currents, Weldon Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2003
Homeworks, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2003
The School of the Art Institute’s MFA Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2001
Art Windows, Max Mara, Chicago, IL, 2001
Gallery 2 December Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, 2000
SSSHHH! Site 21/21 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1999
ILK Gallery Group Show, ILK Gallery, Denver CO, 1999
Solitary Vices, Site 21/21 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1998
D. H. Lawrence Annual Exhibition, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1998
ASA Gallery Annual Juried Show, ASA Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1997Auto Erotica, ASA Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1997
Betsy Odom and Lauren Brescia, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, IL, 2010
Bilingual, Art at the Intersection of Painting and Video, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2007-2008
Snap to Grid, C33 Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2006
Bilingual, The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL, 2005
1AM Senior Exhibition, Manifest 2008, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2008
Par Avion, The Project Rm, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2007
1AM Faculty Exhibition, The Project Rm, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2007
The Art of Play, The Project Rm, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2007
1AM Senior Exhibition, Manifest 2007, Hokin Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2007
Fresh, The Project Rm, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2006
I Heart Technology, Manifest 2006, Raw Space, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2006
Curve, Manifest 2005, C33 Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2005
E-motive, Manifest 2004, L and L Gallery, Evanston IL, 2004
Video artist in collaboration with the band Coupleskate, The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL, 2008
Video artist for the theater production Life and Limb, Pinebox Theater Company, Athenaeum Theater, Chicago, IL, 2006
Video screening, Summer Films, The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL, 2004
Shame, Video art in collaboration with modern dance ensemble CAMP, Sugar in the Raw, Link’s Hall, Chicago, IL, 2003
Video art in collaboration with modern dance ensemble CAMP, for Collaboraction, Ourhaus, Chicago, IL, 2002
Video art in collaboration with modern dance ensemble CAMP, for Collaboraction, Ourhaus, Chicago, IL, 2002
“Work” by Sabina Ott, PROMPT Art Journal, Issue 1, 2008
“Paintings, Partitives, Positions, Parables”, by Michelle Grabner, Bilingual Exhibition Catalog, 2007
“Episode 113- Tracy Marie Taylor and Front Forty Press”, Bad at Sports, 2007
“Bilingual’ speaks eclectic, collective language of film in contemporary art” The Chicago Tribune, 2007
“Hybrid Transmission: Tradition and Technology Merge at Columbia’s Glass Curtain Gallery” Time Out Chicago, Issue 143: Nov. 22-28,2007, Gapers Block, Issue # 023422, 2007
“5 Shows to See Now”, Newcity, 11-15-07
“Recent Exhibitions at Columbia College”, CanTv, 11-14-07
“Mixing Media, Exhibit Combines Video and Painting” Columbia Chronicle, 2007
Special Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL, 2008
Full Merit Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO, 2008
Faculty Development Grant, Columbia College Chicago, IL, 2008
Chicago CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago IL, 2006
Chicago CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago IL, 2005
Graduate Fellowship Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 2001
Full Merit Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO, 2001
Full Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1999-2001
MacRae Award for Academic Excellence, The University of New Mexico, College of Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM, 1998
Summa Cum Laude, College of Fine Art, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1998
Magna Cum Laude, General Honors, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1998
Cherryl-Connif Memorial Scholarship Award, 1997
The University of New Mexico, College of Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM, 1997
“The Painter’s Anxiety in the Age of New Media” paper presented at the International Digital Media Arts Association Conference, Savannah, GA, 2008
“The Painter’s Anxiety in the Age of New Media” paper presented at “21st Century Anxiety” Conference at the University of Nottingham, UK, 2008
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Graduate Seminar, Marcelino Stuhmer, Professor, 2008
Columbia College Chicago, Parents Weekend CHATS!, 2007
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Conceptual Approaches, Marcelino Stuhmer, Instructor, 2006
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, From Drawing into Painting, Eli Robb, Instructor, 2005
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Color Theory, Anna Kunz, Instructor, 2004
Co-founder and Director, Gear-Up with Alice, Porcupine School, Pine Ridge Reservation, Pine Ridge, SD, 2009
Director, Graduate Open Studio Night, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001
Founder and organizer, Graduate Open Studio Night, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000
Volunteer Children’s Art Instructor, Nobu Village Burmese Refugee Camp, Thailand, 1998
Student Director, John Sommers Gallery, The University of New Mexico, 1998
Founder and organizer, Undergraduate Open Studio Night, The University of New Mexico, 1998
Community Organizer, Art Supply Drive for ArtStreet (Art studio for the less fortunate), 1997