TERRY TAYLOR BIOGRAPHY

Born 1958, Geelong, Victoria

Solo exhibitions

1985      70 Arden Street, Melbourne

1988      City Gallery, Melbourne

1989      City Gallery, Melbourne

1991      City Gallery, Melbourne

1994      Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1996      'Black, White & Grey', Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1997      'The Table is Set', Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1999      'Forty Pink Paintings as a Parting Present', Bulle Galleries, Melbourne

2000      'Recent Drawings', Bulle Galleries, Melbourne

2002      'Oil and Water', Mira Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne

2002      ‘Recent Work’. Smyrnios Gallery Australia, Melbourne

2004      ‘Falling’ Span Galleries,Melbourne

2006      ‘Without Voice’ O.P.T. Gallery, Hong Kong.

2006      ‘Aquarius Horoscope’ Ochre Gallery Melbourne.

Group Exhibitions

1979      Prahran CAE Graduate Show, Hawthorn City Art Gallery

1980      Two-person show, Prahran Gallery

1985      Diamond Valley Art Award

               Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre

1986      Artists for Peace, Waverley City Gallery4

1987      St Kilda Festival

               Group Drawing Show, 70 Arden Street, Melbourne

               Post Graduate Show, Melbourne University Gallery

               Post Graduate Show, VCA Gallery, Melbourne

1988      Artbank, 'Big Paintings', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

1988      Group Exhibition, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne

1988      'A New Generation 1983-88, The Phillip Morris Arts Grant Purchases',

               National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

1988      ACAF.1, First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building,

               Melbourne

1988      'Directors' Choice', RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

1988      Savage Club Drawing Prize, .RMIT Gallery

1990      ACAF.2, Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition

               Building, Melbourne

1990      19th & 20th Century Portraiture, Monash University Gallery

1992     'Works on Paper', RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

1994      'Drawing from Inspiration', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

1994      ACAF.4, Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition

               Building, Melbourne

1994      'Recent Works on Paper', Four Person Exhibition with Godwin Bradbeer,

               Neil Chenery and Stephen Spurrier, Lyall Burton Gallery,

1995      'Save Albert Park 9 x 5 Invitation Exhibition', Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melb.

1995      'The Situation Now: A Survey of Local Non-Objective Art', University Art

                Museum, La Trobe University, Bundoora (Guest Curator: Christopher

                Heathcote PhD)

1995      'Gallery Artists', Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1996      ACAF.5, Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building,

                Melbourne

1996      'Gallery Artists', Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1997      'Preview 1997', Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1997      'Gallery Artists', Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1998      '9 x 5 by 25', George Adams Gallery, Melbourne (25 years of VCA)   

1998      'Gallery Artists', Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne,

1998      'Selected Works by Invited Artists', Bulle Galleries, Melbourne

1999      James Farrell'Self Portrait Award 1999', Castlemaine Art Gallery

               Castlemaine,

2000      'Postcard Show 2000', Linden Art Centre & Gallery, St. Kilda, Melb.

2000      Anti-Cancer Council, Daffodil Day, 'Removing the Mask', St. Paul's

                Cathedral, Melbourne

2001      'Works on Paper', Mira Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne

2001       Anti-Cancer Council, Daffodil Day, 'Facing the Challenge', Telstra, Melb.

2002      'Gallery Artists', Mira Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne

2002       'In3Door/Out3Door', Mira Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne

2003       Smyrnios Gallery Australia, Melbourne

2003       Art & Peace Kultur Etxea, Guernica Spain

2004       Summer Exhibition, Span Galleries, Melbourne

2005       Postcard Show 2005, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts

2005       Works on Paper 1, Gallery 25, Mildura, Victoria

2005       Toxic Waste, Gallery 25, Mildura, Victoria

2005       Works on Paper. Ochre Gallery Melbourne

2005       Small Paintings. Ochre Gallery Melbourne

Collections

Prahran CAE; National Gallery of Australia (Phillip Morris Collection); National Gallery of Victoria; St Kilda City Council; Artbank; Monash University Gallery; Private Collections.

Prizes

1985      Eric Westbrook Drawing Prize

1986      St Kilda Arts Festival Drawing Prize

1986      National Gallery of Victoria Acquisition Prize

Bibliography

1984       'A Time to Choose' (a collection of anti-nuclear poems by Australian poets,

                 Illustrated by Australian artists)

1985       'Art Review', Gary Catalano, The Age, Wednesday, October 2, 1985

1985       'A Master Painter's Game with Letters', Rod Carmichael, The Sun, Leisure Supplement, Thursday,               October 3, 1985

1985       'True Art of Expression', Gary Catalano, The Age, Wednesday, December

                11, 1985

1986       Scripsi, Volume 4 No. 1

1986       'Arts of '85', Gary Catalano, The Age, Tuesday, January 7,1986

1986       'Exhibition Commentary', Art and Australia, Winter Edition, 1986

1987       'Drysdale Photographs the Pick in Trio of Exhibitions', Gary Catalano, The

                Age, Wednesday,   February 25, 1987

1988       'Puzzling Over the Pieces of the Self, Gary Catalano, The Age, Friday,

                 May 6, 1988

1988       Bob Evans, The Age, Friday, June 10, 1988

1991        Scripsi.

1991       'Drawing the Lines', Art Monthly, Christopher Heathcote, April 1991

1992       'Bad Aesthetic Times', Christopher Heathcote, The Age, Wednesday,

                 Jan 1,1992

1994      'Taking a Dark View of the Human Body', Christopher Heathcote,  ARTS,

                The Age, Page 15, March   3,1994

1994      'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Alan McCulloch, revised and

                updated by Susan McCulloch, Alien & Unwin

1996      'Provocative Opening for New Location', ARTS, BRIEFS, The Age,

                Thursday, March 21,1996 Terry Taylor Exhibition ‘Black, White & Gray

2001      ‘Art at School and at Home” Art Monthly Australia (AMA144) pp 13, 14     

2002      'Oil and water do mix', Rachelle Unreich, The Herald Sun, Saturday   1st

               June, p. 116

2005      “Rallying Call to Arts Community” Peter Lamb, Sunraysia Daily,

               Jan 18, p. 1&2

2005      WIN Television, Interview with Pat Coopman, Jan 18 , 6.00pm News

2005      3MA Radio Interview with Barry Bishop (MLC) Jan 19, Morning Show

2005      3MA Radio Interview with Robert Roper, Jan 19, Midday News

2005      WIN Television, Interview with Pat Coopman, Nov 14, 6.00pm News

2005      ABC Radio, 104.3 AM, Toxic Waste Interview, Nov 17

2006      Art Galleries, Megan Backhouse, The Age, July 15.

Qualifications

1977-79      Diploma of Art & Design, Prahran CAE

1985-86      Post-Graduate Diploma (Painting) VCA