Fraser Taylor
Born: The United Kingdom

Education
Royal College of Art, London, England, MFA, 1983
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, BFA, 1981


Selected Solo Shows
2009 Densities and Reflections II, StART SPADE, London
2008 Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
2008 The Childer Street Paintings and Drawings, 1994-2001, Linda Ross Contemporary, Huntington Woods, Michigan
2008 Compound, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago
2007 In Line, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2007 The London Paintings, Linda Ross Contemporary, Huntington Woods, Michigan
2007 Catch and Release, Art Miami, collaboration with Judith Leemann, sponsored by StART SPACE, London
2007 The London Paintings, Linda Ross Contemporary, Huntington Woods, Michigan
2006 Reverse Transcriptase, Hyde Park Art Center, In The Loop Gallery, Chicago
2005 Cul de sac, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago
2005 Constraints, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2004 The Assembled Line, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
2004 From Chicago, Paintings and Prints, Jill George Gallery, London
2004 Graft, mn gallery, Chicago
2003 Occupation, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2003 Edges, Spica Museum, Tokyo
2003 Contours, Aurobora Press, San Francisco
2002 Amusements: Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco
2001 Paintings, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2001 Dialogues Develop, British Art Now, Spica Museum, Tokyo
2001 Between Sundays, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2000 West Coast, Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo
2000 All so Slippery, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh
2000 Placed Apart, Jill George Gallery, London
1999 Out of Place, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sidney
1998 Even as a Blur, Jill George Gallery, London
1998 Pillar to Post, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow
1998 Drawing Installation, Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo
1996 Monoprints, Jill George Gallery, London
1995 Paintings and Monoprints, Jill George Gallery, London
1993 Fraser Taylor, Gallery Boards, Paris
1993 New Work, Jill George Gallery, London
1991 Between Points, Jill George Gallery, London
1989 Land Marks, Jill George Gallery, London
1987 True to Form, Thumb Gallery, London
1985 These Obscure Objects of Desire, Thumb Gallery, London



Selected Group Shows
2009 Drawings Beyond Edges: Materials and Process,Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Eau Clair, WI
2007 Impossible Violence: A History of Selves, Joshua David Riegel, curator; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2006 The Monoprint Show, Jill George Gallery, London
2006 Optica, Video Art Festival, Gojon
2006 flowers, de de ce, Melbourne
2006 Flattened, John Brunetti, curator; Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, Illinois
2005 Bilingual, Tracy Taylor, curator; Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
2005 The Monoprint Show, Jill George Gallery, London
2004 Black and White, Linda Ross Contemporary Art Projects, Hunting Woods, Michigan
2004 Evanston Biennial, Monique Meloche and Dominic Molon, curators; Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, Illinois
2004 Exquisite Corpse, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
2003 Triplex, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
2003 Review 2003, Aurobora Press, San Francisco
2002 Kitchen Sink, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2002 Review 2002, Aurobora Press, San Francisco
2002 Summer Suites, Aurobora Press, San Francisco
2001 British Art Now, The Music Room, London
2000 2x2, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
1999 Collaborations in to the Millennium, British Art Now, Gallery Aoyama, Sagacho Bis Gallery, Tokyo
1999 Four Scots, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1998 British Art Now, Axis Gallery, Tokyo
1998 The Communicating Image, Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans, England
1998 The Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London and touring British Art Now, Tokyo 97, Axis Gallery, Tokyo
1997 Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Art, London
1997 The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, The Mound, Edinburgh
1997 Contemporary Scottish Paintings, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1997 Four Painters, Jill George Gallery, London
1996 Monoprints, Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk
1996 One Hundred Years of Design at the RCA, Royal College of Art, London
1995 Drawing Show, Jill George Gallery, London
1994 Paintings (Two Person), Jill George Gallery, London
1993 Big Works, Fine Art Consultancy, London
1992 Group Show, Fine Art Consultancy, London
1991 Friends and Contemporaries, John Jones Gallery, London
1991 Docklands, Exchange Tower, London
1989 Summer Show, The New Academy Gallery, London
1988 The Drawing Show, Thumb Gallery, London
1987 Two by Eight, Thumb Gallery, London
1986 Human Figure, Royal Academy of Art, London
1986 Artists Abroad, Royal Academy of Art, London
1985 The Cloth, Oliver and Pink, London
1985 The Cloth, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee, Scotland
1984 Olympic Show, Thumb Gallery, London
1983 The Music Show, Thumb Gallery, London
1982 Beneath the Cloth, Royal College of Art, London



Awards, Grants, Fellowships & Residencies
2007 Faculty Enrichment Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007 Mahon and Band Press, Melbourne, Australia
2005 Mahon and Band Press, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Aurobora Press, San Francisco
2002 Aurobora Press, San Francisco
1999 Goldsmiths College University of London, department of Visual Arts, research grant, British Art Now, Japan
1998 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design The London Institute, department of Fashion and Textiles, research grant, British Art Now, Japan
1984 Lloyds Young Printmakers Prize


Collections
The Art Institute of Chicago
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Microsoft, San Francisco
S. G. Warburg & Co. Ltd., London
Bank of China, London
Trainload Freight, London
Sun Oil, London
Coca-Cola & Schweppes Beverages Ltd., London


Selected Bibliography
Chicago Sun Times, Diverse cultures meet in Evanston exhibit, March 24, 2006
Chicago Sun Times, Fraser Taylor, Cul De Sac, November 4, 2005
Chicago Tribune, The Assembled Line, September 24, 2004
New City, Fraser Taylor Shows at mn gallery, March 8, 2004
Detroit Free Press, Trio’s Styles Meet in Abstraction, May 18, 2003
Chicago Sun Times, Inner Selves Undressed, February 28, 2003
Chicago Tribune, Artist’s Works Seem Slapdash But They Aren’t, March 7, 2003
The Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Collection, British Textile Design from 1940 to the Present, by Ngozi Ikoku, V&A Publications, 1999
Asahi Evening News, British Art Now, October 28, 1999
Asahi Evening News, British Art Now, September 17, 1998
The Japan Times, British Art Now, September 13, 1998
The Daily Yamiuri, British Art Now, June 17, 1997
The Japan Times, British Art Now, June 1 and 15, 1997
One Hundred Years of Design at The Royal College of Art, by Christopher Frayling, Barrie & Jenkins, 1996
The Times, August 6, 1996
Street Style, British Design in the 80s, by Catherine McDermott, Design Council, 1987
Arts Review, February 1987
ID, Taylor’s Made It, March 1987
Ritz, Fraser Taylor, March 1987
New British Design, by John Thackara and Stuart Jane, Thames and Hudson, 1986
Design Magazine, Synthetic Style, January 1985
Sunday Telegraph, Call for The Cloth, January 27, 1985
The Standard, London Fashion Week, March 12, 1985
Women’s Wear Daily, New York, 9th April 1985
Newsweek, London Goes Wild, April 1985
The Scotsman, Success for Men and Women of The Cloth, May 1985
Menswear, Display as Art, July 4, 1985
Design, Design Showcase, August 1985
Blitz, These Obscure Scotsmen, October 1985
Creative Review, Material Success, December 1985
The Guardian, Glamour Yarn, January 1985
Interview Magazine, The Cloth, October 1984
The Standard, Art for Smarts Sake….!, July 3,1984
Drapers Record, The Cloth, October 6, 1984
Women’s Wear Daily, New York, October 9, 1984
The Times, Having Designs on the Future, August 30, 1983