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pdf version) Education 1997 Master of Fine Arts, Bard's Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts, Annandale, NY 1985 Bachelor of Science in Education (Magna Cum Laude), Tufts University, Medford, MA 1984 Diploma of Fine Arts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Selected Exhibitions & Commissions |
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| 2006 | Farmer's Daughter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA - see exhibition |
| 2005 | rose-tinted; commission from the Cambridge
Arts Council, Cambridge, MA Taylor Davis: Recent Work, RISD: School of Architecture, Providence, RI |
| 2004 | I.C.A. Artist's Prize Exhibition, Institute
of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
| 2003 | Taylor Davis: Sculpture, Green Street
Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2002 | Taylor Davis: Sculpture, Triple Candie,
NYC, NY |
| 2001 | Taylor Davis: New Work, Green Street
Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1998 | The Exquisite Cannibal, Bakalar Gallery
at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
Group Exhibitions |
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| 2007 | Taylor Davis, Incident Report, Hudson NY. Curator Nancy Shaver Extra-Ordinary: The Everyday Object in American Art, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX Organized by the Whitney Museum Coercive Atmospherics, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn NY. Curator David Hunt |
| 2006 | Selections Inaugural Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, ICA, Boston, MA Wild Girls , Exit Art, New York, NY Cady Noland Approximately, Triple Candie, Harlem NY |
| 2005 | rose-tinted; Sculpture of Taylor Davis, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA Taylor Davis, Recent Work, RISD: School of Architecture, Providence, RI |
| 2004 | [Being] before UTS Gallery, Sydney, Australia Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY SouthEnders, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA Taylor Davis & Elsbeth Deser, Elias Fine Art, Boston, MA Arranged Marriages; outer spaces, Chicago Arts Council, Chicago, IL |
| 2000 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant Recipients,
Chapel Gallery, Boston, MA Selections, Bakalar Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| 1999 | Taylor Davis and Jill Slosberg-Ackerman,
Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1998 | Material Force, Boston Center for the
Arts, Boston, MA |
| 1997 | MIX: Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film and
Video Festival, NYC, NY Work, Taylor Davis and Elsbeth Deser, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA |
| 1996 | Close to Home, Lehman College Art Gallery,
Bronx, NY Traveling Scholar, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
| 1995 | In Making it Actual, Wheeler Gallery,
Providence, RI Loose Ends, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA |
Grants & Fellowships 2003 St. Botolph Foundation Grant, Boston, MA 2002 Best Show of Emerging Artist, Association of International Art Critics, Boston, MA 2001 Artist Prize, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA 1999 Artist Grant in Sculpture, Massachusetts Cultural Council 1997 Milton and Sally Avery Scholarship, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 1996 Traveling Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1988 Drawing Finalist, Massachusetts Artist Fellowship Program |
Academic Affiliations |
| 2003-05 | Faculty, Co-chair, Milton Avery Graduate School
of the Arts at Bard College |
| 1999-Present | Associate Professor, Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston, MA |
| 1999-Present | Visiting Artist: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Rutgers University, Brandeis University, University of Massachusetts, University of Ohio, University of Oregon, Art Institute of Boston, SUNY Purchase |
| 2002 | Adjunct Faculty, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA |
Private Collections Frank Williams, Boston, MA Renee Fleming, Boston, MA Susan Paine, Boston, MA Robert Davoli and Eileen McDonagh, Boston, MA Public Collections Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
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