Paul Taylor
Artist Works
40 x 30 in. Poly toned silver gelatin print from wet plate col
Artist Bio
Paul Taylor
Director/Owner/Artist, Renaissance Press, June 1986 - present
(Renaissance Press is a fine arts collaborative atelier. Renaissance Press works with contemporary artists and photographers creating limited edition prints, portfolios, and unique objects)
Founder, Rhode Island School of Design Press, 1992
Education
Rhode Island School of Design Master of Fine Arts 1986
Providence, Rhode Island
University of Connecticut Photogravure apprenticeship May 1981 – May 1982
Storrs, Connecticut John Craig, Professor of Photography
Evergreen State College Bachelor of Arts 1981
Olympia, Washington
Grants / Awards:
Prusoff International Travel Grant, Ortihasar, Turkey, 2002, 2004, 2005
Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Printmaking Dept. Sept, 1984-1985
Graduate Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Photography Dept. Sept. 1984 – June 1985
The Eleanor Janeway Foundation Artists Grants Program Recipient, September 1984
Solo Exhibitions:
Hallmark Museum of Photography, Retropsective Exhibit, Turners Falls, MA 2008
CatherineGruver Gallery, Brattleboro, VT, 2007
Red Eye Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2007
Baywoods of Annapolis, Annapolis, MD, 2007
Spheris Gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2006
Spheris Gallery, Bellows Falls, Vermont , 2006
Spheris Gallery, Bellows Falls, Vermont, 2005
Reeves Contemporary, New York, New York, 2004
Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2003
William Baczek Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2002
University of Connecticut, Stoors, CT Atrium Gallery, 2000
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont, 2001
Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont 1998
Forest Scott Gallery, Milburn, New York 1997
Burns Fine Art, New York, New York 1996
Blue Sky Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1986
Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Exhibit, Providence, Rhode Island, June, 1986
Stratton Gallery, Stratton, Vermont, 1985
Common Ground, Brattleboro, Vermont, December 1983
Evergreen State College, Main Gallery, Olympia, Washington, January 1981
Group Exhibitions:
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008
Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2008
Dianich Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2006
Paletti Gallery, Knoxville, Kentucky, 2006
Vermont Center for Photography, 2005
Dianich Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont 2005
Vermont Center for Photography, 2004
Spheris Gallery, New York, New York, 2001
New Hampshire Art Institute Biennial, Manchester, New Hampshire, 2001
The George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, 2001
Center for Visual Studies, University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, 2001
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, 2000
William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2000
Spheris, Walpole, New Hampshire, 2000
William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts 1997
Burns Fine Art, New York, New York, 1996
Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 1993
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Faculty Show, Providence, Rhode Island, January 1993
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, December 1985
Vermont Platinum Printers, Stratton, Vermont, August 1984
The Finished Print, Farmington, Connecticut, August 1984
Red Eye Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, August 1984
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1981
Workshops Instructed:
Renaissance Press Photogravure Plate Making and Printing Workshops. Renaissance Press, Hinsdale/Ashuelot, New Hampshire, 1993-present
The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. Platinum and Wet Plate Collodion workshop, Photography Department, 2000
The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Graphic Studio, Wet Plate Collodion Workshop 2000
Columbia University, New York, New York. Photogravure workshop, Printmaking Department, 1998
Spirit Square, Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina. Photogravure Platemaking and Printing Workshop, 1993
Southern Connecticut State University, North Haven, Connecticut. Photogravure Platemaking and Printing Workshop, 1987