Johnny Taylor is an American painter born in 1971 in Helena, Arkansas. He received his BFA in Art History from the University of Memphis in 1996.
Overview Taylor paints bright colored acrylic and mixed media paintings of the memories of the heroes and the pop art/graffiti/kitsch that make up America. Johnny's work is influenced by the American humor magazine Mad and the hard rock band Kiss. He uses oil, spray paint, screen printing, and stencils on canvas or wood.
Solo exhibitions
2018CODA Gallery, CA2009FLEA Store, Los Angeles, USA2008Everything in the world has changed, Yard Dog Gallery, Marfa, USA2007Twenty Seven, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, USAArts at the Airport, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, USA2006Present Perfect, Vue Gallery, Memphis, USA2005Texas Medicine, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, USA
Group exhibitions 2018Wish I Might, Parlor Gallery, Ashbury Park, NJ2012Urban Discovery, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USAAerial, Jules Place, Boston, USA2011Local Color, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, USALA-Zurich, Kunstwarenhaus, Zurich, SwitzerlandAtomic Vision, Tria Gallery, New York, USACOLORS, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USAEverything But the Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA2010Made Out of Beautiful (Pop/UnPop), Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, USA2009Little Exaltations, Deffebach Gallery, Hudson, USA2008Art Outside 2008, Enchanted Forest, Austin, USAPop Art Now, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, USA
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