ross taylor - visual artist

Biography

Born 1982, Northumberland, England
Currently based in Melbourne, Australia.

Education

2001-2005 BA (hons) Fine Art, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
2003-2004 Academie De Bildenden Kunste, Munich, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012 Phatland, C3, Melbourne, Australia
Phatland, Stockroom, Melbourne, Australia

2009 I Knew She'd Be Back. Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2008 Move any mountain, Project Slogan, Aberdeen, Scotland

2006 Ross Paul Taylor, Art Space Tetra, Fukuoka, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 Still Living, Red Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2011 The Rest Is Silence, Death Be Kind, Melbourne, Australia
Need To Seem To Glimpse, C3, Melbourne, Australia

2010 Fear Of A Tech Planet, C3, Melbourne, Australia
Short Stories, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, Australia

2007 Private Prop, Residence Gallery, London, England
Showcase, Xsite Architecture, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

2006 Give Them Enough Rope, Projection Gallery, Liverpool, England
(Liverpool independents, coinciding with the Liverpool Biennale)
Front Door, Back Gate, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Normalife Unlimited, Neal's Yard, Carnaby Street, London, England

2005 Fields of Vision: Extremes, Institute of New Media, Frankfurt, Germany
Artfayre, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Home, Normalife Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

2004 Gamut, Globe Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Explosion2! , Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany

2003 BLEND, Normalife gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Awards

Mackellar Architecture, Artist Placement Award (2006)
Arts Council England, Travel Grant for the Arts - Fukuoka, Japan (2006)

Residencies

What's Missing? Initiatives, Globe Gallery, North Shields (2006)
Ross Paul Taylor, Art Space Tetra, Fukuoka, Japan (2006)

Commissions

I knew she'd be back, DVD , Commissioned by Arts Council England (2007)

Publications

The Rest Is Silence, Death And The Skull In Contemporary Art (2012)