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Curriculum Vitae








BORN      1979   

EDUCATION
1998 - 2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts
The University of Tasmania - Centre for the Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008    ‘Six New Works’, Despard Gallery, Hobart
             ‘Culture made easy’, Linden: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2007    ‘Portrait: New drawings by Nathan Taylor, Despard Gallery, Hobart
             ‘The suburban vernacular’, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2005    ‘Recent Paintings’, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2003    ‘Love & Concrete’, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2000    ‘Photographic Memory’, Foyer Installation Gallery, Hobart
             ‘Reminiscence’, Little Space Gallery, Hobart College, Hobart

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007    20th Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart
             New Gallery Launch, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
             ‘What ever I like..’ Despard Gallery Anniversary exhibition, Hobart
2006    Summer Group Show, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
             Melbourne Art Fair, Stand C42, Royal Exhibition Centre, Despard Gallery
2005    Artist Stable Launch, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2004    Melbourne Art Fair, Stand 55, Royal Exhibition Centre, Despard Gallery
             "Salon" Tasmanian Group Exhibition, Peter Lane Gallery, Woollahra, NSW
2003    16th Annual Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2002    A Baroque Christmas, 15th Annual Christmas Exhibition, Despard Gallery
             “Off the Rack” Exhibition, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2001    14th Annual Christmas Exhibition, Despard Gallery, Hobart
              Emerging Artist Exhibition, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
             ‘To be Announced ...” Little Space Gallery, Hobart College, Hobart
             ‘Raw’, Long Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart
2000    “Salsa” 13th Annual Christmas Exhibition, Despard Gallery, Hobart
1999    ‘Palate to Palette’, Elizabeth Street, Hobart
1998-99‘The Summer Show’, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
1997    ‘Art Rage’, Queen Victoria Museum Launceston
1996    ‘Art Rage’, Queen Victoria Museum Launceston & Hobart Museum and Art Gallery

COMMISSIONS
2002    Mural for the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council Education Centre

COLLECTIONS
Private loan to University of Tasmania, Hobart
Private Collections, Nationally

GRANTS
2007    Recipient Janet Holmes á Court Artists’ Grant
2006    Recipient Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship
2003    Artist Development Grant, Arts Tasmania
             Industry Development Grant, Arts Tasmania

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2008    Selected as finalist in The Corangamarah Art Prize, Victoria
             Selected as finalist in the annual METRO 5 Art Award, Melbourne
             Selected as finalist in the inaugural Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize
2007    Selected as finalist in RIPE Art & Australia / ANZ Private Bank Contemporary Art
             Award
2003    Selected as finalist to The Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart
2002    Selected as finalist to the inaugural annual METRO 5 Art Prize, Melbourne
1997    Awarded Art Production Prize, Hobart
             Awarded Ian McDonald Memorial Prize, Hobart

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS
2008     ‘Sunday Tasmanian’, Penny Thow, Sunday, 2nd November, page 5
              ‘Art Almanac’, Exhibition profile, November Issue
              ‘Australian Art Collector’, TasWrap, Issue #46, Judith Abell, page 318
              ‘The Age’, Metro, Ross Moore, 22nd August, page 17
              ‘The Age’, A2, Ashley Crawford, 16th August, page 22
              ‘Artist Profile’, Must See, Issue #4, page 97
              ‘The Age’, A2, Nicole Bittar, 12th July, page 8
              'Moreland Leader' Art, David Stockman, 9th June, page 24
              'Moreland Community News', Pinar Gencturk, 10th June, page 9
2007    ‘The Financial Review’, Lyndall Crisp, Arts, 15th & 16th December, page 27
             ‘The Mercury’ Gallery Watch, Clyde Selby, Review, 1st December, page 8
             ‘Portrait: New drawings by Nathan Taylor’ Catalogue essay, Wayne Brookes
             ‘Art Almanac’, Exhibition profile, September Issue
             ‘The Age’, A2, Megan Backhouse, 22nd September, page 20
             ‘The Age’, Metro, Megan Backhouse, 15th August, page 17
             ‘Suburban Vernacular’, Catalogue Essay, Ashley Crawford
2006    ‘The Australian Art Market Report’, Issue #20, Winter
2005    ‘The Wentworth Courier’, Collector, 30th November, page 80
2005    ‘The Australian Art Market Report’, Issue #18, Summer, page 28
2005    ‘The Age’, Metro, Megan Backhouse, 26th October, page 19
2005    ‘Nathan Taylor: Concrete Poetics’, Kit Wise, Recent Paintings, Brian Moore Gallery,
              Sydney
2004    ‘The Financial Review’, Lyndall Crisp, Arts, 7th October, page 51
2004    ‘State of the Arts’, Laura Murray, October – December
2004    ‘Melbourne Art Fair - Despard Gallery’, Steven Joyce, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2003    ‘The Saturday Mercury’, Joerge Andersch, Review, 22nd November, page 78
2003    ‘The Mercury’, Wendy Kennedy, Article, 17th November, page 24
2003    ‘The Mercury’, Meryl Naidoo, Article, 31st October, page 33
2002    ‘The Mercury’, Article, 20th December, page 19
2001    ‘The Saturday Mercury’, Joerge Andersch, Review, 23rd June, page 36
2001    ‘Australian Art Collector’, Issue #17, July – September, page 46

MEDIA
2003    Television Article, ‘Love This Place’, Southern Cross Television
2001    Radio Interview, 936 ABC Radio Hobart, Tim Cox





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