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BIO(s)
Joshua Taylor's existence was secured in the early summer of 1979 in a modest New Jersey-based womb. Upon his birth February of the following year of 1980, he began the rapid development of his artistic abilities, with particular focus on illustration and character design.His formal education culminated with a BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute. He has gone on to work as freelance illustrator, as well as garnering extensive recognition for his fine art, showing frequently in galleries across the US and abroad. Accordingly, his work frequently explores themes of the intertwinement of creation,destruction, and the inherent multiversal continuity therein.
Joshua Taylor (sic) was born in the foul year of Behomet 1980. At the age of 22, he completed his BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute, who refused to give him a full refund in spite of his articulate protests. Now saddled with debt and surrounded by a world full of intolerable douchebags, he kindly requests you buy his paintings as a penance for your existence. He enjoys wrestling, jack-and-gingers, and the occasional sucker-punching of sexual partners.
Joshua Taylor was born in GHL80.89002, a layer of the multiverse with an astounding 89% HAR (historical accuracy rating) relative to our own. As with all humans in this dimension who reach the designated juncture of the 57th year of life, he was presented with his opportunity for Trans-Temporal Dimensional Regrounding. For reasons not shared (he declined to complete his optional Regrounding Exit Survey and Essay), he chose to reground, leaving behind his now lifeless body and all he knew. Simultaneously, his TDPI (Trans-Dimensional Point of Impact) was secured in early summer of 1979 in the fresh zygote of a New Jersey-based womb. Upon birth the following February (1980), Joshua began the rapid development of his artistic abilities, with particular focus on illustration and character design. His formal education culminated with a BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute. He has gone on to work as freelance illustrator, as well as garnering extensive recognition for his fine art, showing frequently in galleries across the US and abroad. Accordingly, his work frequently explores themes of the intertwinement of creation, destruction, and the inherent multiversal continuity therein.
Josh Taylor (OkCupid Handle: Pu$$y$masher) is a painter and illustrator. He likes to do artwork when he is given the opportunity, with particular interest in low pay and intolerable clients. He can be found touring the country or lying on his Star Wars sheets watching pro wrestling on the internet while thinking about how badly he hates everything. |
EXHIBITION HISTORY (Click on show title for pics if available)
SOLO SHOWS
2008
Back to Basics
Alphacult - Long Beach, CA
An Incomplete Theoretical History of a Dying Doppleganger Multiverse
Distinction Gallery- Escondido, CA
2007
The Horriffic Tale of the Tremendous Journey of Dingle Doppleganger
Maxwells - Hoboken, NJ
2006
Gastonion Portraiture
The Parlour Salon and Gallery- Largo, FL
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2008
Block Party
Art Whino- National Harbor, MD
Sk8ology
ISM Gallery at Koos Art Center- Long Beach, CA
Project 57
Distinction Gallery- Escondido, CA
Malicious Descent
Carmichael Gallery- LA, CA
2007
The Mind's Eye
Windup Gallery- Mesa, AZ
So Many Selves
Carmichael Gallery- LA, CA
RE:Mission
Thinkspace Gallery- LA, CA
Power in Numbers 2
Nucleus Gallery- Alhambra, CA
PIcks of the Harvest Batch 4
Thinkspace Gallery - LA, CA
Insightful Strokes
Distinction Gallery- Escondido, CA
The In-Crowd
subtext- San Diego, CA
2006
3 Way
Distinction Gallery - Escondido, CA
Square Foot
Thinkspace Gallery- LA, CA
Getting to Know You
HQ Galerie- Montreal
Picks of the Harvest: Batch 3
Thinkspace Gallery- LA, CA
Cannibal Flower (Headlining with The Six)
Infusion Gallery-LA, CA
3 Feet High (Custom Skate Deck Show)
Maxwells - Hoboken, NJ
Land of the Lost
Alpha Cult - Long Beach, CA
2005
313 vs. 813
Covivant Gallery - Tampa, FL
Feral Art Party
Feral Gallery/Skeleton Art
Santa Fe, NM
Marshmallow Land
The Toyroom Gallery - Sacramento, CA
The Show Must Go On Benefit
Vitale Gallery - St. Petersburg, FL |
EDUCATION
2002 - Bachelor Fine Arts (Illustration Major) • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
CLIENT LIST
Adio Footwear, San Diego, CA
Gring King Trucks, Los Angeles, CA
BBDO West, San Francisco, CA
Super Rad Toys, Hollywood, CA
LIVE Clothing, Victorville, CA (liveclothing.net)
Ronin Studios, (www.ronin-studios.com)
Counter Culture Comics, Tampa, FL
Crucial Blast Records, Hagerstown, MD
Shot in the Face Records, Philadelphia, PA
Studio Grey, Hoboken, NJ
Mechanoise Labs, France
Natura Design Solutions, Warwick, NY
Straus Newspapers, Monroe, NY
The Warwick Valley Dispatch, Warwick, NY
Commodity Anticorp, Randolph, NJ
Debbie Brooks/Hipntrendy Handbags, Port Jervis, NY
The Jam Room, NJ
Quay Consulting, Nyack, NY
The Rectrix, Morristown, NJ
SugarLoaf Music/Warwick Community Center, Warwick, NY
Oracle Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC
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