Education
2019 Master’s in Fine Arts candidate, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, MN
2017 Bachelor's in Fine Art in Printmaking, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI
2014 Associate's in Arts, University of Hawai‘i Maui College, HI
Residencies
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Related Experience
2018 Gallery Preparator/Assistant Curator, Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
Board Director, Honolulu Printmakers (appointed April 2018), Honolulu, HI
Art instructor, adult studio classes. The Monoprint; Cut and Paste: The Art of Chine Colle, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI
2017 Library Conservation/Preservation Technician. Hamilton Library, Honolulu, HI
2016 Teacher's assistant, print workshop. The Expanded Monoprint. Instructor: Charles Cohan. Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
Printer/demonstrator, screenprinting demo with Honolulu Printmakers. Plastic Fantastic. Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Velocity Field. Print performance, member of Lithopixel Refractory Collective. Portland State University, Portland, OR
Printer/demonstrator, screenprinting demo for UH Alumni Association. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
2015 Printer/demonstrator, relief printing demo with Honolulu Printmakers. Find Art. Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
Curatorial/Exhibition Design
2019 Curator/exhibition designer. Drawing Group Exhibition 2019. Kailua Gallery, Kailua, HI
Exhibition designer. Impressions and Memory: Selected Works by Matt Smith Award Recipients. Commons Gallery, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
2017 The Alternative Landscape. Gallery 214, Honolulu, HI
Exhibitions
2019 Impressions and Memory: Selected Works by Matt Smith Award Recipients, Commons Gallery, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI (group)
Honolulu Printmakers 91st Annual Exhibition. The Art Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (juried)
2018 Group Exhibition, Kailua Gallery, Kailua, HI (group)
Formations (with Renee Iijima), Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI (two-person)
Waiakeakua. Gallery 214, Honolulu, HI (group)
The Memory Of. Brue Bar, Honolulu, HI (solo)
2017 Glass, Textiles, Print. Arts at Mark's Garage, Honolulu, HI (group)
Not Much to See. GRRIC Contemporary, Honolulu, HI (group)
Waikiki Parc Features Taylor Johnson. Parc Promenade Gallery, Waikiki Parc Hotel, Honolulu, HI (solo)
Systems: 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition. The Art Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (group)
89th Annual Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition. Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI (juried)
Wheaton Biennial: Printmaking Reimagined. Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA (juried)
25th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI (juried)
Hui No'eau Annual Exhibition 2017. Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI (juried)
Art at Large. Mural collaboration, future site of William S Richardson School of Law Clinical Building, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (group)
2016 Under Pressure. Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Art and Art History, Honolulu, HI (group)
Wood Ink Fiber. Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI (juried)
CONTACT 2016: Foreign and Familiar. Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI (juried)
88th Annual Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition. Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI (juried)
2011 Malama Wao Akua. Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI (juried)
Awards and Honors
2019 Award for Excellence in Lithography in Memory of John Chin Young. Honolulu Printmakers 91st Annual Juried Exhibiton, Honolulu, HI. Juror: Jeffrey Dell
Kelly Sueda Fine Art Purchase Award. Honolulu Printmakers 91st Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
2018 Acquisition Award, Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, HI
2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Printmaking, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI
Matt Smith Award, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI
Juror's Choice Award, Hui No'eau Annual Juried Exhibition 2017, HI. Juror: Duncan Dempster
2016 Student Award in Excellence, 88th Annual Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition, HI. Juror: Paul Mullowney
Reviews/Publications (links included)
2018 Honolulu Museum of Art Blog. How FHC artist Taylor Johnson reclaims forgotten images and memories. 19 Dec.
Honolulu Museum of Art Blog. Three New Exhibitions of Hawaii Artists… 05 Nov.
The Conversation. Hawaii Public Radio. Printmaker Explores the Fallibility of Memory. 02 Jan.
2017 Hawaii Public Radio. SYSTEMS: 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition. 05 May.
Ka Leo. Art at Large. 22 February.
2016 Honolulu Star Advertiser. Printing Diversity. 04 May.