Ravenna Taylor works from her Lambertville, New Jersey studio.
Color and geometrical form are the essentials of my personal language, derived from observation, informed by a fascination with formal systems—as found in signage, measures, time pieces, gameboards, and maps—and influenced by daily interactions with nature on my farm.
EDUCATION
BFA with High Distinction, 1988, California College of Arts (CCA), Oakland, California
Bennington College
EXHIBITIONS
2018
She/Shield/Sheath, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2017
Chroma, ekphrastic poetry reading/event with exhibition of my works selected by ten poets, in my Lambertville studio, see: https://ravennataylorartlagoon.blogspot.com/2017/03/chroma-ekphrastic-project.html
2016
Surface Tension, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2015
Little Hand, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, Anne Trauben, curator
Making History, StorefrontTen Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
Many Rivers, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2014
eXergY, LABspace, Great Barrington, MA, Susan Jennings, curator
Plot Twist, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2013
Hullaballoo Collective at the Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, NY
Echo-Location, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2012
Re:Visions, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
Elusive Imagery, GAS Gallery, Maplewood, NJ (group)
2011
Song Cycle, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2010
Small Works Invitational, Painting Center, NY
Game Change, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2009
A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York City; Otis College of Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Lingo, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2008
Schemes and Collisions, Galerie Cerulean, web only (www.abartonline.com) solo
2007
Department of the Interior, San Francisco, CA
2003
Take Out, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York, NY
First Person, Gallery Schlesinger, New York, NY
1999
Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY. solo
1998
Little, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY
1997
Three Painters, Gallery Theatre, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA.
Into the New Abstract Art, Sebastapol Art Center, Sebastapol, CA
69th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
1996
68th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Abstraction II, Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
National Small Works, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
1995
5th Biennial Works on Paper, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
National Small Works, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
Select Painting and Sculpture, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
The Last Frontier, Lillian Paley Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CABiennial Print and Draw, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1994
Small Works, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
National '94 Small Works, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
BLOGS
http://ravennataylorartlagoon.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ravenna-Taylor-Artist-At-Large/130972996978952
PRESS
http://philiphartiganpraeterita.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-painting-by-ravenna-taylor.html
http://structureandimagery.blogspot.com/2012/03/studio-visit-with-ravenna-taylor.html