Taylor
Smith

EDUCATION

Studied sculpture & the figure in Vence, France under Canadian artist Jim Ritchie (1929-2017)
AdBK - Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg, Germany 1986-1987 - Contemporary Fine Art
AdBK - Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Berlin, Germany 1988-1989 - Contemporary Fine Art
Indiana University - Bloomington, IN - School of Business / concentration in the German Language

EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS (Selected)

Digital Dreams v2.0 [solo show] - Pando Fine Art Gallery, Park City, UT - January 2023
“Hooking Up” - Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Chicago, IL - June - August 2022
The Other Art Fair Chicago - Revel Fulton Market, curated by Saatchi Art, Chicago, IL - April 2022
Art Hamptons | Market Art + Design Art Fair | Bridgehampton Museum, Evan Lurie Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY - August 2021
The Other Art Fair Los Angeles - ROW DTLA, curated by Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA - June 2021
Indianapolis International Airport Public Artwork - 15ft x 45ft 2D artwork Concourse A, Indianapolis, IN - March 2021
Group Show, The Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN - October 2020
The Other Art Fair Dallas - Market Hall, curated by Saatchi Art, Dallas, TX - September 2019
Group Show, The Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN - July 2019
The Other Art Fair Chicago - Mana Contemporary, curated by Saatchi Art, Chicago, IL - May 2019
Art Hamptons | Market Art + Design Art Fair | Bridgehampton Museum, Evan Lurie Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY - July 2018
Tiny V, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN - December 2016
Barely There: Nude Figures, curated by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art - 2016
iMOCA Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN - August 2015
Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship Retrospective, Indianapolis Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN - April 2014
Self Portraits, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN - July 2013
Kinsey Institute Group Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - May 2012
Group Show, ArtBox Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - June 2012
Kinsey Institute Group Show, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - May 2011
Contemporary Figurative Show, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN - July 2011
Chemical Still Life Abstracted, Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena, CA - September 2010
Sundance Film Festival, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT - January 2010
ORANJE, Ross-Gage Industrial, Indianapolis, IN - September 2008
Elements, Midtown Artery Gallery, Greenville, SC - June 2008
A Certain Chemical Imbalance, Tim Faulkner Gallery, Louisville, KY - May 2008
Brown Paper Packages, Harrison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - December 2008
Florence Biennale, Fortezza de Basso, Florence, Italy - December 2007
Stutz Artists Group Show, Stutz Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - July 2007
White, What You Crave, Harrison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - December 2007
Gold, Frankincense & Spurs, Harrison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - December 2006
Crimson & Clover, Harrison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - December 2005
Blue, Harrison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - December 2004
Keith Haring Berlin Wall Mural - October 1986

SELECTED COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE

Cleve Carney Museum of Art / Permanent Collection – Chicago, IL
Madeleine Albright – Washington, D.C.
The Eli Lilly Endowment / Permanent Collection – Indianapolis, IN
The Eli Lilly Corporate Collection – Indianapolis, IN
Bauhaus Universität Weimar Collection – Weimar, Germany
Goldman Sachs – New York, NY
Carnival Cruise Lines Corporate / Permanent Collection – Miami, FL
Daxton Boutique Hotel – Detroit, MI
David & Victoria Beckham – Los Angeles, CA
Chris Martin (Coldplay) – Malibu, CA
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts – Toronto, Canada
Peter Mondavi – St. Helena, CA
The Charles Krug Winery – St. Helena, CA
The Wine Advocate / Robert Parker, Jr. – Baltimore, MD
Fission Consulting – Chicago, IL
Starbucks Corp – Seattle, WA
Kinsey Institute Collection, Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
Estridge Companies – Indianapolis, IN
The Block Collection – Deer Valley, UT
Mercer & Belanger LLP – Indianapolis, IN
Hondros Collection – Brooklyn, NY
Fantinato Fondazione / Permanent Collection – Venice, Italy
Midtown Artery Collection – Greenville, SC
William Bailey Collection – Avon, IN
Anton Klinger Foundation / Permanent Collection – Nürnberg, Germany
Pearl Pathways – Indianapolis, IN
Todd C. Tobias Foundation Collection – Indianapolis, IN
David Steinberg Collection – Alexandria, VA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Pattern Magazine / Volume 22 – Feature print magazine article Fall 2022
Saatchi Art Advisory – “New Heirlooms” February 2021
“The Toys of Princes” – The Point Magazine, Chicago, IL, print edition only, Summer 2020
Saatchi Art Advisory – Feature Collections January 2020; March 2020
Indianapolis Monthly – May 2017
Unite Magazine – Feature print magazine article, June 2014
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 26 – Artist profile, 2014
Curve Magazine – Feature print magazine article, March 2014
The Advocate Magazine – Feature online article, March 2013
Chemical & Engineering News – Feature online article, July 2010

Her artistic roots run deep. Her mother was an artist who attended the first Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Cans show at the Ferus Gallery in 1962 in Los Angeles. Smith also lived and worked in Germany for many years, attending art school in both Nurnberg and Berlin during a pivotal time in the late 1980s. Smith was present with fellow students to assist in the base layer prep and painting for Keith Haring's famous mural on the Berlin Wall in 1986, later celebrating with Haring and members of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. These early experiences have been foundational influences of her reinterpretations of 20th Century pop art.

Smith currently explores imagery and objects with a focus on pop culture, celebrity, consumerism, nostalgia and art history. She reinterprets familiar pop art icons, speaking to the fleeting nature of technology, people and our natural resources. From the surface, the viewer sees beauty in Smith's work - bright colors, pastels, a vibrant candy-like aesthetic, but upon closer inspection, the viewer experiences layered and more meaningful themes. Using a wide variety of materials and mediums including discarded computer disk drives, commercial packaging and found scraps of street advertising, Smith blends the practice of screen printing, painting and collage.

Smith has exhibited internationally in Europe and North America. She has artworks in many high-profile collections, including the Eli Lilly permanent collection, the Madeleine Albright collection, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (Chicago) permanent collection, Goldman Sachs, Carnival Cruise Lines Corporate / Permanent Collection, Chris Martin, the Mondavi Family of Napa Valley and many others.