PERSONAL INFO:
Sunaura C. Taylor
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http://www.sunaurataylor.org
BORN:
March 21,1982 - Tucson, Arizona
EDUCATION:
2008: University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, MFA degree in Art Practice
2005: Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, BA degree.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010: Animal, St. George’s Hall, presented by DaDaFest, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2009: Animal, Rowan Morrison, solo, Oakland, CA
2005: Portraits and Figures, Arts For All Gallery, Atlanta, GA, co-curated by Rebecca DesMarais & Louise E. Shaw
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012: Yelling Clinic, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2011: Bay Area Currents, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, curated by Julio Cesar Morales
PROOF, Southern Exposure Annual Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, CA curated by Denise Markonish
Medusa’s Mirror, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, curated by Amanda Cachia
2010: Objects of Human Making, Soap Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curated by Carrie Hott
Lending Library, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA, curated by Dena Beard
21 Projects, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Revealing Culture, Smithsonian Institution, presented by VSA Arts, Washington D.C
2009: Woman on Nature, Verge Gallery, Sacramento, CA, curated by Emily Prince
2008 Joan Mitchell MFA Recipient, Cue Arts Foundation, NYC, NY
2008: Yelling Clinic, The Compound, Oakland, CA
These Canyons: The 38th Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
2006: 1.7 Transitions, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
The August Group, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, group LA, CA
Human’s Being, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, curated by Riva Leher
2005: Limbs Heart Tongue and Teeth, Dalton Gallery, Atlanta, GA curated by Lisa Alembik
2005: Sunaura Taylor and Michael Lachowski, Lyndon House Gallery, Athens, GA, curated by Donald Keyes
2004: Driving Force, Smithsonian Museum, presented by VSA Arts, Washington DC
2003: Iconoclasts:6 Athens-Based Artists,ATHICA, Athens, GA, curated by Lizzie Zucker Saltz
SELECTED AWARDS:
2010: Culture and Animals Grant. Culture and Animals Foundation, Raleigh, NC
2008: MFA Grant Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NYC, NY
2006: Eisner Award, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Wynn Newhouse Award, Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, NYC, NY
2004: VSA Arts Grand Prize, Emerging Artist, VSA Arts, Washington D.C.
Sacatar Foundation Fellow, Sacatar Foundation, Bahia, Brazil/LA, CA
SELECTED NOMINATIONS:
2011: United States Artist Fellowship, USA Foundation, NYC, NY
Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting, the Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundationand the Salt Lake Art Center, NYC, NY/ Salt Lake City, UT
2007: MFA Fellowship, Dedalus Foundation, NYC, NY
2004: McColl Center Residency, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2003: Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NYC, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2011: Conner, Celeste, World Disclosers: Medusa’s Mirror at Pro Arts Gallery, Daily
Serving, October
Markonish, Denise, Southern Exposure in San Fran, Mass MoCA Blog, October
De Vries, Hiedi, Southern Exposure's Art Show Welcomes All Local Artists; the "Proof" Is in the "Pudding," SF Weekly Blog, September
2010, Silvoy, Sandra, SOAP Asks Artists to Consider Soap, KQED Public Media,
August
2009: Cheng, Dewitt, Sunaura Taylor's ANIMAL: Critic's Choice, Easy Bay Express,
November
Auer, Theo Konrad, Art October, The Oak Book, November
2008: Cheng, Dewitt, Yelling Clinic, East Bay Express, September 2008: Michelborough, Lisa, Sunaura Taylor, VEGNEWS, September
2005: Feaster, Felicia, Extreme reality: Portraiture show captures inner lives of its subjects, Creative Loafing, January
Cullum, Jerry, Portraits and Figures, Portraits and Figures Exhibition Catalog, January
SELECTED FILM/TELEVISION/RADIO:
2008: Taylor, Astra, Examined Life, Zietgeist Films
2006: State of the Arts, GA Public Television, October
2005: Henwood, Doug, WBAI, February
Stone, Susan, Sunny Taylor: Portraits of Early Success, NPR All Things Considered, March
2004: Lewis, Al, WBAI, July
SELECTED TALKS/PRESENTATIONS:
2012: Speaker, MLA, Seattle, WA, Inviting Professor David Mitchell
2011: Lecturer, Penn State, State College, PA, Inviting Professor Michael Berube
Visiting Artist Lecture, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Inviting professor, Katherine
Sherwood
2010: Lecturer/debater, Feral Share, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA, Invited by Joseph Del Pesco and Jarome Waag
Visiting Artist Lecture, CCA Critical Animal Studies Film and Artist Lecture Series.
Lecturer, City Arts and Lectures, SF, CA, With Astra Taylor and Judith Butler
2009: Visiting Artist Lecture, NY Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY, Inviting Professor Dominique Nahas
Lecturer, Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture, Brooklyn, NY, with Astra Taylor
Visiting Artist Lecture, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, with Astra Taylor
Visiting Artist Lecture, Verge Gallery. Sacramento, CA
2008: Visiting Artist Lecture, Disability Art, Society for Disability Studies. NYC, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA Artist Talk
2006: Visiting Artist Lecture, Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago, IL
PUBLISHED WORK:
2012: Beasts Of Burden, (forthcoming book) The Feminist Press
2011: Occupy: Scenes From Occupied America, Verso Books, edited by Keith Gessen
and Astra Taylor.
2011: Beasts Of Burden: Animals and Disability, Qui Parle, May
Should We Eat Animals? Yes Magazine, February
2010: Participating artist in Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, by Rebecca Solnit. UC
Berkeley Press
2009: Is It Possible to Be a Conscientious Meat Eater? Alternet, with Alexander Taylor.
February
2006: Military Waste In Our Drinking Water, Alternet, with Astra Taylor, August
2004: The Right Not To Work- Power and Disability, Monthly Review Magazine. March
PROJECTS:
2008-Current: Yelling Clinic: A Disability Arts Collective. With artists Katherine Sherwood, Ehren Tool, Chau Hunyh, and David Wallace. www.yellingclinic.com