Mike Taylor lives in St. Augustine, Florida. His book works explore the inevitable paranoia and confusion resulting from a 25 hour news cycle's increasingly unstable notion of historical truth. Common themes are internet conspiracy viruses, US imperialism, and both's effect on public
understanding of “reality”.
Taylor's books are predominately screen printed by hand, exposed from hand drawn acetates with minimal digital intervention, minimizing the distance between painting, print, and book object.
Education
2000 BFA, University of Florida
Solo Exhibitions
2024 The First of the Last Beach Days, Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Fl.
2016 Condensed Flesh, Idio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Bad Credit, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2014 No/Future, Booklyn Artist Alliance
2011 True/False Film Festival Venue Design, Columbia, MO.
2008 GlitterDiscoSynthesizerNightSchool, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI
2007 Animal Science, BasFisher Invitational, Miami
2005 Santa Claus, Condoleezza Rice, and a Donkey, AS220, Providence RI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Critical Reading: Book Arts in Dialog With the Collection, Rollins College Museum
2020 Homegrown, Hauser and Wirth, online exhibition
2020 The Nameless Now, Crisp Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, Fl.
2020 Material Art Fair, Mexico City
2019 Psychedelic Healing Center, Essex Flowers, NYC
2018 Year One, Cunsthaus at Tempus Projects, Tampa, Fl.
2017 Portrait, Unisex Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 PVD TLA, Studio 1504, Abu Dhabi
2013 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dude, Booklyn Artist Alliance
2011 Out of Print, Booklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami
2010 DCG Open, David Castillo Gallery, Miami
2009 This is a Comic Book, curated by Jimi Payne/ Colleen Grennan, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, Oh.
2009 Rubles, Ben Russell, Chicago
2009 Dark Fair, Bas Fisher Invitational Booth, Cologne, Germany
2008 Shadow out of Time, curated by Stairwell Gallery, 808 Gallery at Boston University
2008 New Obstructions, co-curated with Neal Walsh, Mercantile Block Bldg, Providence, RI
2007 These Bagels are Gnarly, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Wunderground: Providence 1995- Present, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2006 Dirty Hands, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Copyist Conspiracy, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts/ Needles and Pens, San Francisco
2005 The 1000 Arms of Industry and Boredom: Mike Taylor and Caroline Paquita, Needles and Pens, San Francisco
2004 Paper Rodeo/ Beautiful Losers, The Mockbee, Cincinnati
2004 Shelter, AS220 project space, Providence, RI
2003 Paper Rodeo, Space 1026, Philadelphia
Selected Publications
2024 Rescue Party, Pantheon Books
2024 From the River to DC, artist book, ed. Of 10
2022 Freedom Lives Here, artist book, ed. of 14
2021 Q d'etat, artist book, ed of 19
2020 Person Woman Man Camera TV, artist book, ed. Of 20
2019 Present Perfect Progressive Tense, artist book, ed. Of 14
2018 In Christ There is No East or West, Fantagraphics Books
2017 Best American Comics, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2017 Osceola Godspeed, artist book, ed. of 23
2016 Love Song, artist book, ed. Of 15
2016 Unlike, artist book, ed. of 12
2015 Quand L'Art Investit La Ville CMDE, France
2015 Hammer of the Dogs, artist book, ed. of 14
2014 The Bigger Chill artist book, ed. of 8
2014 No/Future artist book, ed. of 3
2012 Vice Guide to Syria
2010 The Lifted Brow literary anthology, Brisbane, Australia
2006 Live Through This: NY Art 2005, Deitch projects
2001-2006 Paper Rodeo comics magazine
