Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2012 New Work: Joy Taylor & Garry Nichols. Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2011 New Work. Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2010 Lifelike. BCB Art, Hudson, New York
Vine (The Line in Space). Installation at John Davis Galllery, Hudson, New York
2009 Joy Taylor Drawings. Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
2008 Joy Taylor and Ed Smith. BCB Art. Hudson, New York
2006 Joy Taylor and Eric Rhein. BCB Art. Hudson, New York
2002 New Work. Nikolai Fine Art, New York
2001 The World We Live In. Upstate Art, Phoenicia, New York
1999 Yes, It's Real. Installation at Kendall Fine Art, Hudson, New York
Golden Grove Unleaving. Installation at The Deep Listening Space, Kingston, New York
1998 Increments. Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
1996 How to Change a Light Bulb. TZ' Art & Company, New York
States of Being. Site Specifics, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
1995 You Are Here. Time Space Limited, Hudson, New York
1994 Mop, Broom, Brush. Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
1993 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions
2013 Stone Canoe #7. Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2012 Zoom In. Imogen Holloway Inaugeral Exhibition. Saugerties, NY
2011 Made in NY 2011. Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Blooming. Islip Museum of Art, East Islip, NY
LOL. Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY
2010 Creative Adaptation in the Visual Arts. Second prize winner. Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
2009 InLight Richmond, light-based site-specific installation. Richmond, Virginia
Collage. Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
2009 On the Surface: Drawings on Paper Invitational. Clement Gallery, Troy, New York
2008 Dialogues: Poetry and the Visual Response. Dutchess County Community College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
2007 Ephemera. Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Considering Materials. Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, New York
Into The Garden. Babylon Fine Art, Housatonic, Massachusetts
Tossed and Found. Outdoor sculpture exbibtion, Stamford, Connecticut
2006 Treemendous. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
Theres the Rub. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
Real Party. Real Arts Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Night of a Thousand Drawings. Artists Space, New York
2005 Drawings on the Edge. Firlefanz Gallery, Albany, New York
(Re)Collections. The Arts Center for the Capitol Region, Troy, New York
Trashformations East. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Obsession. Haddad/Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
2004 C.C.C.A. Juried Show. Hudson, New York. Best in Show award. Frederieke Taylor, juror
Shock and Awe: American Art, Firlefanz Gallery, Albany, NY
2003 Frequencies. Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
2002 A Closer Examination. MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York
Humanity. Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
Works on Paper. Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York
2001 Material Whirled. Art in General, New York
C.C.C.A. Juried Show. Hudson, New York. Best Work on Paper award. Jack Shainman, juror
Works on Paper. Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York
2000 White. Nikolai Fine Art, New York
Blurred Boundaries. The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York
Fishing. Time & Space Limited, Hudson, New York
Millennium Bugs. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
Art in the Heart of the City. Ithaca Outdoor Exhibition, Ithaca, New York.
1999 Surface Structure. Nikolai Fine Art, New York
Rondout Biennial. Kingston, New York
1998 Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Mass. Laura Hoptman, juror
Vision 20/20. Carol Squiers, curator. Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York
Out of the Frying Pan. Pace University, Pleasantville, New York
Cover to Cover. The Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York
1997 Trashformations. Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, and 3-year tour.
1996 The New York State Biennial. Ken Johnson, curator. NY State Museum, Albany, New York
Visual Thinking. Galeria del Arte Plastica Contemporanea, Guatemala City, Guatemala
In This Time and Place. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
Square Bubbles. Arthur Gibbons, curator. Union College, Schenectady, New York
1995 Morality. E.I.O. Gallery, The Powerhouse, Cleveland, Ohio
What is the Connection? Trans-Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
Domestic Policies. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
Annual National Exhibition. Sculpture prize winner. C. A. A., Cooperstown, NY. Holland Cotter, juror
1994 National Showcase Exhibition. Alternative Museum, New York
1993 Poverty Pop. Exit Art, New York
National Showcase Exhibition. Alternative Museum, New York
1920. Exit Art, New York
1992 Body & Soul. Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, New York. Kiki Smith, juror
Joseph Cornell: Revisited. Citicorp at Court Square, Long Island City, New York
Modern Times Through the Concerned Eye. Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY. Elizabeth Sussman, juror
1991 Beyond Town & Country. Phillipe Staib Gallery, New York
Myth, Spirituality, and Culture. SUNY, New Paltz, New York. Connie Butler, Gary Sangster, jurors
Boxes. Renee Fotouhi Fine Arts East, East Hampton, New York
1985 New Talent. Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Small Works. 80 Washington Square Gallery, New York. Allan Stone, juror
Woodstock National Exhibition. First prize winner. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
Public Commissions
2012 Jan Peeck's Vine. Sculptures, railings, signage for the Peekskill, NY train station. MTA Arts for Transit program.
2008 Dream of Flight. Three part nstallation at the Albany International Airport Concourse B.
2007 Yonkers Art Trucks Project. Cool Water, decoration of sanitation trucks for the City of Yonkers DPW.
2002 The Four Seasons, mosaic mural for the Larchmont, NY train station. MTA Arts For Transit program.
Grants
2010 Ora Schneider Residency Grant (papermaking). Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2000 Sculpture Space, Utica, New York (2-month funded residency)
1998 Dutchess County Arts Council Fellowship (installation art)
1997 Womens Studio Workshop Fellowship (photography), Rosendale, New York
1991 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York
Education
1981-1985 Student of Romare Bearden
1970-1975 Skidmore College, SUNY Empire State. B.S.in Studio Art
Selected Bibliography
Bloodworth, Sandra. Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, The Monacelli Press, 2006, illus.
Luciana, James. The Art of Enhanced Photography, Rockport Publishers, 1998, illus.
Black and White Photography, Rockport , 1999, illus.
Gibbons, Arthur. Square Bubbles, (exhibition catalogue). Union College, 1996, illus.
Herman, Lloyd E. Trashformations (catalogue). Whatcom Museum of History and Art, 1997, illus.
Smith, Roberta. Examining Culture Through Its Castoffs, The NY Times (November 28, 1993).
Raven, Arlene. Marching On, The Village Voice (April 6, 1993).
Schneider, Janet. Joseph Cornell: Revisited, (catalogue). Queens Council on the Arts, 1992, illus.
Joy Taylor's art work: collage, drawings, painting, sculpture, installations, and public art commissions.