Education
2002-2006
Studio Certificate Program-Painting
Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1997-2001 Figurative painting
and drawing classes
Fleischer Arts Memorial, Philadelphia,
PA.
1992-1994 MA Teaching, BA History
Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA
1982-1986 BA Sociology
University of Richmond, VA
Solo Exhibits
2009
"Sean Taylor: Owes Me Money (a diagram of the Richmond connection)" Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009 "The Art of Relaxation" SOMA Gallery, Cape May, NJ
2008 "Hot Fun" SOMA Gallery, Cape May, NJ.
2008 "preoccupation" Artists'
House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2007 "Polyptych" Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD.
2007 "Greetings from South Jersey" Mad Batter, Cape May, NJ.
2005 Ashley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 "Humpty"
Mad Batter, Cape May, NJ.
2004 "Beachscapes" 931 Beach, Cape May,
NJ.
2004 "Recent Work" 22 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 "On Vacation" and "Back to School" Mad Batter, Cape May, NJ.
2003 "Meditative Mood" Mad Batter, Cape May, NJ.
2002 "Back and Forth" Big Jar Books, Philadelphia, PA.
2001 "Well-Lighted
Places" Big Jar Books, Philadelphia, PA.
Group Exhibits
and Art Fairs
2008 Art Now Fair, Miami, FL
2008 Bethesda Row Juried Fine Arts Show, Bethesda, MD
2008 Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts association Juried Fall Show, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Emerging Artist Show, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia. PA
2007 Rittenhouse Square Fine
Arts Association Juried Spring Show, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Stockley Gardens Juried Art Show, Ghent District, Norfolk,
VA
2006 Park Avenue Juried Art Show, Rochester, NY
2006 Ocean Grove Juried Art Show, Ocean Grove, NJ
2006 Allentown Juried Art Show, Buffalo, NY
2006 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. PA
2006 Stockley
Gardens. Norfolk, VA
2006 Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Juried Art Show, Virginia Beach, VA
2006 Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA. Philadelphia, PA
2005 Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA. Philadelphia, PA
2005
Columbus Avenue Juried Art Show, New York, NY
2005 Arts on the Green Juried Art Show, Fairfield, CT
2005 Ocean City Art League Annual Juried Art Show, Ocean City, NJ.
2003 The Art League Gallery, Cape May, NJ.
2002 Cape May County
Art League Open Juried Show, Cape May, NJ.
2001 Fleischer Arts Memorial Juried
Spring Show, Philadelphia, PA.
Awards and Grants
2006 Lance Roy Lauffer Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
2006 Sundollar Award, Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia Juried Art Show.
2005 Richard C. Von Hess Full Year
Tuition and European Travel Scholarship, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA.
2005
Jimmy C. Leuders Painting Prize, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Don Sabbath Award,
PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Susan Carlen Brown Memorial Prize, PAFA, Philadelphia,
PA
2005 Michael G. Capuzzi, Jr. Memorial Endowment, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Charles Toppan Prize for Drawing-Noncurriculum, Special Notice, PAFA
2005 Fellowship Juried Prize, Special Notice. PAFA, Philadelphia, PA.
2005 Mario Dal Fabrio Award for Excellence in Art (first prize) Fairfield, CT
2005 Purchase Prize, Ocean City Art League Annual Juried Art Show. OC, NJ
2005 First Place, Cape May Promenade Art Show, Cape May, NJ
2004
Charles Crawley Award for Landscape, Special Notice, PAFA Philadelphia, PA.
2003
Charles Crawley Award for Woodcut, Special Notice, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA.
2002
Third Place, Cape May County Art League Open Juried Show, Cape May, NJ.
2001
Honorable Mention, Fleischer Arts Memorial Juried Spring Show, Philadelphia, PA.
Lectures
"Polyptych: meaning,
influence and creative process" October 30, 2007, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
(visiting artist).
"Art Talk: Further Examination of the American Dream" July 22, 2008, SOMA Gallery, Cape May, NJ
Publications
"Artist Sean Taylor Searching for the True Americana" John Alvarez, Cape May Star
and Wave, July 17, 2008
"More
Than the Sum of its Parts" Pam Zappardino, Carroll County Times, November 8, 2007
"Sean Taylor at the Batter" Jull Cucci-Smith (the Art Hag), Inferno, September-October, 2007