Taylor O Thomas

Taylor O. Thomas (1990) is an American painter who utilizes gestural abstraction as a means of discovery and embodiment. By manipulating texture, color, and space, Thomas creates paintings and drawings that question her own tendencies, ways of seeing, and the interconnection between the body and the mind. Her works have been exhibited in galleries and private collections across the United States and internationally. In 2012, Thomas graduated from Davidson College with a BA in Studio Art. She went on to receive a Graduate Fellowship from the University of South Florida and earned her MFA in 2019.

Thomas is the recipient of an inaugural Innovate Artist Grant, a Peripheral Vision Publication Fellowship, a two-time role as Publication Juror for Friend of the Artist, a Regional Artist Project Grant by the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte, NC, and residency scholarships to attend Vermont Studio Center and Benaco Arte in Sirmione, Italy. Other residencies include MassArt’s Art New England and Deli Grocery New York. Thomas currently lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee.

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MFA, University of South Florida, 2019
MFA coursework, San Francisco Art Institute, 2015
BA magna cum laude in Studio Art, Davidson College, 2012

SOLO* / DUO EXHIBITIONS

2021 Immersion, Piermarq, Sydney, Australia
2020 *Period Comma Sunset, Launch F18, New York, NY
2018 *Re-Lined, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2017 Over Rules, ARTicles Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2016 *The Chase, Arthouse3, Tampa, FL
2015 *MFA Summer Review, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2014 *Taylor O. Thomas, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2012 *Life Lines, Smith Gallery, Davidson, NC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Homecoming, Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College, Davidson, NC

2021
LaunchF18: 10 Years, Launch F18, New York, NY

2020
The Woods, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
Spring to Action, Monica King Contemporary, online via Artsy
Mirror Eye, Young Space & Far x Wide at Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2019
Two Silences Leaning Together, In/Passing, New York, NY
Magic Wave, Young Space online exhibition, co-curated by Kate Mothes and Mark Joshua Epstein
Future Starts Slow, Launch F18, New York, NY
Crocodile Tears, curated by Kate Mothes of Young Space, Morgan Fine Arts Building, Brooklyn, NY
Supper, Deli Grocery New York, Brooklyn, NY
Extra Butter, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL

2018
LaGrange Southeast Regional Exhibition, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
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