Imogen Taylor

Biography

Imogen Taylor, Night Eyes (Chestnuts) 2023, acrylic on canvas, 1500 x 1200mm

Imogen Taylor, Nook, 2023, acrylic and ink on canvas, 1200 x 1500mm

Imogen Taylor, Murmurs, 2023 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St

Imogen Taylor, Hot Desk, 2023, acrylic and pastel on calico, 300 x 400mm

Imogen Taylor, Recent Works, 2022 Installation view, Michael Lett 3 East St

Imogen Taylor, Cabin Fever, 2022, acrylic on hessian, 1500 x 2000mm

Imogen Taylor, Quiet Motel, 2022 Installation view, Whangārei Art Museum, Whangārei, 2022

Imogen Taylor, Al Fresco, 2021, acrylic on hessian, 1140 x 1200mm

Imogen Taylor,Thirsty Work, 2022 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

Imogen Taylor, Sapphic Fragments, 2020 Installation view, Hocken Collections, Dunedin

Imogen Taylor, Apricot Burgundy, 2018, acrylic on hessian, 510 x 610mm

Imogen Taylor, Shit Guitarist, 2018, acrylic on hessian, 755 x 655mm (framed)

Imogen Taylor, Pocket Histories, 2018 Installation view, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Titirangi

Imogen Taylor, Pillow Biter, 2015, acrylic and rope on collaged hessian, 2300 x 1900mm

Imogen Taylor, Beast With Two Backs, 2015, acrylic and rope on collaged hessian, 1900 x 2300mm

Imogen Taylor, BODY LANGUAGE, 2015 Installation view, Artspace, Auckland

Imogen Taylor, Jug by the Sea, 2015, oil on hessian, 635 x 535mm (framed)

Imogen Taylor, Cold Tongue, 2014, acrylic on hessian, 1600 x 1300mm

Imogen Taylor, Glory Hole, 2014 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

Imogen Taylor, Loose Ends, 2013, acrylic on hessian, 400 x 350mm

Imogen Taylor, Kramer, 2012, string and acrylic on canvas, 500 x 400mm

Imogen Taylor, Balls Deep, 2012 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

Imogen Taylor, Nook, 2023, acrylic and ink on canvas, 1200 x 1500mm

Imogen Taylor, Hot Desk, 2023, acrylic and pastel on calico, 300 x 400mm

Imogen Taylor, Cabin Fever, 2022, acrylic on hessian, 1500 x 2000mm

Imogen Taylor, Al Fresco, 2021, acrylic on hessian, 1140 x 1200mm

Imogen Taylor, Sapphic Fragments, 2020 Installation view, Hocken Collections, Dunedin

Imogen Taylor, Shit Guitarist, 2018, acrylic on hessian, 755 x 655mm (framed)

Imogen Taylor, Pillow Biter, 2015, acrylic and rope on collaged hessian, 2300 x 1900mm

Imogen Taylor, BODY LANGUAGE, 2015 Installation view, Artspace, Auckland

Imogen Taylor, Cold Tongue, 2014, acrylic on hessian, 1600 x 1300mm

Imogen Taylor, Loose Ends, 2013, acrylic on hessian, 400 x 350mm

Imogen Taylor, Balls Deep, 2012 Installation view, Michael Lett, Auckland

Imogen Taylor

Born 1985, Whangarei (NZ). Lives and works in Auckland (NZ)

Imogen Taylor is known for creating geometrical abstractions that engage and play with the forms and legacies of European Modernism. Though Taylor draws from the abstracted forms and coloured juxtapositions of Cubism, Fauvism, and Russian Constructivism, her paintings are stripped of the masculine self-seriousness that saturates the source material. Instead, in their vibrant interplay of thickly applied colour and contrasts between imposing parallel lines and soft curves, the work is joyful, sincere, and pleasurable.

Taylor graduated in 2007 from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and in 2010 gained a Post-Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts. Significant solo exhibitions include: Murmurs, Michael Lett 3 East St, Auckland (2023); Quiet Motel, Whangārei Art Museum, Whangārei (2022); Sapphic Fragments, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, Dunedin (2020); Pocket Histories, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (2018); Social Studies, the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt (2019) and BODY LANGUAGE, Artspace, Auckland (2015). In 2019 Taylor was the recipient of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship and in 2017 she was artist in residence at McCahon house.

The monograph IMOGEN TAYLOR was published by Michael Lett in April 2022.