Imogen Taylor
Biography
Imogen Taylor, From Behind, 2026, Installation view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Imogen Taylor, From Behind, 2026, Installation view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Imogen Taylor, Casa, 2025, acrylic on hessian, 510 x 610 x 20mm
Imogen Taylor, Hard Water, 2025, acrylic on hessian, 610 x 510 x 20mm
Imogen Taylor, Teethings, 2024, acrylic on canvas with cigarette, 1850 x 2000 x 35mm
Imogen Taylor, Deep Thrusts, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 1900 x 2400 x 35mm
Imogen Taylor, Rocococo, 2023, Acrylic, oil pastel and charcoal on cotton, 610 x 510mm (Frame 628 x 525 x 35mm)
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, 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, From Behind, 2026, Installation view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Imogen Taylor, Hard Water, 2025, acrylic on hessian, 610 x 510 x 20mm
Imogen Taylor, Deep Thrusts, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 1900 x 2400 x 35mm
Imogen Taylor, Night Eyes (Chestnuts) 2023, acrylic on canvas, 1500 x 1200mm
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
Imogen Taylor (b. 1985, Whangārei) is an Aotearoa artist who lives and works in London.
Working primarily in painting, Taylor creates bold geometric abstractions that draw on the histories of European Modernism. Referencing the formal languages of Cubism, Fauvism and Russian Constructivism, her works reimagine these traditions through vibrant colour, playful compositions and a painterly language that is at once rigorous, generous and deeply pleasurable.
Taylor completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2007 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts in 2010, both at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau. She was artist-in-residence at Parehuia, the Colin McCahon House, in 2017, and received the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in 2019. Her first monograph, IMOGEN TAYLOR, was published by Michael Lett in 2022.
Selected exhibitions include From Behind, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2026); Murmurs, Michael Lett, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2023); Quiet Motel, Whangārei Art Museum, Whangārei (2022); Sapphic Fragments, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2020); Social Studies, The Dowse Art Museum, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt (2019); Pocket Histories, Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, Titirangi (2018); and BODY LANGUAGE, Artspace Aotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2015).
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Imogen Taylor, From Behind, 2026, Installation view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Imogen Taylor, From Behind, 2026, Installation view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Imogen Taylor, Casa, 2025, acrylic on hessian, 510 x 610 x 20mm
Imogen Taylor, Hard Water, 2025, acrylic on hessian, 610 x 510 x 20mm
Imogen Taylor, Teethings, 2024, acrylic on canvas with cigarette, 1850 x 2000 x 35mm
Imogen Taylor, Deep Thrusts, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 1900 x 2400 x 35mm
Imogen Taylor, Rocococo, 2023, Acrylic, oil pastel and charcoal on cotton, 610 x 510mm (Frame 628 x 525 x 35mm)
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, 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)