NEIL TAYLOR

 

                            BIOGRAPHY

 

                            1953          Born in Brisbane

 

                            1970-72     Art teacher's diploma,

                                             Kelvin Grove College, Brisbane

 

                            1973          High school teaching, Queensland

 

                            1974          Screen printing for a Sydney

                                             graphic arts company.

                                             Began painting full-time.

 

                            1976          Moved to Hawkesbury River area

 

                            1976-06     Travelled extensively in Australia and overseas

                                             researching for paintings

 

 

                            EXHIBITIONS

 

                            SOLO SHOWS

 

                            1976  Bonython Gallery Sydney                   1977  Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

                            1978  Bonython Gallery Adelaide                 1979  Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

                            1981  Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney             1982  Bonython Gallery Adelaide

                            1983  Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney             1984  Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

                            1985  Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane            1986  Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

                            1987  Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney             1988  Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane

                            1988  Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney             1989  Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

                            1990  Editions Gallery Melbourne                 1990  Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

                            1991  Solander Gallery Canberra                 1991  Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane

                            1992  Bridge Street Gallery Sydney             1993  Valerie Cohen Gallery Sydney

                            1995  Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle             1995  Wagner Gallery Hong Kong

                            1995  Wagner Gallery Sydney                      1998  Gallery Attica Katoomba

                            1998  Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle             1999  Wagner Gallery Sydney

                            1999  North Shore Fine Art Sydney              2001 Cooks Hill Galleries Newcastle

                            2002 Port Jackson F.A. Laguna Beach CA    2004 Royall Fine Art Kent U.K.

                            2005 Wagner Gallery Sydney

 

 

                            GROUP SHOWS  1974-2006

 

Hogarth Gallery Sydney ; Bonython Gallery Sydney ; "Sea Exhibition"  Australian Pavilion Expo'75 Okinawa ; Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney ; Cook's Hill Galleries Newcastle ; Penrith Region Gallery ; Quentin Gallery Perth ; Barry Stern  Gallery Sydney ; Bonython Gallery Adelaide ; Editions Gallery Melbourne; Gallery 460 Gosford ; BMG Fine Art Adelaide ; 8 Wynne,Archibald & Sulman Prize Exhibits A.G.N.S.W ; A.C.A.F.1 Melbourne ; Greenhill Galleries Perth ; BMG Fine Art Sydney ; A.C.A.F.2 Melbourne ; Solander Gallery  Canberra ; Bridge Street Gallery Sydney ; Flinders Lane Gallery  Melbourne ; Dempsters Gallery Melbourne; Wagner Gallery Sydney, Valerie Cohen Gallery Sydney, Rotunda Exchange Square Hong Kong,  Wagner Gallery Hong Kong, Marlene Antico Fine Arts Sydney, Beachside Gallery Noosa Qld.; North Shore Fine Art Sydney; Gallery Attica Katoomba; Bell Gallery Berrima, Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California; Moulton Galleries Sydney, William Merrill Gallery Laguna Beach California.

 

 

COLLECTIONS

 

 

Wollongong City Art Gallery; B.H.P. Brisbane; European Asian Bank; Abbot-Tout-Creer; Gold Coast City Art Gallery; C.B.A. Bank; De Beers London; Newcastle University; N.R.M.A. Sydney;  Banque Nationale du Paris; Volvo International; Hyatt Hotels Adelaide; Tubemakers Australia; N.S.W. State Parliament; European Banking Corporation; Bird Cameron Perth; S.A. Co-op Building Society; Price Waterhouse Sydney; Girvan Corporation Sydney;  Fincorp Ltd, Perth; G.I.O.Sydney; Colgate-Palmolive Sydney; The Terrace  Adelaide; American Club Sydney; State Bank of S.A.; Hilton Hotel Brisbane; A.M.P. Society Brisbane; Carrington Coal Co Newcastle; C.S. First Boston Sydney; Comsteel Newcastle; A.A.P. Sydney; Barclays De Zoot De Weit Sydney; Reuters Sydney; Bayer Sydney; State Street Bank Sydney, Randwick Municipal Council, A.G.L. Sydney, Hyatt Hotels USA.

 

 

 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

    

Vogue Living Aust.                                                       Reproductions                          Feb. 1977

National Times.                                                            Susanna Short                      11 July 1977

Lemonade and Ladies' Legs                                        Kym Bonython                                  1979

Australian Vogue                                                          Reproductions                         Dec.  1979

Art and Australia                                                           Reproduction                      Autumn 1980

Modern Australian Painting 1975-80                             Kym Bonython                       Rigby  1980

Artemis (Newcastle)                                                      David Bromfield                               1981

Art and Australia                                                           Reproduction                      Autumn 1982

Art International Vol.XXV/3-4                                        Elwyn Lynn                              Apr.  1982

The Bulletin Literary Supplement                                Illustration                           24 Apr.  1984

Art and Australia                                                           Reproduction                        Winter 1986

Nearer by Far (cover)                                                    Richard Tipping  U.Q.P.                    1986

This Australia  Vol.6 No.1                                              Nadine Amadio                                1986

Australian Contemporary Art Fair                                 Catalogue Reproduction                  1988

Artists & Galleries of Australia                                      Max Germaine                             1984/90

Art and Australia                                                           Reproduction                      Autumn 1990

New Art Four                                                                Craftsman House                              1990

Images in Contemporary Australian Painting               Craftsman House                              1993

The Nobby's Collection                                                 K. Brown & M. Jurisich                     1993

Out of Australia 18 Contemporary Painters                   Hong Kong Land Co.                        1994

State of The Art                                                            Nadine Wagner                        Sep. 1994

Australian Artlook                                                         Heinemann                             Sep.  1997

 

Also reviews in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle and Hong Kong and California.