Maxwell Taylor 2016 STUDIO-f | WHO ARE WE? | COLLECTION | ARTISTS MAXWELL TAYLOR SEDRICK HUCKABY WILLIAM VILLALONGO ROBERT ZAKANITCH CAROL MICKETT & ROBERT STACKHOUSE LOUISA CHASE AUDREY FLACK SAM GILLIAM STEPHEN GREENE WILLY HEEKS ROBERTO JUAREZ TOM LIEBER JAMES McGARRELL VITALY KOMAR & ALEXANDER MELAMID SAM MESSER ED PASCHKE PEDRO PEREZ LARRY POONS KATHERINE PORTER MIRIAM SCHAPIRO JOYCE J SCOTT HOLLIS SIGLER JOHN WALKER | PREVIOUS SHOWS SAM GILLIAM | MAP | UTARTS | UT MAXWELL TAYLOR STUDIO-f • 2016 Discovered as a schoolboy, Maxwell Taylor (born 1939, Nassau, The Bahamas) was first taught art by Don Russell. Later, he was apprenticed in 1959 to the fabled Chelsea Pottery as a ceramic designer alongside Brent Malone, Eddie Minnis and Kendal Hanna. He moved to New York, studying at the Art Students League of New York from 1968 to 1972, then taking further studies in photo silkscreen at The Pratt Graphic Center in 1972 and printmaking at Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop from 1969 to 1977. Strongly influenced by black power artists, he showed an uncompromising commitment to social realism through his woodcuts, etchings and stark canvases. Taylor admired the works of Daumier, Braque and Picasso and tried to emulate what he saw. He became a versatile and accomplished technician and a master of a variety of media. After twenty years in New York, during which he combined art with labor on construction sites, he traveled south to the Carolinas and then to Europe observing the social, economic, and political dynamics of many cultures but never forgetting his roots in The Bahamas. His work was exhibited at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, at The International Printmaking Exhibit, 1971 in Santiago, Chile and in 1977 as part of the exhibition "Bahamian Art Today" at Brent Malone's Matinee Gallery. He held a one-man show in 1979 in Nassau and in 1983 was part of the group of ten artists selected to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bahamian independence. In 1991, he founded B.-C.A.U.S.E. (Bahamian Creative Artists United for Serious Expression), with Brent Malone, Antonius Roberts, Stan Burnside, Jackson Burnside and John Beadle. Taylor believes that the technique should fit the theme and uses many creative combinations to achieve his vision. He is renowned for his ceramics and paintings, but it is in printmaking that he really excels. He created the "Immigration Series" using the ancient technique of "cutting wood" but in a challenging large format. Throughout his career, he has explored themes of universality and despair, celebration and atrocity. He has participated in numerous solo exhibitions and his work is among the collections of the late Nat King Cole and Sir Harold Christie. Taylor has also received many scholarships and awards such as the Southern Arts Federation Fellowship award for works on paper by the National Endowment for the Arts. Please visit maxwellktaylor.com for more information on Maxwell Taylor The University of Tampa • Scarfone/Hartley Gallery located on campus in R. K. Bailey Art Studios at 310 North Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33606 Gallery Hours: 10->4 Tues- Fri, 1->4 Sat, Closed National Holidays All events are open to the public / there is no charge for admission For more information contact Dorothy Cowden: 813-253-6217 / dcowden at ut.edu Scarfone/Hartley Gallery © 2025