Andrew "Andy" Taylor is an Australian

Australian people

Australian people, or simply Australians, are the citizens of Australia. Australia is a multi-ethnic nation, and therefore the term "Australian" is not a racial identifier. Aside from the Indigenous Australian population, nearly all Australians or their ancestors immigrated within the past 230 years...

 painter

Painting

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 and printmaker

Printmaking

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.

He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts

Victorian College of the Arts

The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...

 in Melbourne from 1985 to 1987, and graduated with a BFA

Bachelor of Fine Arts

In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

. Some of his works belong to the collections of the Artbank

Artbank

Artbank is an art rental program established in 1980 by the Australian Government. It supports contemporary Australian artists and encourages a wider appreciation of their work by buying artworks which it then rents to public and private sector clients. It was modeled on the Canadian Art Bank,...

, of the National Gallery of Victoria

National Gallery of Victoria

The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...

, of the Shepparton

Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...

 Art Gallery, and to “The Telstra Collection” of the Australian National University

Australian National University

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. Further works belong to private collections in Australia, in the United States and in France. Taylor has been married to Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

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 since 2002, with three children.

Exhibitions

• 1988:
  • "New Painting", 312 Lennox Street Gallery, Richmond
    Richmond, Victoria
    Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
    
     (solo exhibition)
  • "St. Kilda Now", Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda
    St Kilda, Victoria
    St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...
    
     (group exhibition)
  • "Dominique Segan Drawing Prize", Castlemaine State Festival (group exhibition)
  • "Scotchman Hill Vineyard Art Prize", Geelong Art Gallery
    Geelong Art Gallery
    The Geelong Art Gallery is a major regional gallery in the city of Geelong in Victoria, Australia. The gallery has approximately 4,000 works of art in its collection...
    
    , Geelong (group exhibition)
• 1989:
  • "New Paintings", Garry Anderson Galleries, Darlinghurst
    Darlinghurst, New South Wales
    Darlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney...
    
     (solo exhibition)
  • "Art from Elsewhere", University of Tasmania
    University of Tasmania
    The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
    
    , Sandy Bay
    Sandy Bay, Tasmania
    Sandy Bay is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located immediately south of the central business district.The suburb is home to many large homes, and adjoins the waterfront Salamanca area and Battery Point. The suburb is known as one of the city's prestigious areas...
    
     (group exhibition)
  • "The Keith
    Keith Murdoch
    Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch was an Australian journalist and the father of Rupert Murdoch, the CEO and Chairman of News Corp.-Life and career:Murdoch was born in Melbourne in 1885, the son of Annie and the Rev...
    
     and Elisabeth Murdoch Fellowship", Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne (group exhibition)
  • "Australian Painting 1960–1989", 312 Lennox Street Gallery, Richmond (group exhibition)
• 1990:
  • "Diamonds Are Forever", Botanical Gallery, South Yarra
    South Yarra, Victoria
    South Yarra is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Stonnington and Melbourne...
    
     (solo exhibition)
  • "Dominique Segan Drawing Prize", Castlemaine State Festival (group exhibition)
  • "Scotchman Hill Vineyard Art Prize", Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong (group exhibition)
  • "Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition" (group exhibition)
• 1991:
  • "The Sub, Ver'sive Stitch", Mori Gallery, Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
    
     (group exhibition)
  • "Contemporary Paintings", Pinacotheca, Richmond (group exhibition)
• 1992: "Recent Paintings", Pinacotheca, Richmond (solo exhibition)
• 1993: "Monotypes from the Garner Tullis
  Garner Tullis
  Garner Handy Tullis is an American born artist residing in Pietrarubbia, Italy, since the September 11 attacks in 2001.- Biography :...
  
   Workshop", Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy (group exhibition)
• 1994:
  • "Monotypes", Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy
    Fitzroy, Victoria
    Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's...
    
     (solo exhibition)
  • "Workshop Proofs, A Survey of prints from the Archives", Australian Print Workshop, Doncaster Gallery, Doncaster
    Doncaster, Victoria
    Doncaster is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Doncaster had a population of 17,879....
    
     (group exhibition)
• 1995:
  • "Recent Paintings", Scope Gallery, Fitzroy (solo exhibition)
  • "12th Biannual Spring Festival of Drawings", Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
    Mornington, Victoria
    Mornington is a sea side town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, located 57 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula....
    
     (group exhibition)
  • "Christmas 1995 small works", Scope Gallery, Fitzroy (group exhibition)
• 1996:
  • "Monotypes and works on paper", Scope Gallery, Fitzroy (solo exhibition)
  • "Love", Carlisle Lounge Motel, St Kilda (group exhibition)
• 1997: "Artist for kids Cultural Trust Auction", George Gallery, St Kilda (group exhibition)
• 1998:
  • "Artist for kids Cultural Trust Auction", George Gallery, St Kilda (group exhibition)
  • "Works in Windows", St Kilda Festival
    St Kilda Festival
    The St Kilda Festival is a popular community festival held in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. Traditionally held on the second Sunday in February, the festival is about showcasing live Australian music, family and children's entertainment, beach activities and much more all presented in a...
    
     (group exhibition)
• 1999:
  • "Artist for kids Cultural Trust Auction", George Gallery, St Kilda (group exhibition)
  • "Works in Windows", St Kilda Festival (group exhibition)
  • "Exposure (Artists portraits of Artists) ", Victoria University Gallery, Melbourne and Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda (group exhibition)
  • "Metropolis Opening Exhibition", Metropolis Gallery, St Kilda (group exhibition)
• 2000:
  • "Recent Paintings", Metropolis Gallery, St Kilda (solo exhibition)
  • "Dobell Prize
    Dobell Prize
    Dobell Prize for drawing, Australian art prize held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales the highest prize for drawing in Australia. The prize had previously been held in conjunction with the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize, around the early part of the year, but was moved in 2003 to...
    
     for Drawing" (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales
    Art Gallery of New South Wales
    The Art Gallery of New South Wales , located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia...
    
     (group exhibition)
• 2002: "Recent Work" MHA Projects, Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
  Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
  
   (solo exhibition)
• 2004: "New paintings", Crossley & Scott Gallery, Melbourne (solo exhibition)
• 2005: "New paintings", Crossley & Scott Gallery, Melbourne (solo exhibition)
• 2007: Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney (solo exhibition)
• 2008:
  • Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney (solo exhibition)
  • "Nature Morte Dead Nature", Rohrer Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
    Laguna Beach, California
    Laguna Beach is a seaside resort city and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southwest of the county seat of Santa Ana...
    
     (group exhibition)
• 2010:
  • Cat Street Galleries (摩羅街中心), Sheung Wan
    Sheung Wan
    Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District...
    
     (solo exhibition)
  • "Fresh", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
    Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
    The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
    
     (group exhibition)
  • "Beauty and the Baroque", Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
    
     (group exhibition)
  • "Landscapes", Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
    Palm Desert, California
    Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately east of Palm Springs. The population was 48,445 at the 2010 census, up from 41,155 at the 2000 census...
    
    (group exhibition)