Bio
Born 1978 in Calgary, CA
Lives and works in Paris, FR
Education
2005
MFA, University of Guelph, CA
2000
BFA, Alberta College of Art and Design, CA
Selected solo & two-person exhibitions
2017
“While I was also listening David, Eleanor, Mariana, Jean, Mark, Genk, Daphne, Pierre, Shima, Simon, Zin, Christian and Virginie”La Criée – Centre D´Art Contemporain Rennes, France
Zin Taylor at Canadian Biennial 2017, National Gallery of Canada Special Exhibitions Galleries Ottawa, Canada
Zin Taylor at Independent Régence presented by Supportico Lopez, Brussels, BL
La Vitrine, FRAC Île-de-France, Le Plateau, Paris, FR
Creative Writing, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DE
2016
Five Units of Haze, Oakville Galleries, Toronto, CA
The Canyon, with Ute Müller, Collicaligreggi, Catania, IT
2015
Three Ideas About Haze, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE
In Light of 25 Years, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
Stripes and Dots on the Isle of Portikus: A Story of Sound + Visuals (a small index of contemporary psych), April 25th, Portikus, Frankfurt, DE
2014
1646 The Hague, Den Haag, NL
21er Haus residency, Vienna, AT
The Tangental Zigzag, Kunstraum, London, UK
The Story of Stripes and Dots (Chapter 7), Jessica Bradley Gallery, Toronto, CA
L’Observatoire – Maison Gregoire, Brussels, BE
2013
The story of stripes and dots (chapter 6), Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, CA
The Story of Stripes and Dots (Chapter 5), Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island, CA
Letterhead, Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
Alphabet City, MiArt with Supportico Lopez, Milan, IT
Parrot Soup, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE
2012
The Ceremony and The Spirit (with Roe Ethridge), La Loge, Brussels, BE
Art Statements, Art Basel, Basel, CH
The Story of Stripes and Dots (chapter 2), Jessica Bradley, Toronto, CA
The Story of Stripes and Dots (chapter 1), MuHKA, Antwerp, BE
2011
The Flute of Sub, The Artist's Institute, New York, US
Growth, KIOSK, Gent, Belgium, BE
The Instruments, ABC Berlin, Berlin, DE
The Five Arms of Supportico, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE
The Units, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, DE
The Voids, Galerie Vidal Cuglietta, Brussels, BE
2010
The Nine Fingers of Malakoff, Pavilion Projects / Les Maison des Arts de Malakoff, Malakoff, FR
The Bakery of Blok (first arrangement), Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, St Louis, US
2009
The Bakery of Blok and the Three Forms of Unit, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, US
The Bakery of Blok, Jessica Bradley, Toronto, CA
2008
The Crystal Ship, BELvue Museum, Brussels, BE / Etablissement d’en Face Projects, Brussels, BE
2007
The Flute of Sub, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, GE
Put Your Eye in Your Mouth: a conversational documentary recording Martin Kippenberger’s Metro-net Station in Dawson City, Yukon, Etablissement d’en Face Projects, Brussels, BE
Who Named the Days?, Jessica Bradley, Toronto, CA
Put Your Eye in Your Mouth: a conversational documentary recording Martin Kippenberger’s Metro-net Station in Dawson City, Yukon, YYZ Artist-Outlet, Toronto, CA
Put Your Eye in Your Mouth: a conversational documentary recording Martin Kippenberger’s Metro-net Station in Dawson City, Yukon, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2005
Nub, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, CA
The Spiders, collaborative project with Damian Moppett, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2003
The Flower Called Nowhere, Artspace, Peterborough, CA
Group Exhibitions
2017
National Gallery of Canada Biennial, Ottawa, CA (forthcoming, October)
“While I was also listening David, Eleanor, Mariana, Jean, Mark, Genk, Daphne, Pierre, Shima, Simon, Zin, Christian and Virginie”, La Criée – Centre D´Art Contemporain, Rennes, France, FR
“Les bons sentiments” 19th Prix Fondation d’Enterprise Ricard, Fondation Ricard, Paris, FR
Ich weiß nicht – I don’t know, VIENNA BIENNALE 2017 - Robots.Work.Our Future, Vienna
Index for The Flute of Sub, Meeting Points 8: Both Sides of the Curtain, Beirut Art Center, Lebanon
Alors que j´écoutais moi aussi David, Eleanor, Mariana, etc., La Criée - Centre d´art contemporain, Rennes, FR
2016
Hybrid Objects, L´Inconnue, Montreal, CA
Répétition, curated by Nicola Lees and Asad Raza, Villa Empain Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, BE
AXOLOTLISM, Nogueras|Blanchard Gallery, Madrid, ES
TRUST, curated by Sonia Dermience, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
I want to be. Inside out, MOT International, Brussels, BE
2014
The Word Today Serves No One Except To Say To The Grocer Give Me A Pound Of Lentils, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, GE
Dirt and Copper (Portraits), two-persons show with Lorna MacIntyre, 221a, Vancouver, CA
Thinking Things, CGP London, Dilston Grove, London, UK
Interprète, Frac Ile-de-France / Le Plateau , Paris, France
The Tools, Root Division , San Franciso, USA
Independent Art Fair, Supportico Lopez, New York, USA
2013
The Way of the Shovel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US
Storytelling, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA
Salon der Angst, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
IN THE HOUSE OF MR & MRS, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, DE
An Anatomical Chart of Love Pains, The Model, Sligo, IE
Dawson Gold, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, CA
A Handful of Dust, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, USA
2012
Stoppages, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, US
Manufacture, Centre PasquArt, Biel, CH
2011
The Gong Show, curated by Didier Roelstraete, Micky Schubert in Berlin, DE
Ex-Libris, Galerie VidalCuglietta, Brussels, BE
We Don't Need To Need to Do This, MOT International, London, UK
Melanchotopia, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010
Architectooralooral, 1857, Oslo, NO
Triumphant Carrot: The Persistence of Still Life, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2009
The Archeologists, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, DE
Dream Machines: Objects and Physical Phenomena (A Reciprocal Love Story), Beaubourg, Brussels, BE
Transformers, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, CA
Architecture of Survival, Komplot, Brussels, BE
2007
Ideas of North, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, DE
18:Beckett, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, CA
2006
Habitat, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, CA
18:Beckett, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto, CA
Poster Project, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, CA
Du coté de Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal, CA
2005
Arm in Arm, collaborative project with Allison Hrabluik, Or Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Dedicated to you but you weren’t listening, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
2004
What the World’s Like With The Words We Like, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Switch, University at Buffalo Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US
Publish or Perish, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, CA
New Toronto Artists in Adelaide, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide, AUS
2003
Soundtracks: Re-Play (Touring 2003 – 2005)*
*Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, CA
*MacKenzie Gallery, Regina, CA
*Interaccess Gallery, Toronto, CA
*Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, CA
2001
Secondhand, Or Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Blue Calgary Sky, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, CA
Screenings
2008
Put Your Eye in Your Mouth: a conversational documentary recording Martin Kippenberger’s Metro-net Station in Dawson City, Yukon, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON. Screening as part of Am I Repeating Yourself? Affectionate Homages and Hostile Takeovers, Part 1, June 25
Put Your Eye in Your Mouth: a conversational documentary recording Martin Kippenberger’s Metro-net Station in Dawson City, Yukon, Pavilion Projects, Montreal, PQ, June 28 (screening, talk, and poster launch)
Professional
2014
Background Night, 1646, The Hague, The Netherlands
The Forked Tongue, Conversation with Severin Duensler and Nicolaus Schafhausen, Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, Vienna, AT
Seminar: Why I am not a painter, Officin, Copenhagen, DK
Artist Talk, Artist Lecture Series Vienna, Vienna, AT
2013
Conversation with Nicolaus Schafhausen, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
Round Table, Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
Artist Talk, Education Lecture, Glasshaus, Vienna, AT
2012
Artist Panel, Centre PasquArt, Biel, CH
Artist Talk, University of Lethbridge, UK
2011
Artist Talk, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Artist
Talk, KIOSK, Gent, BE
Artist Talk, The Model, Sligo, IE
2010
Artist talk, Apent Forum, Oslo Art Academy, NO
2009
Programming Board, Etablissement d’en face projects, Brussels, BE
Artist Talk, Hogeschool Sint-Lukas, Brussel, BE
2008
Artist talk, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
Instructor, Collage, Summer Semester, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
Visiting Lecturer, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
2007
Visiting Lecturer, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
Scottish Sculpture Workshop Residency, Lumsden, UK
Instructor, Extended Media 1, Winter Semester, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
Panel Discussion, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
Visiting Lecturer, History of Photographic Media - University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
2006
Instructor, Special topics in Sculpture, Fall Semester, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
Instructor, Extended Media 1, Fall Semester, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
2005
Visiting Lecturer, Special Topics in Sculpture, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
Media Convergences Instructor, Winter Semester, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
Panel Discussion, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
Artist Talk, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
Speakerlab Workshop, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2004
Media Convergences Instructor, Fall Semester, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
Visiting Lecturer, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas Valley, CA
Technician for Media Convergences - Winter Semester, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
2003
Speakerlab Workshop, Catch da Flave Community Radio Station, Regent Park, Toronto, CA
Speakerlab Workshop, Interaccess Artist-run Centre, Toronto, CA
Technician for Media Convergences, Fall Semester, University of Guelph, CA
Artist Talk, Artspace, Peterborough, CA
Artist Talk, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, CA
Speakerlab Workshop, Art Metropole, Toronto, CA
Collections
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
FRAC Le Plateau, Paris, France
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
RBC, Royal Bank of Canada Collection, Toronto, Canada
Shorefast Foundation, Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island, Canada
Awards, Grants & Scholarships
2014
Canada Council Artist Travel Grant
2011
Canada Council Artist Travel Grant
2009
Canada Council Artist Travel Grant
2008
Canada Council Artist Travel Grant
2007
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant
Canada Council Artist Travel Grant
2006
TAC Emerging Artist Grant (Canada)
2005
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003
Steamwhistle Contemporary Art Award, Best Group Show
2001
Canada Council Artist Travel Grant
2000
Stanford Perrot Innovative Project Grant
Website
http://www.zintaylor.com
Bibliography
Books, Catalogues and Essays
2016
Zin Taylor, Void Flowers, published by Bywater Bros. Editions, 2016
2014
Ethridge, Roe and Taylor, Zin, The Ceremony and The Spirit, New York: Karma
2013
Roelstraete, Dieter, The Way of the Shovel, Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art
Liste Performance Project 18, Basel, CH
Salon der Angst, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna AT
Taylor, Zin, Lichen Voices / Stripes and Dots, Berlin: Sternberg Press; Fogo Island
Taylor, Zin, Palms of the Fog, Milan: Mousse Publishing
Parrot Soup, essay by Zin Taylor for the exhibition at Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE
2012
Taylor, Zin, Cane, Ring, Bracelet, Finger, Cup. Brussels: Galerie VidalCuglietta/Supportico Lopez/ Jessica Bradley
2011
Taylor, Zin, Growth. Berlin: Sternberg Press/Ursula Blickle Stiftung
2010
Taylor, Zin, Plants Do Things, Toronto: Bywater Bros. Editions
Taylor, Zin, The Nine Fingers of Malakoff, Paris: Pavilion Projects
2008
Taylor, Zin, Crystal Ship, Toronto: Bywater Bros Editions
2007
Taylor, Zin, Nook, Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver and Toronto: YYZ Artists’ Outlet
Keally, Seamus. “18:Becket” (essay)
2005
Shier, Reid, “Dedicated to you but you weren’t listening.” Toronto: The Power Plant
2003
Fischer, Barbara, Soundtracks: Re-Play, Edmonton Art Gallery
Moppett, Damian, “Flower Called Nowhere.” Peterborough, Ontario, Canada: Artspace
Selected Press
2016
NGC Magazine Staff, An Interview with Zin Taylor by Becky Rynor, October 2016
2015
Frieze Magazine, Review of Zin Taylor at 1646 by Vivian Sky Rehberg, March/April 2015
Metropolis M, Zin Taylor at 1646 by Domeniek Ruyters, January 2015
2014
Le Salon, Zin Taylor: The Tangental Zig-Zag by Letitia Calin, June 2014
This is tomorrow, Zin Taylor: The Tangential Zigzag by Beth Bramich, July
Art Texts Pics, Interview with Marta Ravasi, July
Metropolis M, GO'S EN NO-GO'S OP DE VRIJPLAATS by Laura Herman, July
Art Agenda, The Story of Stripes and Dots (Chapter 7) by Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh, March
2013
Frieze Magazine, Review of Zin Taylor at Supportico Lopez by Frances Loeffler, June
Contemporary Art Daily, Zin Taylor at Supportico Lopez, April
Akimblog.com, Zin Taylor at Supportico Lopez in Berlin by Rodney Latourelle, March
Blouin Artinfo, SoCal's "A Handful of Dust" Features Zin Taylor's Contemporary Mystique by Yasmine Mohseni, February
2012
Frieze Magazine, Melanchoptopia by Esperanza Rosales, Jan - Feb, 2012
Border Crossings, Zin Taylor by Saelen Twerdy, Fall, pp.125-126
2011
Mousse Magazine, Taylor Made: Zin Taylor and the Story of Form by Dieter Roelstraete, Issue 27, Feb Mar, 2011
Artforum.com, 500 Words, Zin Taylor, June
2009
Border Crossings, How Zin Taylor Fits The Practice of Contemporary Sculpture by EC Woodley, Issue 112, Winter 2009
C magazine, Zin Taylor at Jessica Bradley Art + Pojects by Dan Adler, Issue 103, Autumn 2009
Flash Art, 100 Emerging Artists, October, 2009
Artfagcity.com, Zin Taylor’s The Bakery of Blok at Miguel Abreu Gallery by Karen Archey, August, 2009
Artforum.com, Critic’s Pick, The Bakery of Blok and the Three Forms of Unit by Michael Paulson, July, 2009
Time Out New York, Zin Taylor, “The Bakery of Blok and the Three Forms of Unit” by Nana Asfour, Issue 721 : Jul 23-29, 2009
2007
Artforum, Idea of North by Jennifer Allen, April, 2007
Artforum.com, Critic’s Pick, Who Named the Days? By Dan Adler, March, 2007
C Magazine, Idea of North by Doreen Mende, Summer 2007
2005
Puerto Rico Herald, Exploring Collaboration by Sarah Milroy, April 5, 2005
National Post, Art that entertains. Now there’s a concept by RM Vaughn, April 9, 2005
The Globe and Mail, Exploring Collaboration by Sarah Milroy, Pg. R3, April 5, 2005
2004
The Globe and Mail, Talk of the Town by Tralee Pearce, Pg. M6, May 8, 2004
db Magazine #322, Various Canadian Artist review by James Strickland, Jan 28 - Feb 10, 2004
Now Regarding Music, CBC Radio 3.com, January 16 - 22, 2004
2003
Eye Magazine, We Got Art by David Balzer, January 25, 2003
Eye Magazine, The Art of Noise by Denise Benson, October 30, 2003
Jack Magazine, The Flower Called Nowhere, August 2003
Broken Pencil Magazine #22, PHTCPY #2 review by Janis Demkiw, Pg. 93 - 94, 2003
Edmonton Journal, Soundtracks: Various artists by Gilbert A. Bouchard, Pg. 8, July 5th, 2003