George Taylor
E-mail: gtaylorstudio@gmail.com
Cell: 908-421-0320
Website: georgetaylorstudio.com
Solo Exhibitions
Storytelling: Memories and Conversations: Paintings and Pottery
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
Personal Vision, Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ
Of the Earth, The Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
Out of the Pit, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Concealed, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ
Out of the Fire, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
Select Group Exhibitions
Divergent Forms: Jenifer Martin, Ben Pranger & George Taylor
Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ (2026)
Clay Bash
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ (2023)
Mother Nature vs. Human Nature
2023 Arts Annual
Noyes Museum, Hammonton, NJ
Reflections: George Taylor and Marie Roberts
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ (2023)
Tell Me About Yourself
Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ (2022)
ReEmergence
2022 New Jersey Arts Annual
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Faculty Show
The Art School at Old Church
Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ (2022)
Ellerslie Open
Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ (2021)
Dada Country: Duchamp and Friends in New Jersey
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ (1999)
NJ Arts Annual: Crafts
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ (1996)
Professional Activities/Achievements
2025 Guest Artist, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2025 Individual Artist Finalist Award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
2024 Juror: Merge(d), Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA
2023: Guest Lecturer: Claybash, Hunterdon Art Museum
2024: Webinar Coordinator: Confrontation and Self-Representation: Self Images by People of Color, The Color Network
2022: Guest Lecturer: ReEmergence, 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual
New Jersey State Museum
Guest Lecturer: The Aesthetics of Contemporary Art
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Rutgers University
Workshop Leader: Mindfulness as a Studio Practice
The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
Curator: Expanding the Boundaries: Artists of Color in Contemporary Society, Raritan Valley Community College (1999)
Gallery Director: Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ (1997-98)
Curator: Broadway and LRC Galleries, 1995-97, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ
Development Coordinator: Young People’s Theater and the Paterson Poetry Center, Paterson, NJ
Education
Master of Fine Arts
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Arts
Rutgers College
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor
State of New Jersey
Sohei (priest) of Sanmitsu Shugendo Buddhism, Kara Ryu Budo, NJ
Current Teaching
Painting
Critical Studies
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Ceramics
George Taylor Studio
Counciling Experiance
Somerset Treatment Services 2004 – 2017
Counselor
Second, Wind, Inc 2003 – 2005
Private Practice
Specializing in Addiction, Dual Disorders
Counseling for Individuals, Families and Groups
Carrier Clinic 1999 – 2003
Counselor