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