John Taylor Wagner
B. 1985 in Maitland Florida, USA, currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
A Tale of Trouble and Return, Foothills Art Center curated by Eriq Hochuli. Golden, Colorado
Group Exhibitions
2024
Santa Barbara Museum of Contemporary Art curated by Fabián Leyva-Barragán- Santa Barbara, CA
Visionary Art Projects x Anderson Contemporary curated by Haylee Barsky and Blayne Planit- New York, NY
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery curated by Nancy Meyer and Hugo Cervantes- Los Angeles, CA
Wonzimer Gallery W.A.R.P. Artists curated by John Greer
Wonzimer Gallery Living Room Works
2023
Edward Hopper House Museum Annual Group Show curated by Sabrina Blaichman, director of Karma Gallery- Nyack, NY
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: Apophenia curated by Nancy Meyer and Hugo Cervantes- Los Angeles, CA
Bankside Gallery: Rising Artists, London
Shortlisted Artist for Jackson's Painting Prize
Wonzimer Gallery W.A.R.P. Artists curated by John Greer - Los Angeles, CA
2022
LAA National Fine Art Show, Guest Juror: Eriq Hochuli, Curator at Foothills Art Center Golden, Colorado
Awards: "Best in Show" ('Young Love') and "Artistic Achievement" ('The Diver').
2021
Visual Arts Alliance 37th Annual Juried Exhibition, Guest Juror: Dr. Harry Cooper, Senior Curator & Head of Modern Art at The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
London Paint Club Emerging Artists Group exhibition: Together Through Painting
Residencies and Programs
2024
IKEA Residency
2023
W.A.R.P. Artist Residency by Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles CA.
Quarantine: Art Intensive. Menorca, Spain. Artist Mentors: Emilio Villalba, Vincent Desiderio, Nicolas Uribe, Henrik Aa. Uldalen, Nadezda, and Jeremy Mann.
Publications
2022
Divide Magazine, Issue: 04, Summer 2022. Interviewed by Ziquita Riberdy, Editor and Curator.
Teaching
2016 - 2023
Instructor: Fundamentals of Drawing, Drawing ii, Fundamentals of Oil Painting, Oil Painting ii.
Boulder Art School, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Education
2006 - 2010
University of Montana, Missoula. Anthropology, Archaeology
2015 - 2016
Boulder School of Fine Art. Classical Realism Drawing