john taylor wagner

 

B. 1985 in Maitland, Florida, USA, currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Education. University of Montana, Anthropology

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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

 

Blanco Projects, NYC​

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Visionary Art Projects x Anderson Contemporary curated by Haylee Barsky and Blayne Planit- New York, NY​

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Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery curated by Nancy Meyer and Hugo Cervantes- Los Angeles, CA​

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Wonzimer Gallery W.A.R.P. Artists curated by John Greer​

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Wonzimer Gallery Living Room Works

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2023

Edward Hopper House Museum Annual Group Show curated by Sabrina Blaichman, director of Karma Gallery- Nyack, NY

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Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: Apophenia curated by Nancy Meyer and Hugo Cervantes- Los Angeles, CA​

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Bankside Gallery: Rising Artists, London

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Wonzimer Gallery W.A.R.P. Artists curated by John Greer - Los Angeles, CA

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2022

LAA National Fine Art Show, Guest Juror: Eriq Hochuli, Curator at Foothills Art Center Golden, Colorado

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Awards: "Best in Show" ('Young Love') and "Artistic Achievement" ('The Diver').

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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.  

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London Paint Club Emerging Artists Group exhibition: Together Through Painting

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Residencies and Programs

 

2024

IKEA Residency, Los Angeles CA.

NYC Crit Club Canopy Cohort Program. mentor Yevgenia Baras

 

2023

W.A.R.P. Artist Residency by Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles CA. 

Quarantine: Art Intensive. Menorca, Spain. Artist Mentor: Emilio Villalba

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Awards/ Honorable Mentions

 

2024

The James Bernard Haggarty Scholarship of Service and Commitment

Shortlisted Artist for Plum Line Residency. Juror: Anna Zorina, Anna Zorina Gallery, NYC.

 

2023

Jackson's Painting Prize Shortlist

 

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').

 

Publications

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2022

Divide Magazine, Issue: 04, Summer 2022. Interviewed by Ziquita Riberdy, Editor and Curator.