Kelly L. Taylor

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Education

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, May 2015. Dual major in Art (Painting focus) and English, with a minor in Education Studies.
• Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Portrait Drawing, May 2013

Work Experience

• Curator, Inspired: Selected Student and Alumni Artwork, Guilford College, 2015
• Teachers Assistant, Guilford College printing program 2014-2015
• Intern, Guilford College Art Gallery, 2014-2015
• Manager, Inspired and managed the re-building and opening of Gallery205, 205 Collaborative on Lyndon Street, Greensboro, NC, August 2012 - February 2013
• Extensive experience in sales, customer service, food service, retail, administrative assistance, management and training. 

Awards

• Guilford College CCE Outstanding Achievement in Art Award, May 2014
• Guilford College Art Appreciation Club, Honorable Mention for Artistic Merit, January 2014

Exhibitions

• Chakras Spa and Salon, Greensboro, NC, Featured Artist, March 2015
• Inspired: Selected Student and Alumni Artwork, Guilford College, 2015 
• Altered, Guilford College Senior Thesis Art Exhibition, May 2014
• The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC, All Female Art Show, March 2014
• We Join Spokes Together In a Wheel, regional student art exhibition, Gatewood Gallery UNC-Greensboro, March 2014
• Guilford College Art Department Annual Juried Student Art Show, Greensboro, NC, November 2014, 2013, 2012;  Honorable Mention in painting 2013
• 100 for 100 Show, The Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC, April 2012
• Heart Ache Show, The Studio and Gallery, Greensboro, NC, February 2012 
• Juried Student Art Show, The Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC, March 2011
• Trash, The Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC, July 2010

 Gallery Representation

• The Red Dog Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC , Featured Artist October 2013
• The Fat Cat Ltd., Oak Ridge, NC, 2013
• Gallery205 on Lyndon Street/205 Collaborative, Greensboro, NC, 2012 - 2015, Featured Artist, October 2012
• Artmongerz Gallery, Greensboro, NC, 2010-2013, Featured Artist December 2011

Public Presentations

• Guilford Undergraduate Symposium: AMisappropriated Menagerie of Objects - The Still Life Work of Kelly L. Taylor, April 2015
• Senior Art Thesis Defense, May 2014
• Guilford Undergraduate Symposium: The Secret Life of Objects - The Thesis Work of Kelly L. Taylor, April 2014
• Pecha Kucha, NC Art Outreach Project, Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC, February 2013

Publications

DE SILVA SHINES INNER LIGHT THROUGH HER EXPRESSIONIST WORKS, Keith Barber, Visions column, Yes! Weekly, January 4, 2012 (color photograph)