CURRICULUM VITAE
Taylor Smith
American, b. 1963
Lives and works in Indianapolis, Indiana
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2026
• Après-Ski, Park City Fine Art, Park City, Utah
2025
• Artist Talk & Presentation, Whistler Contemporary Gallery, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
• InterContinental Indianapolis Art Collection, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Save As:/Art, Park City Fine Art, Park City, Utah
2024
• Digital Dreams v2.0, Park City Fine Art, Park City, Utah
2023
• Digital Dreams v1.0, Park City Fine Art, Park City, Utah
2021
• Indianapolis International Airport Public Art Project, Concourse A, Indianapolis, Indiana — 15 × 45 ft. installation
2010
• Chemical Still Life Abstracted, Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS
2026
• OPEN ENDED, The White Room Gallery, East Hampton, New York
• SPIN, The White Room Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2025
• True Colors, The White Room Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2023
• Art & Objects, MAC Art Galleries, Delray Beach, Florida
2022
• Hooking Up: Meet the Collection, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois — work presented in dialogue with Andy Warhol
2021
Market Art + Design, Bridgehampton Museum, presented by Evan Lurie Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2018
Market Art + Design, Bridgehampton Museum, presented by Evan Lurie Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2015
iMOCA Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
2014
Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship Retrospective, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
2012
Kinsey Institute Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2011
Kinsey Institute Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2010
Gallery MAR, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah
2007
Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM, INSTITUTIONAL & CORPORATE
Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
Eli Lilly Endowment Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana
Eli Lilly & Company Corporate Collection, Indianapolis, Indiana
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Goldman Sachs, New York, New York
Carnival Cruise Line, Miami, Florida
Cactus Club Cafe, Houston Texas — site specific permanent monumental mural installation for the Canadian Hospitality Group
InterContinental Hotel Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena, California
The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Fantinato Foundation, Venice, Italy
Anton Klinger Foundation, Nuremberg, Germany
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Madeleine Albright
David and Victoria Beckham
Chris Martin
Peter Mondavi Sr.
Robert M. Parker Jr.
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2026
• “Forgotten Computer Floppy Disks Return to Life as Large-Scale Portrait Paintings,” designboom
• “Floppy Disks Reborn: Taylor Smith’s Portrait Paintings Redefine Upcycled Art,” Interni & Decor
• “Daily Inspiration: Meet Taylor Smith,” VoyageMIA South Florida
2025
• “Artist Taylor Smith Visits Whistler,” Pique Newsmagazine
• “Taylor Smith and the Poetry of the Obsolete,” MuseumWeek
• “Nostalgia Meets Modernity,” Park City Style Magazine
• “Historic, Renovated InterContinental Welcomes Guests in Luxury,” IndyStar
• “Circle City’s Identity Drives Art Program at InterContinental Hotel,” Indianapolis Business Journal
• “Floppy Memories: How Taylor Smith Turns Old Disks Into Iconic Portraits,” Femest Magazine
• “The American Artist Taylor Smith Is Reimagining the Everyday Through Pop Art and Nostalgia,” Articulate Magazine
• “From Obsolete to Original: Taylor Smith Paints the Past with Floppy Disks,” Culturalee
• Featured Artist Profile, Where Women Create, Fall Issue
• Interview with Taylor Smith, Visual Art Journal, Issue 38
2024
• “Taylor Smith: Logging Fractured Memory,” Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art
• “Memory, Technology and Floppy Disks: Check Out Artist Taylor Smith,” Ninu Nina
• “Taylor Smith: ‘This Reflection on Contemporary Life Really Speaks to People,’” Alethea Magazine
• “Artist Taylor Smith’s Floppy Disk Art, Portrait of David Letterman,” The Indianapolis Star
• Feature, Indianapolis Monthly
2023
• “A Powerful Pop of Color,” Manhattan Express / amNewYork, cover feature
• “Taylor Smith Speaks About New Work at Pando Fine Art,” The Daily Utah Chronicle
2022
• Artist Profile, Pattern, Vol. 22
2021
• “New Heirlooms,” Saatchi Art Advisory
2020
• “The Toys of Princes,” The Point
2017
• “Above & Beyond,” Indianapolis Monthly
2014
• Artist Profile, Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 26
• Feature, Curve Magazine
• Artist Spotlight, The Advocate Magazine
2010
• “Chemistry Inspiring Art,” Chemical & Engineering News
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2020
Power Plant Grant, supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Big Car Collaborative
2013–14
Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship, Arts Council of Indianapolis & Eli Lilly Endowment Inc.
2007
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
EDUCATION & STUDIES
• Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg, Germany — Contemporary Fine Art
• Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Berlin, Germany — Contemporary Fine Art
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana — B.A.
• Sculpture and Figurative studies — Canadian sculptor Jim Ritchie, Vence, France
• Wet-plate collodion studies — Dale Bernstein, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2013–14
SELECTED EARLY PROJECT
1986
Keith Haring Berlin Wall mural, Berlin, Germany — assisted with preparation and application of the Haring’s mural base layer
SELECTED GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Park City Fine Art — Park City, Utah
DTR Modern Galleries — New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Delray Beach
Whistler Contemporary Gallery — Whistler, British Columbia
The White Room Gallery — East Hampton, New York
MAC Art Galleries — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sun Valley Contemporary Gallery — Sun Valley, Idaho
New Buffalo Art Gallery — New Buffalo, Michigan