Taylor Simmons
(2026)
Taylor Simmons’s (b. 1990, Atlanta; lives and works in New York City) paintings, prints, and drawings incorporate hazy fluorescent depictions of everyday life, forming an archive of compulsively collated imagery. His layered compositions, distinct for their neon-colored palette and balance of acrylic, oil, airbrush, and wax, slip between figuration and abstraction and specificity and ambiguity.
Biography
Citing music, found photographs, and viral video clips as inspiration, the artist takes impulsive riffs and remixes that coalesce in his organic and all-over dynamic works. His paintings sample fragments of his surroundings, from his upbringing in Atlanta to his years in New York City, question the conventional performance of masculinity, and recall universal themes of youthful play, human nature, and work and rest.
Recent presentations include solo exhibitions at Public Gallery, Helena Anrather, and Sixi Museum; and group exhibitions at Ward Gallery, CCProjects, Kravets Wehby Gallery, Half Gallery, Deli Gallery, Martha’s Gallery, the Particle Foundation, Marlborough Gallery, and Carlye Packer. Simmons was an artist in residence at the Macedonia Institute. His work is in the permanent collections of the X Museum, the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Igal Ahouvi Art Collection, and the Sixi Museum.
Taylor Simmons
(2026)Taylor Simmons’s (b. 1990, Atlanta; lives and works in New York City) paintings, prints, and drawings incorporate hazy fluorescent depictions of everyday life, forming an archive of compulsively collated imagery. His layered compositions, distinct for their neon-colored palette and balance of acrylic, oil, airbrush, and wax, slip between figuration and abstraction and specificity and ambiguity.
Biography
Citing music, found photographs, and viral video clips as inspiration, the artist takes impulsive riffs and remixes that coalesce in his organic and all-over dynamic works. His paintings sample fragments of his surroundings, from his upbringing in Atlanta to his years in New York City, question the conventional performance of masculinity, and recall universal themes of youthful play, human nature, and work and rest.
Recent presentations include solo exhibitions at Public Gallery, Helena Anrather, and Sixi Museum; and group exhibitions at Ward Gallery, CCProjects, Kravets Wehby Gallery, Half Gallery, Deli Gallery, Martha’s Gallery, the Particle Foundation, Marlborough Gallery, and Carlye Packer. Simmons was an artist in residence at the Macedonia Institute. His work is in the permanent collections of the X Museum, the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Igal Ahouvi Art Collection, and the Sixi Museum.