About the Artist
Born in Buffalo New York in 1934, Spaulding Taylor holds degrees from Middlebury College in Vermont, the San Francisco Art Institute, and New York University. He is recognized for his talents as a fine artist and has shown his paintings in the U.S. and Europe. His works in ceramic are included in collections at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York, The Oakland Museum, the City of Taipei Museum, the City of San Francisco Art Collections, as well as a number of private collections.
Taylor participated in 25 group exhibitions and held 14 solo exhibitions throughout the 80’s and 90’s. He led guest lectures at a number of colleges until the late 90’s when he refocused his efforts to a series of drawings and sketches as well as studio pottery at his residence in Sonoma, California.
Exhibitions
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2001 Linda Zweig, Art Smart, The Show Place, San Francisco
1997: Invitational Exhibition, Artist’s co-op Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1997: Casa Italiana Zerelli-Marimo, New York
Museum of Contemp. Photog. Brescia, Italy & Tour of Italy
1996: Istituto Universitario Di Architettura Di Venezia, Italy
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1995: N. Y. U. East Gallery
1994: Istituto Universitario Di Architettura Di Venezia, Italy
1993: S. F. International Airport Branch Museum, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Art Institute, Exhibition & Auction, S.F. CA
1992: Mills Building, Lobby, San Francisco, California.
KTEH Art Invitational, San Jose Museum of Art, S.J. CA
San Francisco Art Institute, Exhbition & Auction, S.F. CA
1991: Pro Arts, Oakland, California.
1988: Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China.
International Art Competition, Comune Di Castel Sant'Ella,
Viterbo, Italy. Third Prize.
1987: KANSAS 12th National SMALL Painting, Drawing & Print
Exhibition, Ft. Hays State University.
15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Hill Country Arts
Foundation, Ingram, Texas
Cedar City 46th Annual Art Exhibition, Southern Utah
State College.
Visual Articulations, Texas A & M College of Archeticture.
Brechenridge Gallery, San Francisco., CA
Gallery House, Palo Alto, California.
Yosemite Renaissance, National Exhibition, Yosemite, CA
1986: California State, Expo. Sacramento, California.
San Francisco International Airport.
The Raku Process
The original Raku process was developed in 16th century Japan. It involved placing the bisque pot into a red-hot kiln and then removing it when the glaze was mature and letting it cool in the open air. The Emperor at the time gave the potter the family name of Raku. Now 15 generations later family descendants continue this firing tradition
In the 1960's American potters experimenting with the Raku process began sealing the red-hot pots into a combustion chamber with flammable material.
The result is an oxygen reduced atmosphere which promotes the glaze to take on new properties.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1997: Bronx Community College, NY
1997: 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY (Masters Thesis Exhibition)
1996: Venice Works, Open Studio, Belcher Studios Gallery
1995: Figures Open Studio Exhibition, Belcher Studios Gallery
1994: Retrospective Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993-4: Ristorante Ideale 1309 Grant Avenue S. F. CA
1993: Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, California
1992: Spectrum- Himovitz gallery, San Francisco.
Taylor Gallery, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden N. H.
1990: Monsoon Restaurant, Opera Plaza, San Francisco, CA
Contract Design Center, Lobby, San Francisco, CA
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, California.
1988: S F Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, S F. CA
1986: S F International Airport, Branch Museum, S.F. CA