cordell taylor
sculptor

575 West 200 South
Salt Lake City,
Utah 84101

tel:   801.355.0333
fax:   801.355.1333


Educational Background

1992   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, University of Utah


Exhibitions

2000
Art Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany
Fax Box Project, Roscommon, Ireland
"Millennium," SLC, Utah
Phillips Gallery, SLC, Utah

1999

Toyomura Int'l Sculpture, Biennale, Japan
Roughhouse23, Chelsey, New York, New York
12th Outdoor Sculpt Exhib, Lawrence, Kansas
Red Mill Gallery, VSC, Johnson, Vermont

1998
Expo 17, Four Person Exhibition, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York.
Retrospective/Prospective '98, Group Exhibition, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho.
Totemic Images, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1997
Loge Gallery, PMT, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Utah Arts Festival, Surface-Recycled Art Installation, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, Utah.
Showcase 97, Alternative Museum, New York, New York.

1996
Speak Easy Cafe, Seattle, Washington.
Zompa Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Surface, Group Installation, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Narodni Technicka Muzeum, Prague, Czech Republik.
100 Years of Utah Sculpture, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum and BYU Museum of Art, Logan and Provo, Utah.
Husitske Muzeum, Tabor, Czech Republic.
Univerzitni Galerie, Plzen, Czech Republic.

1995
Another Phrase, Image/Word in Utah, Union Pacific Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Muzeum Stredniho Pootavi, Strakonice, Czech Republic.Phillips Gallery, SLC, UT

1994
Finch Lane Gallery, Art Barn, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Exhibition 1994, Central Wyoming College Art Center, Riverton, Wyoming.

1993
Utah Arts Festival, Invited Artist, Salt Lake City, Utah.
National Sculpture Society, Centennial Exhibition, Fairfield University, Connecticut.

1992
Tivoli Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Utah Medical Center, Browning Sculpture Plaza, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Emergence, New Utah Sculptors, Salt Lake City, Utah.
LeGrange National XVII, LeGrange, Georgia.

1991
Autumn Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Utah Arts Festival Visiting Artist, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1990
Utah Painting & Sculpture, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Utah Contemporary Crafts, Brigham City Art Museum, Brigham City, Utah.
Exposure 1990, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1989
Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1988
National Congress of Art & Design, International Show, Salt Lake City



Professional Recognition

1999
Vermont Studio Center, Artists Grant, Johnson, Vermont
Spring Salon, Merit Award, Springville MOA, Utah
Lawrence Jurors Award, Lawrence, Kansas

1998
Utah Individual Artist Grant Utah Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts
Utah 98 Jurors Award, Utah Arts Council

1996
Utah Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts.
Prize of the Masaryk Academy of Arts, Prague, Czech Republic.

1995
Utah Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts.

1994
Invited Artist, Utah Arts Festival.
Guest Artist, Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah.
Invited Artist, New Populists, Art Space, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1993
The Pietro and Alfrieda Montana Award for Excellence in Sculpture, The National Sculpture Society, New York.
Invited Artist, Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah.



Professional Affiliations

1997-present Member, International Sculpture Center, Washington D.C.
1993-present Member, National Sculpture Society, New York, New York.



Catalogs & Print

2000
Salt Lake Magazine, Vol. 11 #1 Jan/Feb 2000, "Sharing the Vision," pgs 180, 184-185

1999
Toyamura Int'l Sculpture, Biennale 1999 Catalog, pgs 46, 79
Sculpture Magazine Vol. 18 No. 6, Commissions sec. July
Lawrence Journal World, June, 1999, Lawrence, KansasVictory Park, Journal of the New Hampshire Institute of Art, Vol. II, No. 1 Spring/Summer

1998
Deseret News, Sec. B pg. 3, Dec 9
Salt Lake Tribune, Sec. B, pg. 1, Dec 9
"Ordinary Heros," City Weekly, Vol. 15 No. 30, Dec 24
New York Times (LI edition), Helen A. Harrison, "Art Review," Mar 15, sct #14, pg. 16
Catalyst, Vol. 17 #5, pg. 34, Marion Nash, "Grace in Steel," May
Salt Lake Tribune, June 14, Arts, Section D, pg. 6 & inside American Stores, pg. L4

1997
Alternative Art on the Move, City Weekly, July 10, 1997.
Utah Painting and Sculpture, Swansen, Olpin, Seifrit, pg. 272, Peregrine Smith Books
Wizard at Work, Mountain Living Magazine, Jan/Feb. 1997.
Iron Man, Mountain Living Magazine, Mar/Apr. 1997.
Konopasek & Taylor at Zompa Gallery, Art Access, Seattle, Vol. 6 #2.

1996
Lenka Konopasek, Paintings - Cordell Taylor, Objects, Catalog for Czech Republic, Europe Exhibitions.
3D Utah, 100 Years of Sculpture, Nora Eccles Harison MOA Catalog.
The Guild, Architects Edition #11, March.
Arts of the American West, Part II, Art News, June 1996, Vol 95 #6.
Twosome, Deseret News, pg. E1-2, Aug. 11, 1996.

1995
Strakonicko, pg. 10, Strakonice, Czech Republic, Aug 05, 1995.
Create and Release, Private Eye Weekly, May 11, 1995.

1994
70th Utah Spring Salon, Springville MOA, Catalog.
Exhibition 94, Central Wyoming Art Center, Catalog.

1993
Centennial Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Catalog.
Affordable Art, The Arts Magazine, June.
Fine Arts, The Arts Magazine, February.

1990
Utah Painting and Sculpture, University of Utah MOFA, Catalog.



Commissions & Collections

Corporate

American Stores, Cp Industries, Blue Biscuit Enterprises, Gastronomy, Inc., Iomega Corporation, RedRock Brewing Company, Cafe at the Brewery/Sun Valley Brewing Company, Pina Unlimited, Wasatch Steel, Word Perfect, Honest Engine

Public

Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Utah Opera, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Narodni Teknicka Muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic.
Nora Eccles Harrison MOA, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Utah Parks and Recreation, Rails to Trails Project, Park City, Utah.
Salt Lake Art Center, Permanent Collection, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Private

Complete Listing Available Upon Written Request.


Art Related Experience

1995-present Owner, Cordell Taylor Studio/Gallery, a commercial gallery exhibiting Utah artists.
1996-present President and Founding Member, Surface, a nonprofit art organization promoting undiscovered contemporary artists, Salt Lake City, Utah.



Gallery Representation

Gallerie u Prstenu, Prague, Czech Republic
Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
EDL Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
Corporate Arts, Schaumburg, Illinois
Diane Marchall, Teluride, Colorado
Torrey Gallery, Torrey, Utah


Artist Statement

The recent millennium and advances in contemporary technologies such as the Internet and Microbiology have introduced a new equation into the existence of man... In just the last 25 years, we have made more advances and caused more changes to the earth and our surrounding than evolution did over millions of years of geologic time.

In my work, I am trying to represent this "evolution," a metamorphosis of the physical dimension in which we exist into the numeric dimension of the digital world. My most recent works deal with the subject of cyberspace contrasted with the physical world.

The materials of my pieces, artifacts of both the past and present, radiators and computer boards, combined with organic wood forms elude to a natural metamorphosis of both the physical and cyber worlds. The materials of my works themselves, adapting and resulting into a new hybrid form: nature and technology becoming one.

The digital world is quickly taking over the physical world and I, as a sculptor, am struggling to adapt to my role as an artist. Our world is ever shrinking as it is being consumed by the rapid growth of digital technology, transforming the environments in which we work and live.


Commissions
(partial list)

Glass Disc American Stores, 1996-97
Collaboration: Cordell Taylor, Willie Littig, Phillips Associates, Salt Lake City, Utah

The American Stores walkway commission created a sculptural 2nd floor pedestrian walk-over bridge that transports people moving from the parking garage to the office tower. It was designed with the intent to inform the viewer about passage and space, and to be a strong sculptural element for the downtown community.

References

Rick Howa
Howa Construction
SLC, UT
801-328-1514

Pete Bratsos
American Stores
SLC, UT
801-536-3912

Jack Yardley
HKS Architects
Dallas, TX
212-969-5599


Torrent Rails to Trails, 1995
Utah State Parks & Recreation: Rails to Trails, Park City to Heber City, Utah

The objective was to provide interest for users of the new bike/hike trail created from the old rail tracks that run from Park City to Heber City, Utah. This work is reflective of the transformation of the trail, as it embodies the remnants of the past with renewed purpose.

References

Joanne Charnes
Park City Arts Council
Park City, UT
801-647-9747

Bill Cranstover
Curator
Park City, Ut
801-649-2277
801-649-1100

Utah State Parks & Recreation
SLC,UT
801-538-7220


Three Gods, Sandler Entry, 1994
Sandler Commission, Deer Valley, Utah

After seeing a recent exhibit of Cordell Taylor's work, the Sandlers commissioned an entry and staircase for their summer home in Deer Valley, Utah. The requirement was to create an inviting and unique experience for their guests entering the home. The result was an entry way that projects security, solidity and personality by the prominent figure staircase.

References

Art Sandler
Sandler & Sons, Inc.
Norfolk, VA
757-463-5000

Fu Tung Cheng
Cheng Design
Berkley, CA
510-849-3272

Gary Francis
Gary Francis Architects
and Associates
Park City, UT
801-649-7168



Public and Corporate Commissions
(Partial List)

Trax, Utah Light Rail, Public Art in Public Places,
member of the PAMDT, Phillips Associates Multi-Disciplinary Team, Stadium Station, Light Rail Project. Salt Lake City, Utah

Utah Opera
Chorus, Salt Lake City, Utah

American Stores Corporate Headquarters
Walking Bridge, Salt Lake City, Utah

Rails to Trails, Utah Parks and Recreation
Torrent, Park City to Heber City, Utah

Salt Lake Arts Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Wasatch Steel
Salt Lake City, Utah

Gastronomy Inc., Corporate Offices
Salt Lake City, Utah

Iomega International Corporation
Roy, Utah

REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.)
Flagship Store
Seattle, Washington

Sandler & Sons, Inc.
Norfolk, Virginia

Sun Valley Brewing
Hailey, Idaho

Capitol Cafe
Salt Lake City, Utah

CP Industries
Salt Lake City, Utah

RGM Design
Bountiful, Utah

Rossignol Snowboards
Burlington, Vermont

Link VTC
Boulder, Colorado