John Taylor was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1936. He gained a Diploma of Art in Drawing and Painting at Glasgow School of Art in 1959 and Higher Diploma of Art at Birmingham Polytechnic 1972-73 where he studied screenprinting.
Some essays on the artist's work by well-known writers:
A Painter’s Prints, 1973-2022 Gallowgate Studios, Glasgow
Aftermath, Gallowgate Studios, Glasgow
A Retrospective, Baird Institute, Cumnock
John Taylor - 55 Years, Briggait, Glasgow
Glasgow Paintings, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
Paintings & Prints, Line Gallery, Linlithgow
Artist of the Month, Glasgow Print Studio
Recent Paintings, Interceltique Festival, Lorient, Brittany
John Taylor at Gallowgate Studios, Glasgow
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Paintings from Cill Rialaig, Gallowgate Studios, Glasgow
New Watercolours, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Prints, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr
Prints, Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen
Prints & Related Paintings, Glasgow Print Studio
Recent Paintings, House For An Art Lover, Glasgow
From Inverloch, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
The Art Gallery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Glasgow Print Studio
The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop Gallery, Edinburgh
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Cowan Gallery, Stirling
Original Print Shop, Glasgow
Babbity Bowster, Glasgow
Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, Glasgow
Smiths Gallery, Covent Garden, London
Pier Art Gallery, Stromness, Orkney Isles
Galerie in Zabo, Nurnberg, Germany
Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop Gallery, Edinburgh
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, Glasgow
Galerie in Zabo, Nurnberg
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Darlington Arts Centre, Darlington, England
Queens Court Gallery, Ayr
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Printer's Proofs, Gallowgate Artist Studios, Glasgow
40x40, Glasgow Print Studio Anniversary Exhibition
Working Drawings, Pentagon Centre, Glasgow
Twenty Years of Gallowgate Studios, Glasgow
Ten Years On, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Art for Europe, Scotland House, Brussels
Expressions, Scottish Art 1976-1989, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen and McManus Galleries, Dundee
Scottish Prints, Beelke Gallery, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Modern Scottish Graphics, NewDelhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras, India
Later Editions, Prints From Glasgow. Iwate Festival UK’98 Japan, touring to Tokyo Machida International Print Museum and Kyoto Seika University Gallery, Kyoto
9th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria
Consument Art, Nurnberg, Germany
Cabinet Paintings, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Contemporary Scottish Painters & Printmakers, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh
Royal Society of Watercolour Artists, Edinburgh. Invited Artist
Gallowgate Studios, Mayfest Exhibition, Glasgow
Biennial of Graphic Art, Belgrade
Scottish Print Open, Glasgow Print Studio Gallery (and touring)
Scottish Art Company, Hong Kong
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Burns Night Exhibition, London
Pulling Prints, Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
10 Years at the Top, Gallowgate Studios, Mayfest, Glasgow
150th Anniversary, Glasgow School of Art, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Sporting Prints, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
Cracow International Print Triennale, Cracow, Poland
1st Egyptian International Print Triennale, Cairo, Egypt
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Consument Art ’93, Nurnberg, Germany
Alive & Printing, 21 Years of Glasgow Print Studio, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Jacki Parry and John Taylor, Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
10 Years On,Soulisquoy Print Workshop, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Cracow International Print Triennale, Cracow, Poland
5th International Print Exhibition, Taiwan, ROC
SSA Centenary Exhibition, Edinburgh
21 Years of Contemporary Art, Compass Gallery, Tramway, Glasgow
Consument Art ’90, Nurnberg, Germany
Paperworks, Seagate Gallery, Dundee
Fourteen From Scotland, Gallery North, Kirby Lonsdale, Cumbria
Freeing the Spirit, Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries
12th International Print Biennale, Cracow, Poland
5th Biennale of European Art, Heidelberg, Germany
Consument Art’88, Nurnberg, Germany
WASPS 1st International Touring Exhibition Works on Paper from Scotland, Netherlands and Belgium
Scottish Print Open 4