Caleb Taylor

Caleb Taylor is the recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, the Charlotte Street Foundation Fellowship, and residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Joan Mitchell Center, and Ucross Foundation. His paintings and drawings are published in Art in America and New American Painting, and he has exhibited at venues including the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Grand Arts (KC), Weatherspoon Art Museum (NC), and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (NY). Taylor’s work is included in the public collections of the Nerman MoCA, KU Medical Center, and Polsinelli Law Firm (KC). He received a MFA with an emphasis in Painting from Montana State University-Bozeman and a BFA from Northwest Missouri State University, double-majoring in Painting and Ceramics. He is an Art Instructor at Metropolitan Community College – Longview.

Taylor is a founding member of PLUG Projects, a curatorial collaboration in Kansas City formed in 2011 with the shared goal of expanding the connections of Kansas City voices as part of a wider, national network of creative practitioners. During this tenure with PLUG, he contributed to the curation of over 40 exhibitions and more than 100 public programs ranging from rap battles, interpretive sound performances, installations taking over vacated shopping malls, artist book fairs, and collaborative events joining confectionery and dance. PLUG is a recipient of a 2011 Rocket Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation, Spencer Museum of Art, and Charlotte Street Foundation and two Francis Family Foundation Grants.

Studios Inc welomes Caleb as a resident artist in 2024.