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Christine Taylor is a contemporary photographer, fashion photo instructor at Art Institute of Portland (see class in action here), conceptual artist and culture writer who resides in the lush northwest. After many years working as a photojournalist and editorial photographer in the indie/pop music scenes, she headed to Chicago to study art and art theory, at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her college experience changed the direction of her photographic work leading her to blend her instinctual journalistic background with an idea and personality driven approach.
After school she headed an hour north to Milwaukee, where her work branded an award-winning Midwest publication for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, after which she decided to test drive the east coast. Working out of New York toughened her up, preparing her to settle into the green life of the Northwest.
Her work is heavily influenced by her response to urban environments, nature and land, music, and body movement, with the creative use of multiple (often mixed) light sources. The result is consequential and collaborative portraiture with a certain alluring quirkiness. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around the country, published in several books, and dozens of periodicals. Portraits by Christine Taylor include hundreds of artists and musicians. She consults on many projects and has spent time working with Igloo Gallery, PDL Art Collective, Vital 5 Productions, Wafaa Bilal, Lori Talley, Nathan Butler, Catalina Mejia, and Mark Jeffery (of Goat Island).
In addition to photographing people, Christine is a photo producer, editor and a culture writer for online publications including Portland's PDX Pipeline, and The Strange Attractor, an international design blog made up of a community of 18 designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, and musicians from 9 different countries, based out of Chicago. You can also get lighting ideas at her blog C.Taylor's Happyplayground .
After school she headed an hour north to Milwaukee, where her work branded an award-winning Midwest publication for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, after which she decided to test drive the east coast. Working out of New York toughened her up, preparing her to settle into the green life of the Northwest.
Her work is heavily influenced by her response to urban environments, nature and land, music, and body movement, with the creative use of multiple (often mixed) light sources. The result is consequential and collaborative portraiture with a certain alluring quirkiness. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around the country, published in several books, and dozens of periodicals. Portraits by Christine Taylor include hundreds of artists and musicians. She consults on many projects and has spent time working with Igloo Gallery, PDL Art Collective, Vital 5 Productions, Wafaa Bilal, Lori Talley, Nathan Butler, Catalina Mejia, and Mark Jeffery (of Goat Island).
In addition to photographing people, Christine is a photo producer, editor and a culture writer for online publications including Portland's PDX Pipeline, and The Strange Attractor, an international design blog made up of a community of 18 designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, and musicians from 9 different countries, based out of Chicago. You can also get lighting ideas at her blog C.Taylor's Happyplayground .
VISIT C.TAYLOR @
Twitter https://twitter.com/happyplaygroundLinked In http://www.linkedin.com/in/happyplayground
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Happyplayground/84376876545?ref=ts
ADVERTISING / PR CLIENTS
206,Inc
Barsuk Records
Capitol Hill Block Party
Christina Adams Jewelry
Celek Interior Design
College of Art and Architecture
Dawn Sharp Clothing
Design Within Reach
Fuzed Music
Heather Treadway Clothing
Kairo Communications
Kimberly Baker Jewelry
MODA 3
Pennsylvania State University
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Roq la Rue Gallery
RYKO
School of Visual Arts
Seattle Art Museum
Studio for Urban Projects
Sword & Fern Jewelry
WESCO Shoes
Wicked Quick Industries
Wordstock Festival
Zombie Virtual Reality Game
EDITORIAL CLIENTS INCLUDE
Alarm Press Magazine
Alternative Press Music Magazine
Bebe Magazine (Paris)
Boing Boing
Burke Museum
Chicago Reader
Chicago Public Radio
Crudeoils
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center
F News Magazine
Flatfile Gallery
Handmade Nation
Jasiri Productions
Johns Hopkins Magazine
Journal Sentinel
Juxtapoz Magazine
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MKE
Nation Magazine
Oregon Business Journal
Oxbow Press
PDX Pipeline
PILOT (New Zealand)
Portland Mercury
Portland Monthly
Progressive Magazine
Resonance Magazine
Rolling Stone (Germany)
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Seattle Magazine
Seattle Stranger
Seattle Weekly
Shepherd-Express
SPIN.com
Subpop Records
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
XLR8R
Unsigned Music Magazine
Urb Magazine
VH1
Vision Magazine (China)
Vogue (India)
Wicked Quick
Yeti Magazine
AWARDS
2007 Best Newspaper design by Milwaukee Press Club
2006 Best Newspaper design by Milwaukee Press Club
2006 Best Feature design by Milwaukee Press Club
2005 Best newspaper feature design
Milwaukee Press Club
2004 Second Place for best overall newspaper design
Student Society for News Design
2004 Student Leadership Award
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2003 Ike and Florence Sewell Scholarship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2003 Presidential Award Nippon Steel U.S.A
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 Merit Scholarship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 Merit Incentive Scholarship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
EXHIBITION HISTORY
December 2006, (Dallas, TX) Pawn Gallery, ‘The Human Condition’, duo show with Wafaa Bilal.
April 2006, (Chicago, IL) G2 Gallery, ‘Skin Deep’.
April 2006, (Milwaukee, WI) Milwaukee Art Museum, ‘Nauman 101’.
February 2006, (Milwaukee, WI) Luckystar Gallery ‘Feel the Rock’.
April 2005, (Milwaukee, WI) Gay Arts Center 'Blonde'.
April 2005, (Chicago, IL) ACME Art Gallery 'Untitled'.
May 2004, (Chicago, IL) ACME Art Gallery, ‘Movieside’, with presentation by Jim Jarmusch.
December 2003, (Chicago, IL) Agnes B., ‘Art Windows’.
March 2003, (Chicago, IL) Harold Washington Library, ‘Cover of the Uninsured’.
February 2003, (Seattle, WA) Wing Luke Museum, ‘Women Who Rock Photography’.
February 2003, (Chicago, IL) Four Seasons Hotel, ‘Art Appreciation Exhibit.
December – February 2002, (Seattle, WA) Vital 5 Gallery, ‘Escape to Pugetopolis’, with Megan Trainor.
July 2002, (Seattle, WA) Vital 5 Gallery, ‘Peek-a-boo Palace’.
May 2002, (Seattle, WA) Burke Museum, ‘The Big One’ a traveling multimedia exhibit with Amanda Koster and Tim Matsui.
February 2002, (Seattle, WA) Roq la Rue Gallery, ‘Americana’.
August 2001, (Seattle, WA) Consolidated Works, ‘Dimension Elevator’.
August 2001, (Seattle, WA) Vital 5 Gallery, ‘Before and After’.
July 2001, (Seattle, WA) Roq la Rue Gallery, ‘I Heart Mom’.
December 2000, (Seattle, WA) Crocodile Café, ‘Motion Mayhem’, trio show with Justin Hampton and Diona Mavis.
September 2000, (Seattle, WA) Roq la Rue Gallery, ‘Tiki’.
August 2000, (Seattle, WA) Lipstick Traces, ‘Mind’ solo show.
December 1999, (Seattle, WA) Milky World Gallery, ‘Jar Jar Binks’.
November 1999, (Seattle, WA) Roq la Rue Gallery, ‘On the Rocks’, with Brandon Harman.
August 1999, (Seattle, WA) Venus, ‘It’s All Greek to Me’, solo show.
COLLABORATIONS & ARTIST COMMISSIONS
Wafaa Bilal; Book photography and promotional material and documentation for "Domestic Tension". (Chicago)
Lori Talley and Nathan Butler / Catwalk artist residency in Catskills, NY; Merit-based residency for SAIC faculty and alumni. (New York)
PDL / Vital 5 Productions; Voice talent for Portland Art Museum "Faux Audio Tour". (Seattle)
Mark Jeffery of performance group Goat Island; Portraiture for promotional materials. (Chicago)
NIAGARA, iconic painter; Promotional materials. (Detroit)
Little Friends of Printmaking; Archival photography of fine art and portraits. (Milwaukee)
Handmade Nation; Book and PR photography. (Milwaukee)
GUEST SPEAKER
Art Institute of Portland; 1 hour multimedia presentation and lecture about career.
University of Washington; 1 hour multimedia presentation and lecture on creative communication and how to hire a photographer for different fashion markets.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; 30 minute presentation on digital photo processes, manipulation, extensive photo illustration and retouching.
Milwaukee Area Technical College; 1+ hour multimedia presentation on how photography works within an editorial environment; followed by student portfolio reviews.
VOLUNTEER / CONTRIBUTOR
PDX Pipeline; Writer and photojournalist
Openport Chicago; Photographer
Photographic Center NW; General help with maintenance and events
Roq la Rue Gallery; Archive and PR photographer
Slideluck Potshow; Event staff
Pound Gallery; Hanging gallery shows and attending space
Natural Balance; Event staff
Invivo Wellness; Advertising photography and design
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA); Photojournalist
Vital 5 Productions; Guest curator "Peek-a-boo Palace"
United Way; Food server, dishwasher and helper
ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE
Wafaa Bilal (New York)
Vivian Moos (New York)
Peter Reed Miller Photography (Los Angeles)
Eric Cable Photography (Portland)
Brian Hart Photography (Seattle)
Michael Doucett (Seattle)