August 10, 2024
Congratulations to A.J. Taylor who has been announced as a finalist in the 2024 John Leslie Art Prize. Established in 2000, the John Leslie Art Prize is a national, biennial prize for landscape painting, awarded by the Gippsland Art Gallery. John Leslie Art Prize Gippsland Art Gallery…
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April 16, 2020
Congratulations to Adam Pyett and A.J. Taylor who have been announced as finalists in the 2020 John Leslie Art Prize. The John Leslie Prize is a biennial award for landscape painting with a top prize of $20,000. The winning artwork will be acquired for the Gippsland Art Gallery’s permanent collection.
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March 30, 2019
A.J. Taylor’s work, Forest Ground, Early Light, is featured in the group exhibition, Collected Landscapes at Caloundra Regional Gallery. This work was also the People’s Choice Winner in the John Leslie Prize at Gippsland Art Gallery last year. Opening in late May, Collected Landscapes brings together a selection of artworks…
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March 30, 2019
A.J. Taylor will have his work presented in an upcoming group exhibition, The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, at Noosa Regional Gallery. This exhibition explores the biodiversity of the surrounding Noosa region while also considering the relationship between nature and human interaction. The Force that Through…
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March 28, 2019
Current exhibiting artist, A.J. Taylor, has been featured in the ‘U on Sunday’ magazine in The Sunday Mail. Fiona Purdon’s article delves into the artist’s motivation and process behind creating the Pink Ash series. Taylor also discusses his process in capturing images whilst out exploring different tracks and landscapes –…
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December 14, 2018
A.J. Taylor has been voted the winner of the John Leslie Art Prize 2018 People’s Choice Award at Gippsland Art Gallery. From more than 60 finalists, visitors to the exhibition selected Taylor’s work, ‘Forest ground, early light’ 2018.
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October 26, 2018
A.J. Taylor is the winner of the People’s Choice Prize for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018 at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The non-acquisitive $2,500 prize was awarded to Taylor for his work, Sapling forest (morning light) 2018. Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018…
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August 22, 2018
Jason Benjamin, Natasha Bieniek, Adam Pyett and A.J. Taylor have all been selected as finalists for the 2018 John Leslie Art Prize at the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale, Victoria. The acquisitive prize awards $20,000 to the best landscape painting with the winner to be announced by Wellington Shire Council…
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June 8, 2018
Jason Benjamin, Gerwyn Davies, Danie Mellor, Monica Rohan and A.J. Taylor are finalists for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018 at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The annual prize offers an acquisitive major prize of $25,000 with the winning work acquired by the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. The winner will be…
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April 20, 2018
A.J. Taylor is a finalist for the 2018 Fleurieu Biennale. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fleurieu Art Prize in 2018, the newly renamed Fleurieu Biennale will be exhibited across three galleries in the Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia. The 2018 prize will be judged by Christopher Orchard, artist; Emma…
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April 21, 2017
A.J. Taylor’s 2016 work ‘At the edge of the forest (morning light)’ have been acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra. For more information about the Parliament House Art Collection, please follow click here. Image credit: A.J. Taylor, ‘At the edge of the forest (morning light)’,…
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August 20, 2014
Congratulations to A.J. Taylor on being listed as a finalist in the 2014 John Leslie Art Prize for his work, Hawkesbury 9. For more information, please click here. Image Credit: A.J. Taylor, Hawkesbury 9, 2013, oil on board, 183 x 183 cm…
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