S M A L L S

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ARTWORK

Taylor Smalls is a contemporary palette knife painter based in Oakland, California. Her work studies the kaleidoscopic depth of Black and Brown skin through the layering of highly pigmented color. It celebrates the endless nuances of melanated womxn by amplifying and exaggerating the underlying tones in colored skins that are often depicted dulled down or neglected, much like the people who inhabit them.

Smalls has been working as a gynocentric painter since 2012, and continues to do so out of her west oakland studio.

 

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EXHIBITIONS

past:

nov 4 - dec 2, 2023
t h r o u g h l i n e
solo exhibition
1500 broadway, oakland, ca


may 6 - 31, 2023
f l o w s t a t e
solo exhibition
the birdcage, san francisco, ca

june 2021 - august 2021
H E A T W A V E
duo show with anoushka mirchandani
legion projects, healdsberg, ca

january 30th - february 2021
she and I, them and us
solo exhibition
glass rice, san francisco, ca

July 2020 - august 2020
community,
glass rice, san francisco, ca

AUGUST 2019 - november 2019
EUDAIMONIA,
SOUTHERN PACIFIC, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

July 2019-
Resuscitate,
Jules Maeght Gallery, San Francisco, CA

NOVEMBER 2018 - JANUARY 2019
WOC,
MANNYS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

NOVEMBER 2018-
THE RIGHT LEFT HAND,
111 MINNA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

july - september 2018
weiji
solo exhibition
southern pacific, san francisco, ca

JUNE 2017-
SUMMER OF LOVE,
111 MINNA, san francisco, ca

JUNE 2017-
WHERE PAST MEETS PRESENT,
DADA GALLERY, san francisco, ca

april 2017-
nasty woman,
omi gallery, oakland, ca

april 2017- 
initial, 
solo show
bazaar cafe, san francisco, ca

march 2017-
for the mamis,
nomans, san francisco, ca

february 2017-
connected,
public works, san francisco, ca

december 2016-
silent night,
haight gallery, san francisco, ca

July 2016-
Solidarity- Unity-Acceptance, 
111 Minna, san francisco, ca

july 2016-
Familiar deconstructed,
smash gallery, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

may 2016-
what is your sanctuary,
111 minna, san francisco, ca

may, june, july 2016-
imprinted,
thatcher gallery, san francisco, ca

april 2016 -
sanctuary,
de young museum, san francisco, ca

april, may, june 2016 -
31st Made in california juried exhibition,
city of brea art gallery, brea, ca

March 2016 -
Global women's right forum,
usfca, san francisco, ca

may, June, july 2015 -
intermedia,
thatcher gallery, san francisco, ca

may 2015 -  
grow a pair,
incline gallery, san francisco, ca