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Solo Exhibitions
2026- Weight of Light. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC (Upcoming)
2025- Vessels of Devotion. Texas A&M Galleries. College Station, TX
2023 - Break. Origin Studio House. Austin, TX
2023 - P U L L: into the new. Martha’s Contemporary. Austin, TX
2022 - 154 Contemporary African Art Fair. NY, NY
2022 - Holding Onto Elsewhere. Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 - Pressure. Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX
2020 - (un)box. Cage Match Project. Museum of Human Achievement. Austin, TX
2019 - Sacred Spaces. Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 - Who’s Next? MFA Exhibition. UNT Art Gallery, Denton, TX
2019 - My Genesis. Denton Black Film Festival, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX
2019 - Read My Mind. 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
Group Exhibitions
2025- Friends Art Fair. The Loren Hotel, Austin TX
2024 - SBM: V3. Carver Museum, Austin TX
2023 - Portal. Future Front Texas. Austin TX
2023 - A Day In A Cage. Laguna Gloria, The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
2023 - Converging Transparencies: A Black History Month Exhibition. Business Council of the Arts, Dallas, TX
2018 - Summer Expo. Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 - Full Circle. Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 - Interlude. Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2018 - 57th Annual Voertman Juried Student Exhibition. UNT Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
2018 - College Expo. 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 - Temporary Collective. 500 Singleton, Dallas, TX
2018 - #Melaninpoppin’ Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017 - #WIP. Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
2017 - Field Notes. UNT Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
2017 - SEVEN: Fibers. ARTROOM Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX
2017 - Making Waves: Moving Minds. Gallery 76102, Ft. Worth, TX
2015 - Your Daily Dose of Fibers. UNT Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
2015 - Stillness… Voertman’s Gallery, Denton, TX
Workshops + Lectures
2025 - Texas A&M University, TAMU Galleries, College Station, TX
2024 - Austin Community College: Racial Healing, Austin, TX
2023 - University of Texas San Antonio: Threading History: An Artist’s Reflection on Textile Art, San Antonio, TX
2022 - Southern Methodist University Division of Art Lecture: taylor barnes, Dallas, TX
2022 - Texas Woman's University Artist Lecture: taylor barnes, Denton, TX
2021 - Texas Talks Art: Conversation with Austin-based artist taylor barnes and John Spriggins of the South
2021 - Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2020 - Coffee Chat: taylor barnes with Big Medium, Austin, TX
2019 - Invited Panelist: Conversation with Barbara McCraw and Taylor Barnes, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX
2019 - Artist Talk: Taylor Barnes “My Genesis,” UNT on the Square, Denton, TX
2018 - Workshop Leader: Compose a Loom, Marshall, NC
2018 - Invited Lecture: Artist Talk: Taylor Barnes, Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
2017 - Invited Lecture: Making Waves: Moving Minds, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, TX
Awards + Honors
2026-2027 - West Orchid Artist Residency, Atlanta, GA
2024 - Small Black Museum Artist Residency, Carver Museum, Austin TX
2021 - Dallas Museum of Art's Arch and Giles Kimbrough Fund Award 2021,Dallas, TX
2019 - Sylvia Holgan Emerging Artist Award, Make Art With Purpose, Dallas, TX
2018 - College of Visual Arts and Design Scholarship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2018 - James T. Rhea Scholarship, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton TX
2018 - Honorable Mention, Voertman’s Gallery Exhibition, Denton, TX
2018 - Fellow Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2017 - Outstanding Student Award, Surface Design Association