IVAN TAYLOR

Ivan Taylor was born in Staffordshire and showed an early interest in art.  He exhibited forty paintings on BBC's TV series "Sketch Club" which were later sold by the BBC to raise money for UNICEF.  After studying Fine Art and Graphics, Ivan worked as a graphic artist in industry and then became Head of Graphics for Staffordshire County Council Education Department.

Ivan had his first one-man exhibition in 1972 and has been a full time painter since 1989, supplying galleries in England, Wales, USA, Belgium and France. He has fulfilled many commissions and has work in many private and some public collections in the UK and abroad.  His work has been reproduced in the "Studio" publication and also put into print.

Ivan, who is President of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, has had one man exhibitions in Dallas, Texas and in London and he won the Rowland Hilder Prize at the R.I. Open Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London in 2006.