Taylor Hall

Background

About Taylor Hall

As an independent curator, Taylor has worked on a diverse array of exhibitions at artist-run spaces, public galleries, and independent organisations across Australia and online.Spring-boarding from her debut curatorial endeavour Hold, Everything, 2019 a show centred on the physical as well as psychological proximity and familiarity of material surfaces, exhibited at the University of Queensland Art Museum, Taylor continued this research within Lotion, 2022. In this exhibition, Taylor honed her research focus onto embodied and soft forms to consider the materiality of healing, empathy, and well-being in relation to the skin. Further noteworthy projects include Occupy, 2022, a collaborative effort with the Australasian Students of Architecture Congress at Vacant Assembly (year), and DEPART, 2020-21 at Onespace Gallery.Beyond her curatorial endeavours, Taylor is dedicated to diversifying her experience as an active and engaged member of the Australian arts community. Her work with Queensland’s major state gallery, QAGOMA, as the International Art department as a Curatorial Intern, 2021-22 demonstrates her interest in navigating institutional spaces. In this capacity, she contributed to the research and writing for major acquisitions, as well as performed curatorial administrative tasks for blockbuster exhibitions Air and Water.Taylor also has extensive commercial experience. After working in distinguished galleries across Brisbane, including Jan Manton Gallery as Gallery Assistant (January 2018 - November 2019) and Gallery Manager (November 2019 - May 2022), she currently contributes to the dynamic team at Onespace, a contemporary art consultancy and commercial gallery. Additionally, Taylor possesses refined experience in managing participating commercial galleries in renowned art fairs, including SEA Focus Singapore and Sydney Contemporary, as well as assisting in the curation of major corporate collections, such as the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Gadens Lawyers and Morgan Stanley in both Sydney and Melbourne.