Roo Taylor (b. 2003) is a Baltimore based artist originally from Denver. She has a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She works in a combination of acrylic paint and ink, utilizing transparency, to amplify colors within figure, place, and expression of feeling. Her work captures the through lines between the natural world and human connection. Born from an appreciation of transparency and color, her body of work reflects on how closeness thrives not in spite of our differences, but because of them. The bonds created through love are not isolated, but rather one piece of a larger system. She uses both light and color as a metaphor for the energy both a place and a person can hold.

roovtaylor@gmail.com

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Education

BFA - Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland

Group Exhibitions

2025 - On Hold,  2nd Floor Lazarus Center, Baltimore

2025 - Double Time, 1515, Baltimore

2024 - Impromptu, 2nd Floor Lazarus Center, Baltimore

2024 - Onward, 2nd Floor Lazarus Center, Baltimore,  Baltimore 

2024 - Highlights, Fox 2, Baltimore,  Baltimore 

2024 - Ebb and Flow, Fox 2, Baltimore

2024 - Big Print, 1515 Gallery, Baltimore

2024 - Echoing Spaces, Fox 2, Baltimore 

2024 - Ways of Being, Fox 2, Baltimore 

2023 - Fresh Paint, 3rd Floor Lazarus Center, Baltimore 

2023 - Sketchbook Annual, Falvey Atrium, Baltimore 

2023 - 102 degrees, 3rd Floor Main Building, Baltimore 

2022 - FYE Exhibition, 2nd Floor Main Building, Baltimore 

2021 - Deja Vu, Denver 

Solo Exhibitions

2025 - Akin Gateway, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

Scholarships/Awards

Competitive Illustration Scholarship (2023)

MICA Visionary Scholarship (2021- Present)