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Education
2021 MFA Printmaking University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA.
2017 BA Printmaking summa cum laude, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
Selected Exhibitions
July 2026 The Geometry of Spacetime, The Star Store, New Bedford, MA.
December 2025 Lighting the Star Store, The Star Store, New Bedford, MA.
June 2024 Personal Mythologies, Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA.
October 2023 New Bedford, Sublime, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, MA.
February 2023 The New Printmakers, The Marion Art Center, Marion, MA.
July 2023 RISD Summer Faculty Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI.
June 2022 Kaleidoscope: Art Through Your Eyes, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA.
February 2022 Artist of the Month: Taylor Hickey, MaiatoFitz Gallery, New Bedford, MA.
May 2021 They’re Back! The Pour Farm Tavern, New Bedford, MA.
March 2021 UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA.
February 2021 UMass Dartmouth CVPA Star Series, The Swain Studio, New Bedford, MA.
November 2020 Emerald Print Exchange, Emerald Art Center, Eugene, OR.
July 2020 NBAM Member’s Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA.
October 2019 Nocturnal Illuminations, Vanessa Lacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
August 2019 From the Light of the Silvery Moon, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN.
March 2019 Nova, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA.
October 2018 Shift/Fix(ed) Exhibition, Hunter College Project Space, New York, NY.
September 2018 Glimpse Exhibition, Gallery 244, UMass Dartmouth CVPA Star Store Campus, New Bedford, MA.
May 2018 Works of Women, Henning Cultural Center, Sulphur, LA.
April 2018 Pressure Points: Contemporary Issues, M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle, WA.
April 2017 17th Annual International Postcard Print Exchange, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
April 2017 McNeese Student Art Association Art Walk Exhibition, Calcasieu Marine Bank, Lake Charles, LA.
March 2017 Book Works Exhibition, Art Associates Gallery, Central School, Lake Charles, LA.
March 2017 McNeese Juried Student Exhibition. McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
September 2016 Art Est Bon, McNeese Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, LA.
April 2016 16th Annual International Postcard Print Exchange, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
April 2016 29th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Purchase Award, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
March 2016 McNeese Juried Student Exhibition Best in Printmaking Award. McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
Publications
Wilkinson, Don. “Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition Sparked by Chance” The New Bedford Light, 1 August, 2024.
May, Michelle and Payal Thiffault. “Equinox.” Juniper Rag V.2, Sept. 2021
Wilkinson, Don. “Art Beat: The ‘heavenly’ artwork of printmaker and sculptor Taylor Hickey.” The Standard Times, 10 July 2021.
McQuaid, Cate, “5 art-school grads to watch for 2021." The Boston Globe, 5 May 2021.
Awards and Scholarships
2023 Artist Residency, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
2023 New Bedford Creatice ARTNet Grant
2018 Studio Assistantship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2017 Nowell Daste Scholarship, McNeese State University
2016-2017 Gladys Clooney-Stevenson Fine Arts Scholarship, McNeese State University
2015-2017 McNeese State University President’s Honor List
Professional Memberships
2019-2020 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth CVPA Gallery 244 President
2016-2017 McNeese State University Student Art Association President
2016-2017 SWLA Arts and Humanities Council board member
Teaching and Work Experience
2022-2026 Instructor, Drawing and Design Foundations, RISD Pre-College, Providence, RI.
2023-2024 Elementary Art Teacher, New Bedford Public Schools, New Bedford, MA.
2021-2023 Assistant Curator and Arts Educator, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA.
2021-2022 Printmaking Instructor, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA.
Spring 2020 Gallery Assistant, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
Fall 2019 Instructor, Structural Drawing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
2018-2019 Drawing and Painting Studio Tech, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
2016-2017 Gallery Assistant, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.