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JOHN TAFT
Bio, April 2009
John began painting fulltime in 2004 when he left a successful 18-year
career as a designer and art director in television, and moved with his
family from New York to Colorado. Originally from western New York, John
studied design at Rochester Institute of Technology, and illustration while
on scholarship at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Several cross-country road trips during his college years established a love
for the variety of America’s landscape, and the West, in particular.
Recent honors include:
“AMERICAN MASTERS” show at the Salmagundi Club, NYC, May 2009
COORS Western Art Show auction, Denver, January 2009
Nomadas del Arte, 2008 & 09
2nd Place Award, 2008, “Hidden Valley”
Salon du Musee Show held in Denver benefiting the Denver Art Museum,
November 2008
Artist in Residence, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 2008
Oil Painters of America national exhibits, 2006, 07, & 08
Top landscape, “Award of Excellence”, 2006
Gilcrease Museum’s “America in Miniature” 2006, 08
A featured artist in the 2007 publication, “Landscapes of Colorado”,
Curated by Ann Scarlett Daley of the Denver Art Museum
Colorado Invitational Governor’s show 2006, 07
”Southwest Art” magazine’s “Artist to Watch”, April 2006
Arts for The Parks Mini 100, 2005
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