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Printmakers for Disability Justice

Curated by Brett Taylor

Brett Taylor

About the Artist

Brett Taylor is a print media artist from South Florida, currently based in Western Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing from the University of Florida and a Master of Studio Arts in Printmaking from The Ohio State University. 

Taylor’s artistic practice explores the interaction between (dis)abled bodies and the built environment. Using an auto-theoretical approach that combines personal narrative with disability studies and theory, he illustrates the concept that the body exists on a spectrum of ability. Taylor’s work highlights the unfixed and ever-changing nature of the body through collages, assemblages, and installations, demonstrating how bodies shift and adapt to their surroundings. Through artistic, scholarly, and community-based efforts, Taylor advocates for disability justice, critiques systems of ableism, and celebrates the resilience and creativity of disabled individuals and communities. 

Taylor’s  work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Field Projects, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Amos Eno Gallery, Agitator Gallery, the Eliot Museum, the Haugesund Museum of Art, and Shands Hospitals. With seven years of teaching experience in community and university print shops, Taylor is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Studio at Mount Holyoke College and serves as the President of the Mid America Print Council.

Artist:

Brett Taylor
photo of artist Brett Taylor

Social media: @PTPress

Webstite: https://www.bretttaylorprints.com/

Exhibition

Printmakers for Disability Justice

Four framed prints of legs at different stages of rehabilitation hang atop a 6’2” text mural stating “Here I Stand.” Six wooden stools are dispersed throughout the space on a wooden floor with a vinyl floor drawing depicting the footprints and imprints of different walking assists.

Here I Stand
Installation (Left)
Photogravure and screenprint, acrylic wall mural, vinyl floor drawing, and wooden stools

Alt Text: Four framed prints of legs at different stages of rehabilitation hang atop a 6’2” text mural stating “Standing Is Hard.” Five wooden stools are dispersed throughout the space on a wooden floor with a vinyl floor drawing depicting the footprints and imprints of different walking assists.

Here I Stand
Installation (Right)
Photogravure and screenprint, acrylic wall mural, vinyl floor drawing, and wooden stools

This collage print depicts legs, one leg with a cast and one leg is a red orange silhouette. The background depicts purple positive and negative depictions of crutches with a yellow spray paint mark and black oil pastel mark.

Here I Stand I
Photogravure and screenprint
11”x14”

This collage print depicts legs, one leg is a photographic representation and one leg is a blue silhouette with a drawn shoe. The background is white with a large yellow shape overlapped with green painterly marks.

Here I Stand VII
Photogravure and screenprint
11”x14”

Nineteen X-ray boxes hang on the wall illuminating layers of printed transparency. Boxes turn on and off connected to dangling wires plugged into timers. Three reupholstered waiting room chairs are arranged in a diagonal line in front of the X-Ray Boxes offering the viewers a seat.

Waiting Room(s)
Installation View
Screenprints on acetate, X-ray boxes, cords, timers, and waiting room chairs

X-Ray box with layers of screen printed transparencies depicting the surroundings of a figure turned off on the left and illuminated on the right.

Waiting Room(s) X-Ray Detail 1
Left: light on | Right: light off
Screenprint on acetate
12”x18”

X-Ray box with layers of screen printed transparencies depicting the surroundings of a figure turned off on the left and illuminated on the right.

Waiting Room(s) X-Ray Detail 2
Left: light on | Right: light off
Screenprint on acetate
12”x18”

Primary color risograph flyers cover a functional plywood bench.

Sit and Talk About It
Risograph prints on a functional bench
24”x30”x60”

Red and blue poster depicting a figure with cut outs and text stating, “My Body Is Out For Repairs.”

My Body Is Out For Repairs
Risograph print
11”x14”

Primary color poster of abstract shapes with text stating, “ Not Every Disability is Visible.”

Not Every Disability Is Visible
Risograph print
11”x14”