Taylor Callery: Traditional Collage
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Taylor Callery is an American digital and traditional artist whose conceptually bold and graphic work is heavily influenced by the texture and culture found in the urban landscape. His methods of creation include a mixed media approach of silkscreen, spray paint, stencil, acrylic, and collage on wood panel.
His work explores and comments on complex social issues found in modern culture, expressing a wide range of topics that include pop culture, sex, politics, religion, civil rights, and more.
Taylor’s original works have been exhibited and featured in a number of galleries worldwide that include Paris, New York, and Washington D.C. among others.
Recent Projects
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Alberta Alumni Winter Issues
Taylor Callery created a series of striking conceptual illustrations for the University of Alberta’s Winter alumni magazines.The cover story in New Trail discusses the ups and downs of Generative AI and how it’s impacting jobs, learning, and creativity. “Voices Rarely Heard” in Circle Magazine covers a controversy around cultural programming...
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The Godfather in the Kremlin
Taylor Callery illustrated this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal cover story, “The Godfather in the Kremlin”. The essay discusses how the recent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the ongoing war highlight “the evolution of Russia into a mafia state”.
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Scientific American: Heat Trap
Taylor Callery illustrated a sweltering spread for Scientific American’s recent story “Heat Trap” about the dangers of extreme heat. Many don’t believe they are personally at risk, but extreme heat kills more people than hurricanes and tornadoes, and dense, urban environments are the most severely impacted.
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AT&T Discovery District Mural
To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, Taylor Callery created an illustration to be displayed as a 104-foot-tall digital mural in the AT&T Discovery District in Dallas, Texas. See below to check it out in motion!
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The New York Times: The Antihero
Taylor Callery was commissioned for the cover of The New York Times‘ Arts & Leisure section, to accompany the article, “The Antihero’s Last Gasp.“
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Hollywood’s Last Real Movie Star
Taylor Callery illustrates The New York Times article, Hollywood’s Last Real Movie Star. “At a time when superheroes dominate the box office, the film industry hopes the actor can bring grown-ups back to theaters.”
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The Boston globe
Taylor Callery was commissioned to provide key art for The Boston Globe’s book review cover. Author John Darnielle’s new novel Devil House looks at our true crime obsessions. If true crime is an addiction, Devil House is a novelist’s cure. It’s a multilayered, fictional story of some horrific murders, their...
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5280 Magazine
Taylor Callery illustrates a full page and interior feature for 5280 Magazine. His illustrations accompany the article, Raising a More Resilient Child. His illustrations pair with a variety of topics such as managing stress and mental health awareness, Fostering resilience through organized sports, and Teaching your child to survive and thrive...
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Taylor Callery | The Wall Street Journal
Taylor Callery was commissioned by The Wall Street Journal for their REVIEW cover, to illustrate the article The Saturday Essay: “Is Pope Francis Leading the Church to a Schism?” See more of Taylor’s work here.
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Taylor Callery | The Boston Globe
Taylor Callery was commissioned by The Boston Globe to illustrate their article “American Nightmare,” about the negative impact of shopping from Amazon. See more of Taylor Callery’s work here.
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Taylor Callery | EdTech Magazine
Taylor Callery was commissioned by EdTech Magazine to illustrate a series of full page cover illustrations for their Winter 2020 issue. See more of Taylor Callery’s work here.
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Taylor Callery | The New York Times
Taylor Callery was commissioned by The New York Times to create two illustrations for the Food section’s article, “For Home Cooks, Burnout Is a Reality This Holiday Season.” See more of Taylor Callery’s work here. Read The New York Times article here.
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Taylor Callery | The Wall Street Journal
Taylor Callery was commissioned by The Wall Street Journal to illustrate Saturday’s Review cover, “When Elections Are Transformative.” See more of Taylor Callery’s work here. Read The Wall Street Journal article here.
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Taylor Callery | Education Week
Taylor Callery created a series of illustrations for Education Week‘s Opinion Series, which explores the topics of Student Achievement, Community Connections Supporting Growth, Student Activism, Virtual Athletics, and Student Leadership. See more of Taylor Callery’s work here.
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Taylor Callery | The New York Times
Taylor Callery illustrated the cover of The New York Times Sunday Business Section. Titled, “In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.” the cover article unpacks how Covid-19 has burdened working parents with the impossible task of working from home while homeschooling...
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Taylor Callery | The Wall Street Journal
Taylor Callery created a series of illustrations for The Wall Street Journal to tell the story of returning to the workplace during the Covid-19 pandemic. Titled “Kat Returns to the Office. Her Employer Is Watching Her Closely.” this article follows a day in the life of a fictional office worker...
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Taylor Callery | The Wall Street Journal
Taylor Callery illustrated the cover of The Wall Street Journal’s Review section, “History of Disease.” The illustration describes the germs that have transformed history: for eons, epidemics have caused mass deaths and social upheaval, with far-reaching effects on politics, trade, migration, colonization, and conquest. See more of Taylor’s work here.
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Taylor Callery | TIME
Taylor Callery’s illustration for TIME Magazine accompanies the article, “Cancel Culture Is Not Real—At Least Not in the Way People Think” This article looks at the frequently asked question: “has cancel culture gone too far?” See more of Taylor’s work here. Read the TIME article here.
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Taylor Callery | Boston University
Taylor Callery illustrated the Fall 2019 cover and interior spread for Boston University School of Law’s alumni magazine, The Record. Taylor’s work illustrates the magazine’s focus on criminal justice reform titled, “Unbreaking The System.” See more of Taylor’s work here. Read The Record, Fall 2019, online here.
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Taylor Callery | The New York Times
Taylor Callery’s cover illustration for the Arts & Leisure section in the New York Times depicts the controversial case of the Central Park joggers. This illustration accompanies an article exploring Ava DuVernay’s new four-part Netflix documentary about the lives of these five men. See more of Taylor’s work here. ...
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Taylor Callery | Vanderbilt Magazine
Taylor Callery blew us away with his recent cover for Vanderbilt Magazine’s Winter 2019 issue. See more of Taylor’s work here.
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Taylor Callery | The New York Times
ThankGodIt’sMonday said no one, ever. Yesterday, The New York Times business section led with a story on Millenials’ performative workaholism. With their catchy uplifting phrases like “Rise and Grind” at Nike and Shark Tank, workers are logging 18-hour work days so they can #hustle on Instagram later. Taylor Callery illustrated the “Hustle Culture”...
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Taylor Callery | Wall Street Journal
Illustrator, Taylor Callery has been quite busy with work in the last few months. Here is his most recent piece for the Wall Street Journal’s Life & Art’s Section. The illustration accompanies the article, “Hey, That’s My Idea: When Your Boss Steals Your Work” where the article discusses the frustration when a...
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Taylor Callery | The New York Times
Illustrator, Taylor Callery was commisioned to create the Cover and Interior in last Sunday’s New York Times – Arts & Leisure. The feature discusses Racial Justice In Cinema. See more of Taylors work here.
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Taylor Callery | The New Republic
Enjoy the latest project from the talented, Taylor Callery who illustrates for The New Republic a character titled “Windigo”. He article reflects about the history of Midwestern politics, Wisconsin Regressivism, “Undoing one of twentieth-century America’s greatest political achievements” See more work from Taylor here.
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Taylor Callery | Cummings Veterinary Medicine Magazine
Client: Tufts University’s Cummings Veterinary Medicine Magazine | Description: Cover and double page spread for feature article, “The Flu Hunters.” ...
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Taylor Callery | The New York Times
Client: NY Times | Description: Taylor Callery created a cover illustration for the New York Times Arts & Leisure section for a feature about the theater taking on the Trump presidency. Check out Taylor’s portfolio here and Hal’s here
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Taylor Callery | Marquette University
Client: Marquette University | Description: For Marquette University’s College of Engineering, Taylor created a full page illustration for a feature on innovative education! Check out Taylor’s portfolio here
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