Born in Jackson, Tennessee, Tommy Taylor has since moved to Nashville, Knoxville, Iowa City, London, Raleigh, and now Houston. While he continued to develop his work in London he also traveled throughout Europe and Asia. Tommy uses his life experiences along with different materials to reflect on the world through his eclectic imagery with his visual art, books, teaching, and art community. While he has work in collections along with a history of national and international exhibitions, for now, he paints, teaches, and writes in Houston.