O U R T E A M
Taylor Lyon | Owner and Curator
I opened Graphite Gallery in 2009 with the intention of showing contemporary work with a clean edge, a narrative focus, and with luck, something we’ve never seen before. With my team, I continue to pursue that goal.
Favorite artists (this changes):
Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vincent Van Gogh, Piet Mondrian, Nick Cave... ask me tomorrow and it will be a different list.
Favorite music (this also changes):
Revolver by The Beatles, anything Big Star, Fulfillingness First Finale by Stevie Wonder, Hounds of Love by Kate Bush, This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem, Irma Thomas, Dwight Twilley, Blue by Joni Mitchell, Magnetic Fields, Love by Perfume Genius, Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits, Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66... ever changing!
Ryan Crawford | Gallerist
Originally from Charleston, Ryan worked for his university gallery for three years as assistant to the Dean of Arts before moving to Chicago where he freelanced as an art handler. While in Chicago he helped lead the premier architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright tour for a year before moving to New Orleans and building a new tour company. Ryan has been with Graphite since 2014 working with Taylor as his right hand.
Top five artists: Mark Rothko, Kara Walker, Diane Arbus, Chuck Close, Robert Frank
Top five albums of the moment: Wings over America by Wings, Anything in Return by toro y moi, Drums and Wires by XTC, Aja by Steely Dan and Hello Nasty by Beastie Boys