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Taylor Goad

Instructional Support Specialist: Studio Art

A person with a beard, glasses, and a cap smiles in front of a wall covered in colorful, repeated cartoon face designs.

Biography

Taylor Goad is a multimedia artist, animator, and graphic designer whose work explores illness, care, and the experience of inhabiting a sick body. Their work draws from personal experiences with cancer treatment and combines humor, craft, animation, and graphic design to examine vulnerability and the absurdity of medical experiences. Taylor brings with him industry experience as a graphic and motion design specialist at the marketing agency, A Bright Idea, Bel Air, Maryland, 2019-2023. Taylor earned an MFA in Intermedia and Digital Art from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2026.

Areas of Teaching Specialization

  • Digital media art
  • Graphic design

Education

  • M.F.A in Intermedia and Digital Art at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), 2026
  • B.F.A in Graphic and Interactive Design at West Chester University, 2019
  • A.S. in Visual Communication & Graphic Design at Cecil College, 2015