Henry Taylor, born 1958, is an American artist and painter who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Taylor is most well known for his acrylic paintings, mixed media sculptures, and installations.

Born the youngest of eight brothers and sisters in Ventura, California and raised in Oxnard, California, Henry had a father who was employed by the U.S. government as a commercial painter and is listed as a painter on Henry's birth certificate. At Oxnard College Henry took art classes under James Jarvaise who became an ongoing mentor.

After ten years of working as a psychiatric technician at Camarillo State Mental Hospital he retired in 1997. He attended the California Institute for the Arts,where in 1995, he got his Bachelor's...