Jean Taylor         Biography                             

Selected Awards and Events

2015    -People’s Choice, Adaka Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon
2014    -People’s Choice, Adaka Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon
2013    -miniature juried into “The Best and Brightest Show”, Scottsdale                Art School, Phoenix, AZ
            -People’s and Artist’s Choice Award, Adaka Festival, Whitehorse,                  Yukon
            -selected by Yukon Geoscience Forum, art competition
2012    -exhibited at the 54th Annual Heard Museum Festival in Phoenix,                AZ
            -People’s Choice Award at Adaka Art Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon
2011    -painting entitled “Conversation” presented to Federal Minister of                Justice
            -solo exhibition at the Micah Native Gallery in Calgary, AB
            -exhibited at the 53rd Annual Heard Museum Art Festival in                        Phoenix, AZ
            -exhibited at the 1st Annual Adaka Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon
            -exhibited at the One of a Kind Show in Vancouver, BC
            -painting “Working with Grandmothers selected by Yukon                           Government Permanent Collection”
2010    -exhibited at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver
            -contributing artist for VANOC 2010 with a legacy piece installed                at the Whistler Sliding Centre
            -exhibited at the Tlingit Celebration in Juneau, AK
            -solo exhibition at the Steinbreuck  Native Gallery in Seattle, WA
2009    -traveling solo exhibition entitled “Best Foot Forward” in Dawson               Creek, Victoria and Fort St. John
            -exhibited in the Indigenous Exhibit at the United Nations
            -exhibited at the Western Showcase at the Calgary Stampede
            -solo exhibition entitled “Through My Eyes” at the Copper Moon                  Gallery in Whitehorse, YT
            -received an Award of Artistic Merit at the Biennale in Chianciano                Terme,  Italy
2008    -exhibited at the 50th Annual Heard Museum Indian Art Festival in             Phoenix, AZ
            -exhibited at the 3rd Annual Canadian First Nation & Inuit Art                   Festival in Annecy, France
            -exhibited in the Indigenous Exhibit at the United Nations
            -People’s Choice and Mentorship Award at the 1st Annual Yukon                 First  Nations Art Festival
            -People’s Choice Award at the Great Northern Arts Festival in                      Inuvik, NWT
            -solo exhibition entitled “The Many Faces of the Aces” at Arts                      Underground in Whitehorse, YT
2007    -People’s Choice and Artist’s Choice at the Great Northern Art                    Festival in Inuvik, NWT
            -two paintings presented to the Governor General of Canada
2005    - award in the Peace Liard Regional Juried Art Show
            -third prize in the Peace Hills Trust National Art Competition

Web:  www.jtaylorfineart.com    email:  hugetay@gmail.com            phone: 780-814-3441

  Her work is carried by galleries in Yukon, BC, Alberta, Washington and Alaska and can be found in private collections throughout North America, Australia, Japan and Europe.