Jean Taylor

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Teslin Tlingit, Teslin Haida

Village: Teslin

Jean Taylor comes from the Teslin Tlingit Nation in Teslin, Yukon. She is also a member of the Tlingit Haida Tribes of Alaska. She loves drawing people, especially those of her culture in their rich colourful regalia dancing and celebrating life.

Selected Exhibitions and Awards

2007 Peoples Choice Award and Artist's Choice Award at the Great Northern Art Festival in Inuvuk, NWT

2008, 2009 Participated in the Indigenous Exhibit at the United Nations

August 2008 The Many Faces of Aces, Solo Exhibition at Arts Underground in Whitehorse

January 2009 Best Foot Forward, Solo Exhibition at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Eagle Feather Gallery in Victoria and North Peace Art Gallery in Fort St. John

June 2009 Through My Eyes, Solo Exhibition at the Copper Moon Gallery in Whitehorse

September 2009 Award of Artistic Merit, Biennale in Chianciano Terme, Italy

2010 Exhibited at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games as part of the Yukon contingent

2010 Gallery Artists: Masterworks from the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and Papua New Guinea, Group Exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

Jean's work is carried by galleries in Whitehorse, Calgary, Teslin, Inuvik, Vancouver, Kelowna, Ucluelet, Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway.

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