Janet Taylor Pickett

American artist

Janet Taylor Pickett
Picket in 2020
Born	(1948-08-13) August 13, 1948 (age 75) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan

Patron(s)	Kamala Harris^[1]

Website	janettaylorpickett.com

Janet Taylor Pickett (born August 13, 1948) is an American artist. Pickett's mixed media works are inspired by her life experience as an African American woman.

Early life and education

Janet Taylor Pickett was born in 1948 in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in fine art. She also studied art at the Vermont Studio Center, Parsons School of Design, and the Fashion Institute of Technology.^[1]

Career

Taylor Pickett works in various mediums including sculpture, installation, painting, assemblage, and collage. Her work is inspired by her life as an African American woman and informed by her 30 years teaching at Essex County College in New Jersey. In her own words, "My Blackness is a declarative statement in my work.”^[2]

Taylor Pickett was one of the artists whose work was exhibited in the 1986 group show Progressions: Cultural Legacy at MoMA PS1.^[3]^[4]

Kamala Harris is a patron of Taylor Pickett's work.^[1] One of the artist's pieces was displayed in the congressional office when Harris was a senator.^[2]

Notable exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2021: Necessary Memories, Jennifer Baahng Gallery, New York, New York^[2]
2016: Janet Taylor Pickett: The Matisse Series, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey^[5]

Group shows

2020: Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC^[6]
2017: African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze, David C. Driskell Center For the Study of Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland, Maryland^[7]
1986: Progressions: A Cultural Legacy, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York^[3]

Collections

"And She Was Born", mixed media, 2017, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.^[8]
"Hagar's Dress", print, 2007, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia^[9]^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Janet Taylor Pickett". Create! Magazine. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Janet Taylor Pickett's Moment to be Seen at Jennifer Baahng Gallery". ARTnews. September 24, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Janet Taylor Pickett". Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ Dunning, Jennifer (February 28, 1986). "A CHANCE TO FIND IF ART OF WOMEN IS A SPECIAL ART". The New York Times.
^ "Janet Taylor Pickett: The Matisse Series". Artsy. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition". The Phillips Collection. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Shifting: African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze | the David C. Driskell Center".
^ "Recent Acquisitions". www.phillipscollection.org.
^ "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Hagar's Dress". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Janet Taylor Pickett, "Hagar's Dress" (2007)". PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.