Taylor Baptiste is an interdisciplinary artist from the Osoyoos Indian Band of the Okanagan Nation. She draws upon her upbringing in Nk’mip – a field of sagebrush and wild roses nestled between the mountains and Osoyoos Lake on the Osoyoos Indian Band reservation. Raised by Richard and Colleen Baptiste, her art practice is deeply rooted in her family, community and ancestral history. Moreover, she incorporates elements of Syilx storytelling and epistemologies, reflecting a connection to the land and waters of the Okanagan.

Taylor sculpturally blends Okanagan land-based materials and Syilx traditional practices with contemporary mediums and modes of making; working with materials ranging from ochre pigment, buckskin, rocks, beadwork, sinew and ready-made materials. While sculpture serves as her primary mode of expression, Taylor’s artistic repertoire also encompasses digital illustration, painting, photography, and most recently, film and projection.

In May of 2024, Taylor will be graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art & Design. She now resides with her husband in the traditional territory of xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), colonially known as Vancouver.

To follow more of her journey, you can follow her on Instagram @taylorbaptiste.art 

Education:

2015-2016 Enowkin Centre

2020-Current Emily Carr University of Art & Design

Solo exhibitions:

May 2022 kʷu scʕacʕacúlaʔxʷ We Are of The Land - the Osoyoos Art Gallery

Jan 2025 qayisxn Off the Rocks - FINA Gallery, UBC-Okanagan

Group exhibitions:

Jan-Apr 2019 Our Lives Through Our Eyes - the Kelowna Art Gallery

Sep 2020 19 - Connected Through Art Six Feet Apart - Third Space Kelowna

Jun-Sep 2021 Undressed - the Kelowna Art Gallery

May-Oct 2022 Beaded Nostalgia - the Bill Reid Gallery 

Jan-Feb 2023 Sacred Fires - the Michael O’Brien Exhibition Commons

Mar-Oct 2023 Square Mini Mural Project - Cannery Brewing & Penticton Art Gallery

Febuary 2024 Frybread as Fok - Emily Carr University of Art & Design

Apr 2024-Mar 2025 Interwoven Roots (tr̓ar̓ iʔ sʕax̌ʷip) - Maltwood Legacy Gallery, University of Victoria

May 16-Sep 1 2024 Creation Stories: Land/Medicines - Musee de Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke, BACA Biennale

Public Commissions 

July 2020 E.V. Car Charging Stations, Osoyoos Indian Band Gas Stations