Janet Taylor Pickett
Janet Taylor Pickett | |
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 Picket in 2020 | |
| Born | August 13, 1948 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Patron(s) | Kamala Harris[1] |
| Website | janettaylorpickett |
Janet Taylor Pickett (born August 13, 1948)[2] is an American artist. Pickett's mixed media works are inspired her life as an African American woman. Her work has been exhibited at the Phillips Collection, Montclair Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art and is held in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Fogg Museum.
Early life and education[]
Janet Taylor Pickett was born in 1948 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[2] She attended the University of Michigan School of Art and Design 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[]
Pickett is a mixed media artist, using various techniques including sculptural, installation, painting, assemblage, and collage. Her work is inspired by her life as an African American woman.[1] Pickett's work is held in the collection of the Washington State Arts Commission.[3] Senator Kamala Harris is a collector of Pickett's work.[1] Harris displays one of Pickett's pieces in her Washington, D.C. office.
Pickett taught at the Essex County College in New Jersey for over 30 years.[3]
Notable exhibitions[]
- 1986: Group show, Progressions: A Cultural Legacy, Museum of Modern Art[4]
- 2016: Janet Taylor Pickett: The Matisse Series, Montclair Art Museum[5]
- 2020: Group show, Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, The Phillips Collection[6]
Notable collections[]
- Hagar’s Dress, offset lithograph, 2007, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts & Fogg Museum[7][8]
Personal life[]
Pickett lives in Pasadena, California.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Janet Taylor Pickett". Create! Magazine. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Janet Taylor Pickett". ArtsWA. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Janet Taylor Pickett". Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Hagar's Dress". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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- University of Michigan alumni
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