Taylor Baptiste is an interdisciplinary artist from the Osoyoos Indian Band of the syilx Okanagan Nation. Her practice is deeply rooted in her upbringing in Nk’mip — a landscape 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 work is shaped by a strong connection to family, community, and ancestral history. Drawing from syilx storytelling and ways of knowing, Taylor’s art reflects an ongoing relationship with the tmxwulaxw (land) and tmixw (all living energies) of the Okanagan.

Her practice is guided by a yearning to bridge ancestral knowledge with contemporary forms of expression—working to uphold, reimagine, and carry forward syilx ways of being in today’s shifting world.

Taylor’s primary medium is sculpture, through which she blends Okanagan land-based materials and syilx traditional practices with contemporary forms and approaches. She works with a wide range of materials, including ochre pigment, buckskin, rocks, sinew, beadwork, and found or ready-made objects. Her interdisciplinary practice also extends to digital illustration, painting, photography, film, projection, and most recently, performance. Open to exploring many mediums, Taylor approaches each project with curiosity and a commitment to the stories and places that shape her.