Through the development of an innovative visual vocabulary, AKIMBO EXOTICA, coined by JENNIFER BAAHNG, Janet Taylor Pickett has established herself as a prominent figure in contemporary painting. She is widely recognized as a pioneering female painter whose work is inspired by Romare Bearden, Bette Saar, Sam Gilliam, and Henri Matisse. Her work has been exhibited in both solo and group shows across the country and internationally, and is part of many public and private art collections. Her works have been displayed at esteemed institutions such as The Studio Museum in Harlem, Howard University, and Telfair Museums, among others. Her notable work, “And She Was Born” (2020), was prominently featured on the cover of the exhibition catalog for Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century (2021) at The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. Important museum exhibitions include Progressions: A Cultural Legacy at MoMA/PS1, African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze at the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, The Matisse Series at the Montclair Art Museum, The Atlantic World-Layered Histories at the Harvard Art Museums, Hagar’s Dress at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well as exhibitions organized by African Friends of Museums in Israel, Western Washington University Museum, SUNY Old Westbury, The Studio Museum of Harlem, Howard University, Telfair Museums, a Smithsonian affiliate The Morris Museum, Denver Art Museum, Oceanside Museum of Art, Fairfield University Art Museum, Hammonds House Museum, Northern Illinois University Museum, and Brandywine Workshop & Archive. Janet Taylor Pickett is represented by Jennifer Baahng Gallery.