Taylor Uchytilshe/her

Taylor Uchytil is a proud member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe, raised in Reno, Nevada, and currently based in New York. She is a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to preserving Paiute cultural knowledge for future generations by using her skills to weave cradleboards, bead hats, and create media that illustrates the relevance of Native art.

Her directorial debut Do You Speak Paiute? won the Audience Choice Short Award at the 25th anniversary imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. The short film answers the titular question “Do you speak Paiute?” with a look into the filmmaker’s family and their ways of life, showing how communication can transcend spoken language and the persistence of cultural preservation.