Introducing the First Nations artists behind our collection of Northwest Coast Native art prints
Leslie Robert Sam is a Coast Salish artist, born in Duncan, BC in 1973. He adopted the artist name lessLIE in reference to the deception and betrayal that First Nations peoples suffered as a result of colonization. When lessLIE was six months old, he and his mother moved to Seattle...
Born in 1969, Lyle Campbell is of the Sta-Sta-aas, Songalth Tribe of the Kaighani People of Haida Gwaii. He is a member of the Eagle Clan of the Edenshaw (It-in-su) family, his great grandfather being Chief Albert Edward Edenshaw. Lyle started drawing at the age of 8, and carving at...
Manuel Salazar is an Indigenous artist from Seattle, WA. He is affiliated with the Cowichan tribe of the Coast Salish Nation. In his early twenties, Manuel began to work full-time as an artist, interpreting the legends of his Salish heritage. He has apprenticed with Delmar Johnny and Art Vickers, while...
Margaret August is a contemporary, two-spirit Coast Salish artist from Shíshálh Nation, born in 1983 on the traditional, unceded Lekwungen and Wasanec territories. The ancestral power animal Skw’etu’?—Raven in the Shashishalhem language—deeply influences Margaret’s work. Known as the light-bringer who brought the sun into the world, Raven represents transformation, fluidity,...
Mark Anthony Jacobson is a Woodland artist from Sioux Lookout, Ontario, now based in British Columbia, with more than 40 years of experience creating Indigenous art. A self-taught Aboriginal artist rooted in the Woodland Art Movement, his work features traditional Ojibway symbolism and distinctive x-ray design elements that express the...
Mark Preston (Tenna-Tsa-Teh) was an Aboriginal artist from Dawson City, Yukon. He was of Tlingit and Irish ancestry. Mark was born in March 1960 in Dawson City, Yukon. He passed away in October 2022 after a long battle with cancer. Mark began studying art through European masters such as Leonardo...
Maynard Johnny Jr. is a Coast Salish artist who began creating art at seventeen. Influenced by Robert Davidson, the late Art Thompson, and Mark Henderson, he developed a distinctive style rooted in tradition and shaped by his own vision. Maynard is best known for his graphic work, but he also...
Michael Blackstock began exploring his First Nations heritage through visual art in 1986. He is a Northwest coast Gitxsan artist. Michael has studied under the Gitxsan Master Carver, Walter Harris, who won the Governor General’s award for his artistic contribution to Canada. He expresses his vision through paintings, carvings and...
Mike Alexander is an Anishinaabe artist from Swan Lake First Nation in Manitoba. His work draws on Ojibway symbolism, his personal journey, and his reconnection to culture and family. He says creating art brings him peace and fulfillment as he reflects on his life and experiences. Mike looks to his...
Moy Sutherland (Hiish-Miik) is from Ahousat within the Nuu-chah-nulth territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He comes from a very traditional family where the Nuu-chah-nulth culture is a large part of everyday life. As a boy Moy was very interested in the artistic expressions of his people. He...