Introducing the First Nations artists behind our collection of Northwest Coast Native art prints
Patrick Amos is a Nuu-chah-nulth artist who was born in 1957 on Nootka Island, just west of Vancouver Island. He is a member of the Mowachaht band which is one of fourteen bands that make up the Nuu-chah-nulth nation. Patrick began his artistic career as a printmaker and designer. He...
Patrick Logan is a Native artist from the Cree Nation. He was born in Chilliwack, BC in 1955. Patrick Logan’s wife, Georgina, is Kwakwaka’wakw and this has inspired him to incorporate elements of both cultures in his art. Patrick is a painter, a carver, a published photographer, and a poet....
Peter Dawson is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation of Kingcome Inlet. Peter has been creating Native art since he was four years old and is well known for his limited edition prints and originals.
Phil (Phillip) Joe Jr. was born and raised in Quwutsun (Duncan), BC on Vancouver Island. He works full‑time as an artist and has also taught youth and adults in local schools. Phil began his career by studying artists such as Manuel Salazar, Joe Wilson, Ed Joe, Stuart Pagaduan, and lessLIE....
Rachel Smith (ai̓xcemǧa) was born in Nanaimo, B.C., and later moved to Vancouver, where she grew up and still lives. She takes pride in her mixed heritage. Her father’s family is Kwakwa’kawakw and Wuikinuxv, and her mother’s family is Greek. Rachel grew up watching her grandfather, father, and uncle carve...
Rande Cook is a Kwakwaka’wakw artist from Cormorant Island, off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. His grandparents, Gus and Florence Matlipi, raised him with strong cultural teachings. Surrounded by their guidance and the beauty of his homeland, he discovered his love for art early in life. He moved to...
Ray Sim is a Coast Salish artist from Vancouver, BC. He also has close familial ties to the Gitksan through his grandfather, who is from the Gitanmaax Band. Ray’s first exposure to First Nations Northwest Coast Art came when he was 11, attending art classes taught by Ron Hamilton. This...
Richard Hunt is a Kwakwaka’wakw artist from coastal British Columbia. He comes from a renowned family of artists, including his father, Henry Hunt, and his grandfather, Mungo Martin. He is widely recognized as one of the leading contemporary Northwest Coast artists. Born in 1951 in Alert Bay, he later moved...
Richard Shorty was a self-taught Indigenous artist from Whitehorse, Yukon, and a member of the Northern Tutchone and Kwanlin Dün First Nation. Born in 1959, he became known for blending traditional Northwest Coast Indigenous design with realistic animal imagery. He created paintings, limited edition prints, drums, and carvings for galleries...
Robert Davidson was born in 1946 in Alaska to a renowned family of artists. His great grandfather was the acclaimed Haida artist, Charles Edenshaw. During his long career as an Indigenous artist, Davidson became instrumental in the direction that modern Northwest coast art has taken. He is a master in...