Introducing the First Nations artists behind our collection of Northwest Coast Native art prints
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...
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...
Robert Jackson was born in 1948 in Port Edward, near Prince Rupert—a community that produced several major Northwest Coast artists, including Dempsey Bob and Norman Tait. Robert and Dempsey credit their childhood friendship and the need to carve their own toys as the spark that led them into art. They...
Roy Henry Vickers was born in 1946 in northern British Columbia and has lived his entire life on the West Coast. His father was Tsimshian, Haida, and Heiltsuk, and his mother came from an English immigrant family. This blend of cultures strongly shapes his art. Vickers is best known for...