Introducing the First Nations artists behind our collection of Northwest Coast Native art prints
Art Thompson was born in 1948 in the village of Whyac on the southern end of Nitinat Lake. He belonged to the Ditidaht Band of the Nuu‑chah‑nulth Nation. From an early age, he formed a strong connection to his culture after his initiation into the Tlukwalla society. His paternal grandfather...
Tlehpik Hjalmer Wenstob was raised on Tzartus island in Barkley Sound, in Huu-ay-aht First Nation’s territory, off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Hjalmer is Nuu-Chah-Nulth from the Tla-O-Qui-Aht First Nations on his father’s side, and Norwegian and English on his mother’s side. He is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes...
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...
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...
Tim Paul was born in 1950 in Esperanza Inlet on Vancouver Island. A Nuu‑chah‑nulth/Hesquiaht artist, he began painting at age ten and later learned carving in his twenties under John Livingston and Ben Andrews. Soon after, he assisted Richard Hunt in the Thunderbird Park carving program. From 1984 to 1992,...
1