Introducing the First Nations artists behind our collection of Northwest Coast Native art prints
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...
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...
Trevor Husband was born and raised on Haida Gwaii. His mother’s family is Cree from Sweetgrass, Saskatchewan, with French and Irish roots. His father’s family is Gitxsan, English, and Scottish. He grew up in a close community and spent most of his childhood outdoors—fishing, hunting, and camping. At 18, Trevor...
Vernon Stephens is an Indigenous artist from Hazelton, BC. He was one of the main instructors at the famous Gitanmaax School of Northwestcoast Art throughout the 1970’s. Vern is best known for his innovative and contemporary graphic design work. One of the major features in Northwest coast art are formlines....
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