Introducing the First Nations artists behind our collection of Northwest Coast Native art prints
Haida artist Alvin Child was born in Alert Bay in 1962. After his father passed away when he was an infant, his family moved to Nanaimo, BC, where his mother later remarried. Alvin recalls a supportive childhood shaped by his mother and adoptive father, Ron Child, who encouraged education. He...
Ben Davidson was the son of internationally renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson. He began carving as a young teenager under his father’s tutelage. He also worked with artists Reg Davidson and John Livingston. Ben specialized in wood sculpture, however he was also an experienced painter and jewellery maker. Ben Davidson...
Carol Young was a member of the Haida Nation Eagles of Haida Gwaii. She was a descendant of Labret Woman. Her great grandmother was Susan Smith. Her grandmother, who passed away when her mother was only a few months old, was Maria Kithdlaiga. Carol’s mother was Freda Courtney, nee Jones....
Cori Savard (Yahl ‘Aadaas) was born on Haida Gwaii. She has studied her ancestors’ art under Robert Davidson and his brother Reg Davidson. This includes two dimensional design, cedar weaving and the carving of masks, sculptures and totem poles. Between 2012 and 2020, she was mentored by Ben Davidson (son...
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...
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...
Tyson Brown is a Haida artist from Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. He grew up surrounded by Haida art as the grandson of renowned artists Bill Reid and Billy Stevens. As an adult, he completed an apprenticeship with Haida artist Robert Davidson. Brown takes inspiration from his people’s history, stories, current events...
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