Artists Featured in our Northwest Coast Art Gallery

 Adam Lewis was born in 1982, and raised in the Cape Mudge Village (We Wai Kai) located on Quadra Island, BC.

Alano Edzerza belongs to the Raven clan of the Tahltan Nation in the Stikine District in Northwestern British Columbia.

Allan Weir is a Haida artist born to the Raven Clan of Old Masset, Haida Gwaii.

Amy is a Haida artist, born in Masset, Haida Gwaii in 1987.

Andrew Williams is a Haida Native American Artist and has been creating argillite carvings and jewelry since 1997.

Andy Everson was born in Comox, BC in 1972 and named Nagedzi after his grandfather, the late Chief Andy Frank.

April White or SGaana Jaad (Killer Whale Woman) was born on Haida Gwaii and belongs to the Dadens Yahgu’jaanaas Raven clan.

Kwakwaka’wakw artist Aubrey is a member of the Weka’yi First Nation, and a descendant of the Wallace, Assu, and Simeon families.

Beau Dick was a respected Kwakwaka'wakw chief and one of the most accomplished and talented traditional carvers and artists on the West Coast.

Bill Helin is of Tsimshian/Norwegian decent and is a member of the Tsimshian Nation, born and raised in the Northwest Coastal community of Prince Rupert, BC. 

Kwakwaka'wakw Master Carver Bill Henderson was born in 1950 and is a member of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River, BC.

Bill Reid was Canada’s most renowned, contemporary, Northwest Coast Haida artist. Working in many mediums, he was a master goldsmith, sculptor, and writer.

Bruce Alfred, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist of the Namgis Band, was born in 1950 in Alert Bay, B.C. Canada.

Calvin Hunt is Chief Tłasutiwalis, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Hereditary Chief Nas’a̱m’yus, Mowachaht.

Haida artist Carmen Goertzen (T lajung nung kingaas) was born in 1963.

Chief Tony Hunt was born in 1942 in the village of T’saxis (Fort Rupert) and is the hereditary chief of the Kwakwaka'wakw People of Fort Rupert and of the Dzawada’enuxw People from the Kingcome Inlet.

Chris descends from the Thunderbird Clan of the Namgis tribe (in Alert Bay) of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation.

Haida artist Chris Russ began carving in 1975 and is an accomplished argillite carver, but also carves in wood, silver, and gold.

Christopher Collison is a Haida artist who has primarily focused on wood and argillite carving, as well as copper jewelry making.

Kwakwaka’wakw artist Cole Speck was born in 1991 and raised on the ‘Namgis reserve in Alert Bay that has produced many talented Kwakwaka’wakw artists.

Cooper Wilson is a Haida Master Carver from Old Masset. He belongs to the Kun Laanasclan from White Creek. He learned to carve at the age of seventeen.

Corey Bulpitt, also known as Ta’kiid Aayaa or "Gifted Carver”, is an artist of the Naikun Raven Clan from Haida Gwaii.

Corey Moraes was born in Seattle, WA in 1970 and raised in Vancouver, BC. He is of Tsimshian descent, belonging to the Raven Clan of the Lax Kw’alaams Nation.

Haida artist Cori Savard (Yahl ‘Aadaas) was born to the Yahgu’laanaas Raven clan on Haida Gwaii.

Dale Horne is a Tsimshian artist from Metlakatla on Annette Island, near Ketchikan, AK. Metlakatla is the only Tsimshian community and reservation in Alaska.

Darrell White was born in Queen Charlotte City, Haida Gwaii in 1960. He is a member of the Dadens Yakulaanaas Raven Clan of the Haida Nation

Dave Jacobson was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia.

David Neel is a multi-media artist and jeweler from the Kwakiutl tribal nation.

Haida carver Denny Dixon was born in the early 1940’s in the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada. He worked exclusively in argillite.

Derek J. White is a Haida Artist from Old Masset who has lived on Haida Gwaii all his life.

Don Wadhams is a Kwakwaka'wakwa artist from Alert Bay, BC.

Donnie Edenshaw otherwise known as Gaju Xial, meaning "Song and Dance Man" is the son of Haida artist Cooper Wilson.

Douglas David was born in Seattle in 1971 and is an artist of Nuu-chah-nulth, Dakota and Sioux descent.

Dwayne Simeon is a Kwakwaka'wakw Master Carver of authentic, traditional, museum-quality North West Coast native art. Dwayne was born in Campbell River, BC in 1960.

Earl Jones is a Haida artist, born November 11, 1949 in Haida Gwaii.

Ernest P.D Puglas was born July 26,1986 to hereditary Chief Andrew Puglas Sr (Walas Xanasugwelukw) of the Mamalilakula people of Village Island B.C. and Lavern Henderson (NundziGilagya) of the Likwildaxw people of Campbell River B.C.

Eugene Isaac was born on March 22nd, 1958 in Alert Bay and is an accomplished Kwakwaka'wakw carver, painter and artist. 

Haida artist Fred Davis (1955-2014) was one of the most talented and innovative contemporary carvers of his generation.

Freddie Wilson, Haida name Skundaal, was born in 1983 in Queen Charlotte City, Haida Gwaii and is from the Raven Clan.

Master Carver Garner Moody began carving at a young age and his talent and skill quickly became evident among his peers.

Gary Minaker-Russ, born in 1958 in Masset, Haida Gwaii, is a member of the Eagle Clan with Beaver, Sculpin, Frog, and Whale as his crests.

Greg Henderson is a Kwakwaka'wakw artist from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation of Campbell River.

Greg White is a Haida carver belonging to the Raven Clan, born in 1953 in Masset, Haida Gwaii.

Gus Cook is a member of the Namgis tribe (in Alert Bay) of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation.

Harris Smith was a Kwakwaka’wakw artist, born May 25, 1942 in Oweekeno Village, Rivers Inlet, BC.

Haida artist Henry White was born in 1943 into the Yahgu’laanaas of Daadans Raven Clan and is the great-grandson of the 19th-century Haida master carver Charles Edenshaw.

Hjalmer Wenstob is an interdisciplinary Nuu-chah-nulth artist from the Tla-O-Qui-Aht First Nations specializing in sculpture and carving.

A member of the Ts’aahl – Eagle Clan of the Haida Nation, Jaalen was born in 1980 in Masset, Haida Gwaii. 

James Joseph Kwaksistala is a promising emerging carver, born in 2004, from the Wei Wai Kum Band of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation.

James Sawyer was born on Haida Gwaii in 1969 and is a member of the Skidegate Giidins Clan.

Jessica is a Lekwiltok native artist born in 1982 from the Cape Mudge Band (We Wai Kai).

Jimmy (Jim) Johnny is a Kwakwaka'wakw/Salish artist best known for his masks and prints.

Jody Sparrow is a xʷməθkʷəy̓əm born and raised Coast Salish artist born in North Vancouver, BC in 1970.

John Livingston was an adopted Kwakwaka’wakw Master Carver born in Vancouver, BC in 1951.

Johnathan Maxwell Henderson (Wa̱'nu'kw) was born in Alert Bay, BC in 1969 and is a member of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River, BC.

Joshua Shaw/Prescott is a Cree and adopted Nuu-chah-nulth artist born in Victoria, BC in 1982.

Kwakwaka'wakw artist Junior Henderson was born in 1976 and is a member of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River, BC.

Justin Rivard was born in Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island. He is of Cree descent.

Writer, teacher and artist Karin Clark has had over 20 years experience working with children and adults.

Pentl’ach/K’ómoks and Kwaguʼł artist Karver Everson was born in Comox, BC in 1993 and named Gayustistalas.

Kelly Robinson was born in 1981 in Nanaimo, BC and is of Nuxalk and Nuu-chah-nulth descent.

Kevin Daniel Cranmer was born June 22nd, 1967 in Alert Bay, British Columbia.

Leon Ridley is a Haida artist born in Masset, Haida Gwaii.

Luke Marston (Ts’uts’umutl), a member of the Stz’uminus (Chemainus) First Nation, was born in 1976 on Vancouver Island to carvers Jane and David Marston.

Lyle R. Campbell is an exceptional Haida Native Artist. He was born in 1969 and is a member of the Eagle Clan of the Edenshaw (It-in-su) family

Mark Henderson was born in 1953 in Campbell River, BC and was a member of the Wei-Wai-Kum Band of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation.

Marvin Tallio was born in 1966 in Bella Bella, British Columbia. Marvin is part of the Bella Coola Nation (also known as Nuxalk)

Max Chickite is a Kwakwaka’wakw artist, born in 1958, and member of the Ligwilda'xw Nation from Cape Mudge on Quadra Island, BC.

Maynard Johnny Jr. was born in 1973 in Campbell River, BC, and is of Coast Salish Penelakut descent on his father's side and Cape Mudge Kwakwaka'wakw on his mother's side.

Mervyn Child (b. 1955) is an artist of Kwaguł, Tlingit, Nuu-chah-nulth, and British descent from the village of Tsax̱is (Fort Rupert), BC.

Mike Sedgemore was an artist from the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation.

Phillip Raymond “Opie” Oppenheim was born in 1945 on the Coldwater Reserve near Merritt to the Interior Salish “C'eletkwmx” Peoples.

Patrick Amos was born in 1957 on Nootka Island into the Mowachaht Band, one of the fourteen-member tribes of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation.

Rande Cook is a multimedia artist born in culture-rich Alert Bay, BC.

Randy Pryce comes from a long family line of Haida Master Carvers.

Randy Stiglitz was born in 1953 and is of Coast Salish and Cree descent.

Raymond Shaw was born in 1982 in Campbell River B.C. and is a member of the Wei Wai Kum band of the Ligwilda'xw people, who are southern Kwakwaka’wakw.

Reg Davidson is an internationally acclaimed Haida artist who creates sculptures, silk-screen prints, gold and silver jewelry, weaving, carved masks and painted drums.

Richard Krentz, whose name is kwátám-us in the Coast Salish language of the Sechelt nation, was a man of two worlds

Robert Davidson is one of Canada's most respected and important contemporary artists.

A man of Haida descent, Robin Rorick is a carver and painter. He was raised on Haida Gwaii and Hornby Island. 

Rod Smith, born in Vancouver BC in 1966, is a Wuikineuxv (Oweekeno) artist residing on Vancouver Island with his wife Janice. 

Haida artist Ron Russ was born in 1953 into the Eagle Clan in Masset BC on Haida Gwaii.

Canadian Master Artist Roy Henry Vickers is best known around the world for his limited edition prints.

Rufus Moody was born in Skidegate on Haida Gwaii in 1923. His father Arthur Moody and his grandfather Thomas Moody are renowned Haida Carvers.

Russell Tate was born in 1966 in Port Alberni, British Columbia and is a member of the Ditidaht First Nation.

Kwakwaka'wakw artist Sandy Johnson grew up at Alert Bay and Gilford Island, Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation.

Sean Whonnock (Wanukw "River owner") is a Kwakwaka'wakw artist working in wood, canvas, stone, and precious metals. Sean was born and lives in Alert Bay.

Shaun Edgars (Luguud) is a Haida artist and argillite carver based in Masset, Haida Gwaii.

Shawn Karpes was born in 1968 and belongs to the Namgis (Nimpkish) band.

Stan Greene is a respected and well-established Coast Salish artist born in Mission, British Columbia in 1953.

Steve Smith was born in 1968 to the Kwagiulth Nation of Campbell River, BC. He has been actively carving and painting since 1987.

Talon George was born May 3, 2004, in Nanaimo, BC, and is a Kwakwaka’wakw artist from the Gwa’sala and ‘Nakwaxda’xw First Nations.

Terrence Campbell, born in 1956 in Prince Rupert, BC, is an artist from the Wolf clan of the Tahltan Nation.

Tim Paul is a master carver from Esperanza Inlet, BC, born in 1950. He is a member of the Hesquiaht tribe from the Nuu-Chah-Nulth first nation. 

Tom D. Hunt, also called Watawidi, is the son of Hereditary Chief George Hunt and Mary Hunt.

Tony Greene is a Haida artist from the Naa Saagaas X̲aaydaG̲aay Clan.

Kwakwaka'wakw artist Trevor Hunt was born on March 9, 1975. His given Kwakiutl name is "T'łalis" which translated into "a pod of killer whales swimming toward a village".

Troy Kwaseesthala is a First Nations artist with ancestral ties to the Chiefs of the Wei Wai Kum Nation.

Walter George, formally Walter Brown, is a Kwakwaka’wakw artist from the 'Nakwaxda’xw First Nation through his mother’s lineage and holds a chieftainship role.

Wayne Alfred is a highly respected Kwakwaka'wakw artist, mentor, dancer, and knowledge keeper, who is involved in all aspects of his cultural heritage.

Wilson "Buddy" George was born in 1958 and is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation from the West Coast of Vancouver Island.