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Location:
Brentwood Bay, BC
"You can't put anything contemporary in your work if you're
not aware of your Nation. Do your own art form. If it's Salish,
do Salish. Find out what it's about, do what you know out of respect
for other nations. "
· Born on the Tsartlip Reserve, Saanich Peninsula, BC
Education:
· self-taught, influenced by many Senior Native Artists
Selected Exhibitions, Commissions:
· 4 Totem Poles, weight bearing structural installations commissioned
by Thrifty Foods, a Vancouver Island food chain, 1997-98
· "Artists of the Coast Salish, Nuu-Cha-Nulth and Kwakwaka'Wakw
Nations", exhibition, Victoria BC 1994
· Commissioned to design the Gold Medal awarded to the athletes
for the 15th Commonwealth Games, Victoria BC 1994
· One of three co-designers of the Queen's Baton for the 15th Commonwealth
Games, Victoria BC 1994
· 28' Totem Pole to Commemorate Learned Societies World Conference,
University of Victoria 1990-91
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