Alcheringa Gallery
665 Fort Street
Victoria, BC, Canada
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 Stan Bevan
Tlingit
Stan Bevan’s (b.1961) mother is Tahltan-Tlingit from Telegraph Creek on the Stikine River. His father is Tsimshian from Kitselas on the Skeena River, in northern British Columbia. Stan began his training at the K'san school in 1979. Later he apprenticed in the traditional way to his uncle, master artist Dempsey Bob. This relationship has had a major influence on his development as an artist. He has worked on several of Dempsey’s major projects including a 31-foot pole, and a 12-foot Beaver Clan pole in Saxman Village, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Bevan's work has been exhibited in International Art Fairs in Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and Belgium. Major public works have also been displayed at Expo '92 in Seville, Spain, in a new Community Cultural Centre in Owase, Japan, and in private collections in Florida, California, Washington, Utah, New York, British Columbia and Sweden. He has been an integral part of many major group exhibitions from 1981 through 1995 including 'Opening of the Motherland Gallery' in Fukuoka, Japan, 'Life of the Copper' at Alcheringa Gallery and 'From the Wolf and Bear' at the Inuit Gallery in Vancouver. He has also been featured in several publications and films. Since 1982, Stan has been involved with teaching Northwest Coast design and passing the knowledge he has acquired to others.
Artist's Statement:
"The art continues to be in our family. It is very important to me. I know that the art has always been there. There has never been a time, even when there were not many pieces being done, that we did not make some art in our family. The thread has continuously remained in place.
I realize that I was taught in a traditional manner. This was done by my maternal uncle, Dempsey Bob. I was taught the songs and the stories which form the basis for the art and dance. For me, the dance is a very important part of understanding the art form.
The old things were always art. The new pieces, properly done, continue that tradition. With worldwide recognition for the new pieces, the art will be as strong as it has always been. I feel that my work can contribute to the development of that artistic recognition of the Northwest Coast art form."
-Stan Bevan, Master Carver, from The Wolf and the Bear: Three Northern Artists, The Inuit Gallery Vancouver.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Barrie Art Gallery, Barrie, Ontario
Canadian Embassy, Finland
Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Hands of Creation, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1988 Masks: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Masks, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 Tribal Miniatures '93, first annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1994 Life of the Copper: A Commonwealth of Tribal Nations, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
Tribal Miniatures: Gems of the Northwest Coast, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1995 Tribal Miniatures: Dreams of Silver and Gold, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1996 Spirits of the Forest, Sea and Sky: Masks by Mastercarvers of the Northwest Coast, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
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