Joe David

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Nuu Chah Nulth

One of the leading contemporary artists of the coast Joe David was born in 1946. Joe attended art school in San Markos, Texas and in Seattle, WA. He also worked on a number of large projects, including assisting Bill Reid with a totem pole for the Skidegate Council Chambers House. A great student of tradition, Joe David carves in a number of Northwest Coast tribal styles and understands well the context of mask and dance.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC
Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Centennial Museum, Vancouver, BC
Washington State Capital, Museum, Olympia, WA.
River Edge Foundation, Devonian group, Calgary, AB
Campbell River Museum, Campbell River, BC
City of Spokane, Spokane, WA.
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Alberni Valley Museum, Port Alberni, BC

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1980 A Legacy of Contemporary BC Indian Art, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

1983 Contemporary Northwest Coast Graphics, National Gallery, Athens, Greece

1987 Hands of Creation, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1989 Masks: An exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Masks, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1990 Painted Drums of the Northwest Coast, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994 Life of the Copper: A Commonwealth of Tribal Nations, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1996 Spirits of Forest, Sea and Sky: Masks by Mastercarvers of the Northwest Coast, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

2003 In Celebration of the Feast, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

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