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 Calvin Hunt
Kwakwaka'wakw
Calvin Hunt (b. 1956) is a member of the Fort Rupert Band of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation. His father was the late hereditary Chief Thomas Hunt of Fort Rupert and his mother was Emma Hunt, the daughter of the great Nuu Chah Nulth Chief and Shaman, Dr. Billy.
Calvin Hunt is renowned for large monumental sculptures. He has lived in Fort Rupert since 1982. In May 1988, Calvin carved and raised the Hunt Pole, which is hereditarily owned by his brother Chief George Hunt Sr. He also carved a memorial grave figure for his father at the Fort Rupert Cemetery. These poles were the first such poles to be raised in the village for 70 years.
EXHIBITIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
The Canadian National Exhibition (3 week demonstration)
1977 West Vancouver, BC. Wood sculptures of the Americas (4 weeks)
1978 San Francisco, CA. De Young Museum, Palace of the Legion of Honour. Assisted Tony Hunt in the carving demonstration and commission for a transformation mask and portrait mask for the Form and Freedom show.
1979 Vancouver, BC. Images for a Canadian Heritage sponsored a two-man show featuring Calvin Hunt and John Livingston.
Hamburg, W. Germany. Hamburg Museum of Anthropology, Donnervolgel and Raubwal.
Bonn, W. Germany. Gallery Henniman.
1981 Hunt Family Heritage, sponsored by the national Museum of Man, Ottawa, Ontario. A collection of the Hunt Family prints at the Museum, a two year travelling exhibition to major museums throughout Canada and the Northern United States, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC; Turtle Museum, Buffalo, NY.
1982 Chicago, Illinois. Maritime Peoples of the Arctic and Northwest Coast.
1986 Victoria, BC. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1960-1986. Kleinburg, Ontario. Kleinburg Museum.
1989 Bali, Indonesia. PATA Convention
1990 Montréal, Québec. North American Tourism Convention.
1991 New York, NY. Chiefly Feasts Exhibit The Copper Maker presents a contemporary art show Children of the Kwakwaka’wakw
1992 The Coppermaker. The Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA. (invitational group show)
1998 Voices of Fort Rupert: The Hunt Family Carves, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
MAJOR COMMISSIONS
1977 Vancouver, BC – A panel for the Woodsculptures of the Americas
1978 Friendly Cove, BC – Commissioned by Parks Canada – replicas of the seven pieces of Chief Maquinna; two poles, Killerwhale and Thunderbird; two Lightning Snakes, Moon. Assisted by Tony Hunt and John Livingston. UBC collection.
1979 Hamburg, West Germany – Thunderbird Costume for the Hamburg Museum of Anthropology.
The Legacy – Hamatsa Costume – Provincial Museum, Victoria, BC.
1982 Vancouver, BC – University of British Columbia – Thunderbird Costume.
1984 Manhattan, New York – 31-ft. pole sponsored by IBM and donated to the Museum of the American Indian.
1986 Ottawa, Ontario – 25-ft. Tsonoqua Feast Dish including 10 bowls, 8 ladles and spoons, removable lids. Assisted by John Livingston and Tom Hunt commissioned by The Museum of Civilization.
1987 Fort Rupert, BC – 60-ft. Hunt in memory of his father, Chief Thomas Hunt.
Fort Rupert BC – 15-ft. Grave figure in memory of his Father, Chief Thomas Hunt.
Comox, BC – 17-ft. Memorial pole for the late Chief Andy Frank.
1988 Ottawa, Ontario – Raven Transformation outfit commissioned by the Museum of Civilization, this was traded to the National Museum in Sydney, Australia in exchange for an old costume.
Campbell River Museum, BC – Commissioned a Sea Eagle outfit.
Tokyo, Japan – Three Kwakwaka'wakw poles – 25-ft., 20-ft. and 15-ft. commissioned by Tokyo Land Corporation. These poles were raised in Asumigaoka Park, Asumigaoka District in Chuba City.
1990 Port Hardy, BC – restoration of 18-ft. Charlie James Pole, 22-ft. Willie Seaweed Pole and 17’ Charlie G. Walkus Pole.
1991 Ottawa, Ontario – Museum of Civilization commissioned second Raven transformation outfit.
New York, NY – American Museum of National History, New York, NY commissioned a replica of two Tokwit Screens to be in the Chiefly Feasts exhibit.
New York, NY – American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, commissioned a replica of 15-ft. Sisiutl Power Board to be part of the Chiefly Feasts exhibit.
1993 Fort Rupert, BC carved a 32-ft. canoe called Makwalogwa (to give) in honour of Emma Hunt, wife of the late Chief Thomas Hunt.
Echoes of Chiefly Feasts: Masterworks by Eleven members of the Hunt Family, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC.
1994 Life of the Copper: A Commonwealth of Tribal Nations, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC.
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