Tony Hunt

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Kwakwaka'wakw / Tlingit

Internationally renowned artist, hereditary Chief, Tony Hunt has carved from an early age, receiving instruction from his grandfather, Mungo Martin and father, Henry Hunt. He works in wood and more recently, has worked extensively in silver and gold.

Tony was Assistant Carver at Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC from 1962 - 1972. During that time, he completed many museum projects with his father, Henry Hunt.

EXHIBITIONS and SPECIAL COMMISSIONS

1964 Solo exhibition, Eatons Contemporary, Victoria, BC

1965 Bon Marché Gallery, Seattle, WA

1967 Gallery Libre, Montreal, Québec

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1970 Lowie Museum, Berkeley, CA

1972 Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois

1974 Group Exhibition, Canadian India Art, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ONT

1975 American Indian Arts & Crafts Show, Oakland, CA

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto ONT

1976 Lahr, Germany

1977 National Museum of Man, Osaka, Japan

1978 De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Bonn, West Germany

1979 Hamburg, West Germany

1979 Canadian Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico

1980 Gallery Henniman, Bonn, West Germany

1980-81 Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois

1981 Hunt Family Heritage, National Museum of Man, Ottawa, ONT

International Trade Show, Frankfurt, West Germany

Souchow, China

1982 Robes of Power, Tokyo, Japan

1984 New York, NY

1985 Chief Designer and Artist, Longhouse, Fort Rupert, BC

1993 Echoes of Chiefly Feasts: Masterworks by Eleven Members of the Hunt Family, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

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

1995 Tribal Miniatures: Dreams of Silver and Gold, annual exhibition Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1998 Voices from Fort Rupert: The Hunt Family Carves, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

DANCE PERFORMANCES

1983 Queen Elizabeth II

1984 Premier of China

PUBLIC POSITIONS and AWARDS

1967 First Instructor Kitimax School of Nortwest Coast Indian Art, Hazelton, BC.

1974-82 Vice President BC Indian Arts & Crafts Society Board member Canadian Craft Council.

1978 Delegate to World Craft Council Conference, Kyoto, Japan.

1981-82 Executive secretary - treasure Nation Indian Arts & Crafts Corporation, Ottawa.

1982 Honorary life member University of British Columbia Alumni Association.

1984 Accompanied People of Cedar to Caracas, Venezuela.

Lecturer on North West Coast art Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1985 Honorary Governor Islands '86

VIEW SHORT BIOGRAPHY