Stephen Hunt

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Kwakwaka'wakw

Stephen Hunt (b. 1962) is the son of Chief George Hunt and Mary Hunt (née Henderson). Stephen moved from Victoria to Fort Rupert Village on the Northeast coast of Vancouver Island in the early 1980's. In Fort Rupert, Stephen was taught to carve by his elder brother, George Hunt Jr. Stephen Hunt prefers to interpret his cultural heritage through wood carving. A broad range of art in this medium has been commissioned and exhibited.

EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS

1988 Hunt Family Heritage, (group show) Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA.

1990 Mungo Martin – A Slender Thread, (group show) Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA.

To Dance, (group show) Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA.

1991 Small Treasures, (group show) Legacy Gallery, Seattle WA.

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. Education Dept – 4 carvings: a canoe bailer, paddle, bark-shredder and spoon.

1992 The Copper Maker – Wealth of Fort Rupert, (group show) Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA.

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

1994-1997 Participation in group exhibitions, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC.

1997 Tribal Miniatures '97, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1998 Voices of Ft. Rupert: The Hunt Family Carves, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC.

Tribal Miniatures '98, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC.

1998 Tribal Miniatures '99, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1999 Tribal Miniatures '00, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

2000 Tribal Miniatures '01, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

2002 Tribal Miniatures X: Tenth Anniversary, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

2003 The Storytellers: The Artist As Storyteller, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

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