Don Yeomans

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Haida

Don Yeomans was born in 1958 in Prince Rupert. His father is Haida, his mother is Métis. He began learning carving from his aunt, renowned Haida artist Freda Diesing, at age twelve. In 1976, he travelled to Vancouver to study in the Fine Arts program at Langara College where he met Bud Mintz, an instructor at the college, who encouraged him to make art his career.

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