Walter Harris (artist)

Walter Harris (artist)

Walter Harris (born 1931) is a Canadian artist and hereditary chief from the Gitksan First Nation in northwestern British Columbia.

He studied Northwest Coast art styles at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art ('Ksan) at Hazelton, B.C., in Gitksan territory, studying under Duane Pasco and Doug Cranmer. He works include silver, gold, metal, limestone, silk screen graphics and wood.

He carved totem poles for his home village of Kispiox in 1971, 1972, and 1978, Ottawa, Paris, Japan, Vancouver, to name a few.

Awards in recognition for Walter's contribution to First Nations art in Canada. In 2003, Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Arts. September 2005, Walter Harris was given the Order of Canada as an Officer

ources

* Macnair, Peter L., Alan L. Hoover, and Kevin Neary (1984) "The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art." Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre.

* Stewart, Hilary (1993). "Looking at Totem Poles." Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-97259-9.


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