Richard Hunt (artist)

Richard Hunt (artist)

Infobox Artist


name = Richard Hunt
birthdate = 1951
location = Alert Bay, B.C., Canada
nationality = Canadian
field = Sculpture
awards = Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria

Richard Hunt (born 1951) is a Canadian First Nations artist from the Kwakwaka'wakw (formerly "Kwakiutl") nation of coastal British Columbia.

He was born in 1951 at Alert Bay, B.C., but has lived most of his life in Victoria, B.C. On his father's side, he is a descendant of the renowned Native ethnologist George Hunt. He began carving at the age of thirteen and in 1973 began carving with his father Henry Hunt at Thunderbird Park at the British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria.

Richard's maternal grandfather was the artist Mungo Martin, and his brothers Tony and Stanley Hunt are also carvers.

He designed the medals for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held Aug. 17-21, 2006 at Saanich Commonwealth Place. [ [http://www.cserv.gov.bc.ca/photo/ida_chong/index.htm Government of British Columbia - Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Community Services and Minister Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues - Photo Gallery - Medals for Pan-Pacific Swim Championships] ]

Among his other projects, he repainted the totem pole at Rideau Hall which his grandfather Mungo Martin had given to Governor General Lord Alexander in 1946. [ [http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=92 Rideau Hall - The Unveiling of an Inuksuk at Rideau Hall] ]

In 1991, he was inducted into the Order of British Columbia. [ [http://www.protocol.gov.bc.ca/protocol/prgs/obc/1991/1991_RHunt.htm Government of British Columbia, Protocol and Events Branch - Order of British Columbia - Richard Hunt] ] He is also a member of the Order of Canada. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria in 2004. [ [http://ring.uvic.ca/04apr08/news/honorary.html The Ring, University of Victoria - April 2004, Vol. 30, No. 4 - Six selected for spring honorary degrees] ]

External links

* [http://www.richardhunt.com/ Richard Hunt] Official site.
* [http://www.galleriasilecchia.com/Hunt/biography.html Galleria Silecchia - Biography of Richard Hunt]

References


* Hunt, Ross (2007) "The Hunt Family's Trip to West Germany to Attend the Bundesgarten Show." "Anthropology News," vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 20-21.
* 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. ISBN 029596166X, ISBN 0888944187
* [http://www.aggv.bc.ca/Exhibitions+Archive.aspx?year=-1&id=1939 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Through My Father's Eyes: The Art of Richard Hunt, March 16, 2000 to August 27, 2000] ISBN 0888851863


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