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Born 1952 Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada. Known for: Totem wood carving, jewelry making, printmaking.
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Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the baggage claim area than in his entire home town of Masset. A slim but powerful carver with a long black ponytail, Hart soon got word that [Bill] Reid [see AskART] wanted him to work for him. Little did... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the baggage claim area than in his entire home town of Masset. A slim but powerful carver with a long black ponytail, Hart soon got word that [Bill] Reid [see AskART] wanted him to work for him. Little did he know that his first job would involve carving the finishing details - known as "surfacing" or putting "the skin on the bird," as one artist describes it. At $10 an hour, Reid wanted him to surface his masterful creation, the 2.4-m-high yellow... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the baggage claim area than in his entire home town of Masset. A slim but powerful carver with a long black ponytail, Hart soon got word that [Bill] Reid [see AskART] wanted him to work for him. Little did he know that his first job would involve carving the finishing details - known as "surfacing" or putting "the skin on the bird," as one artist describes it. At $10 an hour, Reid wanted him to surface his masterful creation, the 2.4-m-high yellow cedar Raven and the First Men. Little did anyone else know that for the next four years, H... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Jewelry Making, Jewelry Design
- •Wood Carving and/or Engraving
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Gold
- •Silver, Silversmithing
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Subject
- •Totem Poles, Haida First Nations Culture
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Haida: First Nations, Canada
Exhibition of Museum
- •American Museum of Natural History