Audain Art Museum
4350 Blackcomb Way
Whistler, BC V8E 1N3
Canada
Whistler, BC V8E 1N3
Canada
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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
James Hart - Artist Info
About James Hart: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsCanadian Museum of History
100 Laurier Street
Po Box 3100 Station B
Gatineau, QC K1A OMB
CanadaMorris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
University of British Columbia
1825 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
CanadaMuseum of Anthropology
University of British Columbia
6393 Northwest Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC V6T1Z2
CanadaNational Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, ON K1N 9N4
CanadaRoyal British Columbia Museum
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC V8W 9W2
Canada