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Tom Hunt
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Walawidi
The son of Hereditary Chief George Hunt and Mary Hunt, Tom D. Hunt is a member of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation. Tom began apprenticing in Kwakiutl art with his father at the age of twelve and later worked with his brother George Hunt Jr.
When entering his teenage years, Tom spent several summers in Campbell River working with his maternal grandfather, the late Sam Henderson. During that stage of his development of Kwakiutl art style, Tom learned the artistic style of the 'Nakwaxda'xw
Nation (Blunden Harbour).
With the family tied in Campbell River and Fort Rupert, Tom's strength is the knowledge of the Kwakiutl history which he shares through the art works he creates. Tom's families are active in the potlatch system which
gives Tom appreciation of the preparation of completed masks which will be shown at potlatch.
In 1983, he moved to his home village of Fort Rupert (Tsaxis) on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. There he worked as an assistant to his uncle
Calvin Hunt, owner and operator of the Copper Maker Gallery. This apprenticeship was an important period in Tom's development as a versatile and accomplished artist. He moves comfortably from massive wood sculptures to very small, intricate pieces. Tom
has works in collections worldwide and he continues to produce pieces from his home in Fort Rupert where he lives with his wife and daughter.
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Tom Hunt
Exhibitions
1997 Evolving Traditions: Hunt Family Group Show, Pegasus Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC.
1996 Two-Man Show: Tom Hunt and John Livingston, Pegasus Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC.
1996 Spirits of Forest, Sea and Sky: Masks by Mastercarvers of the Northwest Coast, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1996 Family Crest Pole for Totem Pole Exhibition, Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Bird from Here and There, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1995 Native American Traditions / Contemporary Responses, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
1994 Living Heritage: Tom Hunt Solo exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1994 Tribal Miniatures: Gems of the Northwest Coast, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1994 Life of the Copper: A Commonwealth of Tribal Nations, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1994 Carving demonstration with John Livingston, Pegasus Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC
1993 Echoes of Chiefly Feasts: Masterworks from Eleven Members of the Hunt Family, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1993 Tribal Miniatures '93, first annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
1992 The Coppermaker, Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987 The Hunt Family Heritage, Legacy Gallery, Seattle, WA
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