The artists
The humans behind the work.
We're proud to represent 53 artists and makers — jewelers, carvers, weavers, and designers from many nations and traditions. Each carries their own story, technique, and lineage. Read their bios below.
- John August →
John is a contemporary Coast Salish artist from the Squamish region of B.C. His work is displayed throughout many galler…
- Clarence Bailon →
Clarence is a Santo Domingo Pueblo artist with a distinct hallmark of “CB.”
- Fred Baker →
In 1956, Fredrick Baker was born in Squamish, British Columbia into the Coast Salish Nation. He takes the Bear as his fa…
- Neil Baker →
Neil Baker is a band member of the Squamish First Nation Reserve in British Columbia. He is from the Coast Salish blood…
- Myron Barnes →
Myron is a Tlingit native. He was born in Ketchikan, Alaska in 1965 and now resides in the Seattle area. Myron returns t…
- No Shadow Grantors, Xixli’p, Lillooet BC →
No Shadow learned to bead while incarcerated. He at one point had lost a lot of mobility in his hand after it had been s…
- Courage Benally →
Courage Benally was born and raised in the Pinon, Arizona area of the Navajo Reservation. Surrounded by sheep, horses an…
- Valencia Bird →
Valencia Bird was born Northern Cree on September 20, 1973 in Fort McLeod, AB, from the Saddle Lake First Nation near St…
- Max Calabaza →
Navajo artist Max Calabaza bas a signature design which almost always incorporates heavy floral and leaf work accented w…
- Brooke Cottrell →
Before the crab pot jewelry, I was hauling them from the ocean bottom.
- Danny Dennis →
Danny was a Tsimshian Native of the Gitksan village of Kitwanga Frog Clan located on the banks of the Skeena River in no…
- Caridad Chao Foo →
Caridad has been making jewelry for over 16 years. A lifelong entrepreneur and businesswoman, she originally began her j…
- Nytom - John Goodwin →
“About a year ago, I was talking and listening to muself, in response to what was happening in my life. I needed to look…
- No Shadow Granroos →
Guy L. Granroos was born in the year of 1974 at The University of Washington Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He grew up…
- Dorothy Grant →
Internationally renowned fashion designer and traditional Haida artist Dorothy Grant’s strong connection to her culture…
- Les Harper →
In 1969, Les Harper was born in Vanderhoof, Bristish Columbia, as a member of the Carrier Nation. This small cultural gr…
- Bear (Doug) Horne →
Doug Horne, Jr. was born in Victoria in 1982 into a family of carvers. He has been heavily influenced by his father, Dou…
- Abner Johnson →
Abner Johnson is a member of the Tlingit Raven Clan, who had learned carving as a boy growing up in Angoon, Alaska.
- Albert Joseph →
Albert was born in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. This area is representative of the Coast Salish Nation, a tribe t…
- Floyd Joseph →
Coast Salish artist Floyd Joseph is an elder and Hereditary Chief of the Squamish Band on the West Coast of British Colu…
- William Cook Jr →
His interest in art was spurred at an early age by their grandfather, Gus Matilpi. Gus taught them the essential element…
- Gabriel Jurado →
Gabriel is Indigenous Mexican. His work is marked with one of two hallmarks- either “Gabby” or “Gabby” followed by the o…
- Richard Krawchuk →
Richard Krawchuk was born in 1956 in Squamish, British Columbia. His father is of Ukranian decent and his mother is Coas…
- Nathan Lefthand →
Making jewelry has given me thousands of hours of time by myself and much like a monk, it has also given me a spiritual…
- Odin Lonning →
Odin Lonning was born in Juneau, Alaska in 1953. Through his mother, he is a member of the Woosh-ke-Than (Eagle, Shark)…
- David Louis →
David Louis was born in 1969. He developed his own style over 20 years with lots of influence from carvers like William…
- George Matilpi →
George Matilpi was born in Alert Bay, B.C., and is a member of the Kwakwakaʼwakw and Dakelh Nation. He began carving at…
- Pete Morgan →
Pete Morgan is a well renowned Navajo Jeweler with a distinctive “M” hallmark.
- Eddie Omnik →
Eddie Omnik was born in 1950 in Point Hope, Alaska. He's a part of the long tradition of carving among Inuit Pac people.…
- Tammy Owens →
Tammy was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska and is a member of the Southeast Alaska Tlingit Tribe. Her family originates…
- Grant Pauls →
Grant Pauls is a Tahltan Nation artist well known for his intricate cut-out silver and gold jewelry. He studied with ren…
- Delbert Peter →
As a Coast Salish Carver, Delbert is from Penelakut (formerly Kuper) Island. Belonging to the Penelakut First Nation, th…
- Andy Peterson →
Andy was born in Shelton, Washington and is a member of the Skokomish Tribe. He began carving after being inspired by a…
- Mariella Pilato →
Mariella is originally from Napoli, Italy. She graduated from the Academia di Belle Arti, a renowned design school in It…
- Ed Raub →
Edward’s interest in Native American arts was pushed to the forefront of his life because he was told by the Catholics a…
- Gary Rice →
Gary was born in 1939 in a small fishing village in Rivers Inlet on the central coast of British Columbia. He is a membe…
- Cliff Robertson →
Born and raised in Alaska, in the Dena’ina region, Cliff’s jewelry takes inspiration from the vast wildlife and wilderne…
- Dean Robertson →
As I told a sad woman once who’s tree had died and was being cut down, “I can give your tree new life!”
- Wayne Siebert →
Henry Wayne Siebert was born September 16, 1943 in Vancouver B.C. Canada to Clifford C. Siebert and Helen E. Siebert (Pe…
- Gary Starr →
Gary Starr was born in Rochester, New York in 1973. His birth father is Cree and his Mother is Mohawk and when Gary was…
- Kirra Lien Steinbrueck →
In a time when the dominant worldview values machinery and mass production - we find the purest joy in creating pieces o…
- Nash Tavewa →
Nash Tavewa is a member of the Bene Walash (people of the clouds) or more modernly known as “Zapotec” autonomous communi…
- Jean Taylor →
Jean Taylor is from the Dakhl awedi Clan of the Teslin Tlingit Nation. She loves to paint people of her culture in regal…
- Michael Thompson →
Michael Thompson is a Navajo jewelry artist. He signs with a stamped initials MT which serves as his jeweler hallmark.
- Timoti →
You will not find any mass produced, factory line, machine cut pieces here. You are all individual, and we believe your…
- Mary Rose Tso →
Mary, a Navajo silversmith, started creating jewelry at the age of 25. As a Kinaalda Ceremonies and Blessing Way leader,…
- Eric Williams →
Eric is of the Ditidaht band of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth tribe. He is a member of the famous Williams family of carvers.
- John T. Williams →
John was of the Ditidaht band of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth tribe. John was a seventh generation carver.
- Rick Williams →
Rick is of the Ditidaht band of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth tribe. He is a member of the famous Williams family of carvers.
- John P. Wilson →
John Wilson was born in Kitimat, BC and comes from the Haisla nation. His crest is Killerwhale. He has lived in Terrace,…
- Crystal Worl →
Crystal Kaakeeyáa Rose Demientieff Worl is Athabascan, Filipino, and Tlingit from Raven moiety, Sockeye Clan, from the R…
- Rico Worl →
Rico Lanáat’ Worl is a Tlingit + Athabascan social designer and artist with training in anthropology.
- William Yocum →
Born in 1960 and raised in the United States, William spend much of his time in the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska trading fi…