Wilson, Nathan

Nathan Wilson, född 10 juli 1986, konstnär, British Columbia. Han har varit konstnär på heltid sedan 2009. Hans favoritmaterial är röd ceder. Men han snidar ofta med andra material, inklusive björk, al och gul ceder. Han gör masker, skulpturer och reliefristade paneler för olika gallerier, samt privata uppdrag med olika samlare.

Träsnideri har praktiserats i Nathans familj sedan 1870-talet. Hans farfars farfar, Solomon Robertson snidade G'psgolox totemåle i Kitlope-byn Miskusa. Sommaren 2000 ristade hans farbröder Henry Robertson, Derek Wilson och Barry Wilson replika totempålar för att hemföra den gamla G'psgolox-pålen från Etnografiska museet, Stockholm.

Nathan gick på Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art 2010. Nathans mentorer inkluderar hans college-instruktörer Dempsey Bob, Stan Bevan, Ken McNeil och Dean Heron.

Nathan tog examen med sitt diplom i First Nations Fine Arts 2012. 2014 fick han i uppdrag av Mount Elizabeth Secondary School att tälja en åtta fot lång totempåle.

I november 2014 samlades samhällena i Kitamaat Village och District of Kitimat för att hjälpa till att resa "Palaa-Gwa-La"-stolpen i skolans huvudentré. Detta var den första totempålen som höjdes för båda samhällena på flera decennier.

Nathan undervisar på Freda Diesings skola tillsammans med sina mentorer.

Nathan Wilson, born July 10, 1986, artist, British Columbia. He has been a full-time artist since 2009. His preferred material is red cedar. However, he often carves with other materials including birch, alder and yellow cedar. He makes masks, sculptures and relief carved panels for various galleries, as well as private commissions with various collectors.

Wood carving has been practiced in my Nathan’s family since the 1870s. His great great grandfather, Solomon Robertson carved the G'psgolox in the Kitlope village of Miskusa. In the summer of 2000, his uncles Henry Robertson, Derek Wilson and Barry Wilson carved replica totem poles to repatriate the old G'psgolox pole from the Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm, Sweden. It is this history where Nathan gets his inspiration.

Nathan attended the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art in 2010. Nathan’s mentors include his College instructors Dempsey Bob, Stan Bevan, Ken McNeil, and Dean Heron.

Nathan graduated with his diploma in First Nations Fine Arts in 2012. In 2014, he was commissioned by Mount Elizabeth Secondary School to carve an eight-foot totem pole.

In November 2014, the communities of Kitamaat Village and District of Kitimat came together to help raise the “Palaa-Gwa-La” pole in the main entrance of school. This was the first totem pole to be raised for either community in several decades.

Nathan is instructing at the Freda Diesing school alongside his mentors.