Shawn Hunt
Shawn Hunt is a Heiltsuk artist currently based in Vancouver, B.C. His work takes on a complexity of influence from both his training in traditional design, wood and jewelry carving and his engagement with contemporary questions of subversion, preconception and fluid meanings.
Shawn Hunt was born in Vancouver Canada in 1975. He is an artist of Heiltsuk, French and Scottish ancestry. Shawn has a diploma in studio art from Capilano college as well as a BFA from the University of British Columbia where he majored in sculpture and drawing. Shawn comes from a family of artists. His father is Bradley Hunt, a prominent Heiltsuk artist with whom Shawn apprenticed for 5 years, learning wood and jewelry carving as well as traditional design. Shawn’s brother Dean Hunt is also an artist. Shawn apprenticed with Coast Salish painter Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun from 2012 to 2015.
Exhibitions
Art Toronto, 2018
Artifake, 2014
Archetypes, 2012
Survey of Work
Lucid Dream, 2018, Shawn Hunt, acrylic on Canvas, 65 x 47”
Telepath/ Eagle Mask Face, 2018, Shawn Hunt, acrylic on Canvas
75 x 54″
Remembering the Flood/Raven Frog, Shawn Hunt, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 60″
Shawn Hunt, Reclining Figure, 2016, Red Cedar, Yellow Cedar, Horsehair 17” H x 10” W x 12.5” L
Shawn Hunt, (Left) Raven Column, 2016, Yellow Cedar, Horsehair, 27” H x 9” W x 102” L ; Shawn Hunt, (Right) Navigator, 2016, Yellow Cedar, Horsehair, 27.5” H X 15” W X 9” L
Goddess, 2016, Red Cedar, Yellow Cedar, Horsehair 97” H X 23” W X 20L
Ancestors /Sky People, 48 x67 inches, acrylic on canvas recently exhibited at the Burrard Art Foundation, Vancouver.
Shapeshifter/The Watcher, 36 x 48 inches, acrylic on canvas, recently exhibited at the Burrard Art Foundation, Vancouver.
Plushy Souvenir, 2014, fun fur, stuffing, 8’h x 5’w edition of 3 (unique), AP
Flipping the Bird, 2014 red cedar, 8’ h x 75”
Object attributed to Shawn Hunt, 2014 acrylic on canvas, 86” x 62”
Mask, 2011, cedar, acrylic paint, length 16″ x depth 10″ x width 14.5″
Odalisque, 2014, red cedar, yellow cedar, length 50″ x height 41″ x width 21″
Raven GT, 2011, red cedar, acrylic paint, twine, length 35″ x width 1″ x height 1″