Phil Gray (artist)
Phil Gray (born March 15, 1983)
Early life and education
Gray was born in Vancouver in 1983.[5]
In 1999, he began carving with
Artistic work
Gray's work includes carving
His painted drum entitled Eclipse, completed in 2007, is on display at the Canadian Museum of History.[5]
Exhibitions
Gray was included in two major exhibitions in 2009. The first was the Challenging Traditions exhibition at Ontario's McMichael Canadian Art Collection, a show that was dedicated to exploring innovative and experimental works from the Northwest Coast. The second was Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast at Vancouver's Bill Reid Gallery, which highlighted 23 established Indigenous artists from British Columbia, Washington State and Alaska. In September 2009, he completed a pair of large red cedar doors, later displayed at Lattimer Gallery, which depicted a Grandmother Moon design.[2] In February 2010, Gray designed the helmet of gold medal-winning skeleton racer Jon Montgomery. Montgomery held the helmet throughout the Olympic awards ceremony.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Phil Gray". Lattimer Gallery. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ a b Dawkins, Alex (28 Jan 2014). "Cedar Chic: Northwest Coast Native Décor: Pop-culture with an Indigenous twist". Urban Native Magazine. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ "BC First Nations' artists honoured with awards". British Columbia Achievement Foundation. November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ "2014 BC First Nations Art Awards Announced". British Columbia Achievement Foundation. 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9780660202792.