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Patrick Amos
Nuu-chah-nulth Artist
In 1957 Patrick Amos
was born on Nootka Island located off of the west coast of Vancouver
Island into the Mowachaht Band, one of the fourteen member tribes of
the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. Since 1976 Patrick has been designing limited
edition prints. In 1979 he began carving wood, apprenticing with Tony
Hunt Sr. in Victoria, B.C. Later he apprenticed with Tim Paul at the
Royal B.C. Museum carving shed in Victoria, where he assisted with a
few totem pole projects. In 1989/90 he assisted Tim Paul to carve a
36-foot Hesquiat totem pole for the Mauri people of New Zealand. The
Royal B.C. Museum has several paintings and prints of Patrick's in their
permanent collection. Increasingly Patrick Amos is being commissioned
for larger works and he now takes on apprentices of his own to assist
with these projects. Patrick is active in his community, giving carving
demonstrations at various schools throughout the West Coast inspiring
artists of the next generation.
Wood Carver
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