Reg Davidson

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R e g D a v i d s o n

b. 1954, Masset, Haida Gwaii-Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia
First Nations Affiliation: Haida

Reg Davidson's career marks the continuation of a distinguished line of carvers. His father Claude was a chief and carver, and his paternal grandfather was Robert Davidson, Sr. He apprenticed under his brother, the younger Robert Davidson, and works mostly with wood, although he also produces serigraphs, and gold and silver jewelry. Davidson has completed 30-foot totem poles for Tamagawa University, Japan (1980), and Dadens Chief Davidson in Haida Gwaii (1988), and an 8-foot pole for the province of British Columbia. 1988 was also the year he completed an eagle memorial sculpture for David Adams in Haida Gwaii, and beginning the following year, a 40-foot memorial frontal pole and a cultural longhouse in memory of his father and grandfather Robert Davidson, Sr.

R E C E N T E X H I B I T I O N S

1990	Beyond the Revival: Contemporary Northwest Coast Native Art. Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1989-90	Reg Davidson: Silkscreen Prints. Cafe Gallery, Masset, Haida Gwaii - Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia
1989	Masks: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Masks. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, British Columbia
1987	Hands of Creation. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, British Columbia Reg Davidson: Masks, Prints, and Blankets. Baya Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1982	Potlatch Presents - Northern Comfort: Dempsey Bob and Reg Davidson. Potlatch Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia
1981	Pipes that Won’t Smoke, Coal that Won’t Burn: Haida Sculpture in Argillite. Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
1971-80	The Legacy. British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia (travelling)

S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Queen Charlotte Islands Museums, Skidegate, British Columbia
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia

S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y

DeMott, Barbara. Beyond the Revival: Contemporary Northwest Coast Native Art. Vancouver, British Columbia: Charles H. Scott Gallery, 1989.

Duffek, Karen. A Guide to Buying Contemporary Northwest Coast Indian Arts. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Museum of Anthropology, 1983.

Hall, Edwin, Margaret Blackman, and Vincent Rickard. Northwest Coast Indian Graphics: An Introduction to Silkscreen Prints. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1981.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. Hands of Creation: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Art. Vancouver, British Columbia: The Gallery, 1987.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. Masks: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Masks. Vancouver, British Columbia: The Gallery, 1989.

Loeb, Barbara. Northwest Coast: Native American Art. Saint Louis, Missouri: Crafts Alliance Education Centre and Gallery, 1989.

Macnair, Peter, Alan Hoover, and Kevin Neary. The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre, 1984. Originally published: Victoria, BC: British Columbia
Provincial Museum, 1980.

Sheehan, Carol. Pipes that Won’t Smoke,Coal that Won’t Burn: Haida Sculpture in Argillite. Calgary, Alberta: Glenbow Museum, 1981.

Steltzer, Ulli. A Haida Potlatch. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & MacIntyre, 1984.

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