b. 1956, Alert Bay, British Columbia
First Nations Affiliation: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl); Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka)

The son of Emma, daughter of a great Nuu-Chah-Nulth Chief and shaman, and Chief Thomas Hunt, and the grandson of renowned carver Mungo Martin, Calvin Hunt apprenticed with eminent artists Henry Hunt (his uncle), Tony Hunt (his second cousin), and Douglas Cranmer. Commissioned works by this traditional carver, jeweler, printmaker, and painter may be found in Hamburg, Germany, the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, the IBM Building in Manhattan, Los Angeles, California and Tacoma, Washington. Hunt has lectured and has demonstrated his practice at many of these places, and others, such as Bali, Indonesia. Working in collaboration with Tony Hunt and John Livingston, poles by Hunt may be found in Lahr and Bonn, Germany; Japan, China, and across Canada. Both the Field Museum in Chicago and Osaka, Japan possess dance screens and houseposts which are also fruits of this partnership. Other commissions include a pole dedicated to past chief Andy Frank on the Comox Reserve, and a carved dish and 32-foot pole for the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

R E C E N T   E X H I B I T I O N S

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
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

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

"Craftsmen, artists return for gallery display." Victoria (BC) Times,   23 November 1974, p.27.

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

Holm, Denise. "Native dozen collaborate on furniture art for U.Vic." Victoria Times-Colonist, 26 Oct. 1993, p. B1.

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.

Perry, Arthur. "Vancouver: wood sculpture of the Americas '77." Arts Magazine (October / November 1977): 13-15.

Stewart, Hillary. Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1979.