b. 1957, Kamloops, British Columbia
First Nations Affiliation: Coast Salish

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun graduated from the Emily Carr School of Art and Design in 1983 with an honours degree in painting. Yuxweluptun's strategy is to document and promote change in contemporary Canadian history in large-scale paintings (from 54.2 x 34.7cm to 233.7 x 200.7cm), using Coast Salish cosmology, Northwest Coast formal design elements, and the Western landscape tradition. His painted works explore political, environmental, and cultural issues. His personal and socio-political experiences enhance this practice of documentation. Yuxweluptun's work has been included in numerous international group and solo exhibitions, such as INDIGENA: Contemporary Native Perspectives in 1992. He was the recipient of the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts (VIVA) award in 1998.

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

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Philbrook Art Centre, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany

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

Canadian Museum of Civilization, ed. In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art. Hull, Québec: The Museum, 1993.

Douglas, Stan, ed. Vancouver Anthology: The Institutional Politics of Art. Vancouver, British Columbia: Talonbooks, 1991.

"Images that make a statement." Vancouver Sun, 21 March 1985, p. F1.

Laurence, Robin. "Man of masks: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun's iconoclastic paintings blend tribal motifs with acid rock psychedelia." Canadian Art 12, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 50-55.

McMaster, Gerald, and Lee-Ann Martin, eds. INDIGENA: Contemporary Native Perspectives. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992./ INDIGENA: Perspectives autochtones contemporaines. Hull, Québec: Musée canadien des civilisations, 1992.

Nemiroff, Diana, Robert Houle, and Charlotte Townsend-Gault. Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: National Gallery of Canada, 1992.

Oleksijczuk, Denise. Lost Illusions: Recent Landscape Art: Renee Green, Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, John Miller, Eleanor Bond, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Jeff Wall, Rasheed Araeen, Rodney Graham, Deborah Bright. Vancouver, British Columbia: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1991.

"Paintings by Native innovative." Calgary Herald, 25 April 1985, p. F4.

Ryan, Allan J. "Postmodern parody: A political strategy in contemporary Canadian Native art." Art Journal 51, no. 2 (Fall 1992): 59-62.

Szawlowski, Grazyna. "Inherent Rights, Vision Rights: A Virtual Environment by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun." M.A thesis, Concordia University, 1997.

Townsend-Gault, Charlotte, Loretta Todd, et al. Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Born to Live and Die on Your Colonialist Reservations. Vancouver, British Columbia: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, 1995.

Yuxweluptun, Lawrence Paul. "Native son." Interview by Reid Sheir. MIX Magazine 24, no. 1 (Summer 1998): 48-55.