b. 1950, Oshweken, Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Oneida

Following a fruitful career as a painter in the early 1970s, David General turned exclusively to sculpture after meeting Bill Reid, and now expressly works in materials such as bronze and marble. General creates abstract renderings of organic forms with distinctive and sometimes intricate titles. He is renowned for his masks, the creation of which he restricts to one per year. Largely self-taught as an artist, General attended Wilfred Laurier University and Hamilton Teacher's College, and co-founded the Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry (SCANA). He has served on numerous advisory boards and is a trustee of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

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Blackburn Group, London Free Press, London, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Canadian Pacific Products, Montréal, Québec
Canadian Standards Association, Rexdale, Ontario
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Digital Equipment Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
W. Ross MacDonald School, Brantford, Ontario
Maritime Paper Products, Halifax, Nova Scotia
McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
North American Indian Travelling College, Akwesasne, Ontario/Québec/NY
Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario
St. John Shipbuilding Limited, St. John, New Brunswick
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Warner-Lambert Canada Inc., Scarborough, Ontario
Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario
Yukon Permanent Art Collection, Whitehorse, Ontario

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.

Dinniwell, Norma. From Masks to Maquettes. London, Ontario: McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, 1982.

Dinniwell, Norma and Tom Hill. Transformations: The Art of David General. Brantford, Ontario: Woodland Cultural Centre, 1982.

General, David. Indian Art '76. Brantford, Ontario: Woodland Cultural Centre, 1976.

"Growing collections." Rotunda 27, no. 4 (Summer 1994): 9.

Hickey, Gloria. Modern Eagle, Modern Vision. North York, Ontario: Koffler Gallery, 1987.

McMaster, Gerald. Challenges. Ottawa, Ontario: Museum of Man, 1987.

Nicks, Trudy. "Contemporary sculpture acquired for Ethnology collection Vision helmet, a marble sculpture created by David M. General of the Six Nations Reserve." Rotunda 27, no. 1 (Summer 1994): 9-10.

Rice, Ryan. David General: A Glance At . . . . Hull, Québec: Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, 1998.