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Kevin Daniel Cranmer
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'Namgis; Mamalilikala; Da̱ʼnaxdaʼx̱w; Ławitʼsis; Tlingit
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'Namgis / Mamalilikala artist Kevin Cranmer was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia and can trace his ancestry to many Nations of the Kwakwaka'wakw people, as well as to the Tlingit of Alaska. His first formal instruction came under the tutelage of his cousin George Hunt Jr. He later worked with artists Tony Hunt Sr., Tony Hunt Jr., and Calvin Hunt. Cranmer's introduction to larger monumental sculpture began when he first started to work alongside renowned Nuu-chah-nulth artist Tim Paul in Thunderbird Park at the Royal British Columbia Museum. The artist's credits include several large co-operative projects: a 40-foot pole which stands in Stanley Park, Vancouver. a 30-foot pole on display at the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa and a 36-foot pole carved for the closing ceremonies at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Most recently he has completed an elaborately carved and painted Chief's seat for the newly rebuilt Big House in Alert Bay. Cranmer has been initiated as a hamatsa, the most important of the complex dance societies of the Kwakwaka'wakw. He continues to create pieces for family and for use in ceremony.*
*Cited from www.pacificeditions.ca
[From the binder on the Vincent Rickard collection, Kevin Cranmer is 'Namgis and Kagiulth. His autobiography mentinons that he can trace his ancestry to the 'Namgis, Mamalilikala, Kwagu'ł, Da'naxda'xw, and Ławitsis as well as to the Tlingit]
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Title
Date Made
Place Made
Collections
Materials
Measurements
Edition
Credit Line
Cedar Child
1999
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 42.00 cm x 38.00 cm
89/170
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Chilkat Raven
2008
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 20.50 cm x 63.50 cm
P/P (edition: 200)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Makwala
2006
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 53.50 cm x 51.00 cm
P/P (edition: 180)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Raven
2002
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 52.00 cm x 50.00 cm
P/P (edition: 170)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Gwawina
2002
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 53.50 cm x 50.50 cm
P/P (edition: 170)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Namgis Thunderbird
1996
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 52.50 cm x 49.50 cm
P/P (edition: 150)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Chief's Seat Design
1999
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 26.50 cm x 41.00 cm
P/P (edition: 170)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Ganao
2002
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 38.50 cm x 41.50 cm
P/P (edition: 170)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
'Namxxelagiyu
2006
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 53.50 cm x 51.00 cm
P/P (edition: 170)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Chilkat Moon
2007
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 53.50 cm x 52.00 cm
P/P (edition: 200)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Circle of Native Life
1998
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 48.00 cm x 46.00 cm
150/170
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Dzunokwa with Copper
1989
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 49.70 cm x 38.30 cm x 0.00 cm
Printers proof for edition of 110
Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Grant, Purchased from the Collection of Vincent Rickard
Makwala
1990
Northwest Coast, British Columbia, Canada; United States
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 56.00 cm x 42.00 cm x 0.00 cm
P/P
Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Grant, Purchased from the Collection of Vincent Rickard
Raven and Frog
2006
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 55.50 cm x 53.00 cm
P/P 1/1
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Tlisla (Sun)
2000
'Yalis (Alert Bay); British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 55.00 cm x 61.00 cm
P/P
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
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