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Ozzie Wadhams
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b. 1958
Artist Detail - v3
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Kwakwaka'wakw; 'Namgis
Bio
Ozzie Wadhams is a Kwakwaka'wakw artist and native from the Alert Bay Band near the north tip of Vancouver Island. Born in 1958 into a family of artist, he has drawn inspiration from Henry Speck and Willie Seaweed, and has worked with Baeu Dick on numerous projects. At Expo 87' in Vancouver, Ozzie was involved in the building of a Big House on the waterfront of the Canadian Pavilion. Ozzie works in the summer as a commercial fisherman and uses winters to paint and carve.
Sources: UVic Archived Artist Bios
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Date Made
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Owl
1997
Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Ink
overall: 38.00 cm x 47.50 cm
Pp (edition: 180)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Sisiutl and Owl
1998
Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 42.00 cm x 38.00 cm
Pp (edition: 180)
Gift from the Collection of George and Christiane Smyth
Owl
1987
British Columbia, Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 49.80 cm x 37.40 cm x 0.00 cm
Printers proof for edition of 150
Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Grant, Purchased from the Collection of Vincent Rickard
Frog
1988
British Columbia, Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 37.40 cm x 45.50 cm x 0.00 cm
Edition of 150
Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Grant, Purchased from the Collection of Vincent Rickard
Bookwus
1986
British Columbia, Canada
Works on Paper
Serigraph
overall: 59.80 cm x 48.00 cm x 0.00 cm
1/200
Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Grant, Purchased from the Collection of Vincent Rickard
Sisiult And Sun
1988
British Columbia, Canada
Works on Paper
-
overall: 48.10 cm x 53.30 cm x 0.00 cm
Printers proof for edition of 135
Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Grant, Purchased from the Collection of Vincent Rickard
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