Resume

 

Apprenticeships:

  • Will Burkhart II- Tlingit formline design, engraving wood carving, totem / dugout canoe carving, tool making

  • Dave Galanin- Tlingit formline design, engraving, Tlingit history, stone carving

  • Nicholas Galanin- Tlingit formline design, engraving, chasing, repousse, Tlingit totem / dugout canoe carving, tool making, traditional fur sewing

  • Louis Menard- Tlingit history, engraving

  • Richard Beasley- Totem carving, Tlingit history, Tlingit formline design

  • Robert Miller- Seal and otter fur sewing

  • Steve Brown- Chilkat robe formline design

Project Experience:

  • 25ft Tlingit totem pole, with Nicholas Galanin, Will Burkhart Sitka, Alaska 2022-2023

  • Tlingit dugout canoe, with Nicholas Galanin, Will Burkhart Sitka, Alaska 2021

  • 13ft Tlingit house post totem, Nicholas Galanin, Sitka, Alaska, 2020

  • Wolf house post totem, with Mick Beasley and Herb Sheakley, Mt. Roberts Tram, Juneau, Alaska 2018- 2019

  • 40ft Yan Yeidi totem pole, with Nicholas Galanin and Will Burkhart, Juneau, Alaska, 2017- 2018

  • Jewelry engraving, with Nicholas Galanin, Will Burkhart, Dave Galanin, 1999 - Present

Arts Education:

  • Chilkat robe formline design, Steve Brown, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau Alaska, 2022

  • Seal and otter fur sewing, Robert Miller, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau Alaska, 2020

  • Chasing & repousse, Nicholas Galanin, University Alaska Southeast, Juneau, Alaska 2017 

  • Chasing & repousse, Nicholas Galanin, University Alaska Southeast, Sitka, Alaska 2014

Teaching Experience:

  • Instructor, Youth Engraving class DIA, Juneau, Alaska, 2023-2024

  • Instructor, Tlingit clan hat carving class, Juneau, Alaska, 2020

  • Instructor, Tlingit bentwood box making class, Juneau, Alaska, 2019

Exhibitions:

  • Sealaska Heritage Juried Art Show, June 2022

  • Sealaska Heritage Juried Art Show, June 2020

Grants & Awards:

  • Recipient, SHI Juried Art Show, Division Winner for Carving, Sculpture, and Metal, Juneau, Alaska, 2022

  • Recipient, SHI Juried Art Show, Honorable Mention for Carving, Sculpture, and Metal, Juneau, Alaska, 2022

  • Recipient, SHI Juried Art Show, Division Winner for Carving, Sculpture, and Metal, Juneau, Alaska, 2020

  • Recipient, SHI Juried Art Show, Honorable Mention for Carving, Sculpture, and Metal, Juneau, Alaska, 2020

  • Recipient, Shee Atiká Cultural Grant, 2018

  • Recipient, Shee Atiká Cultural Grant, 2004