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Artists have been in Alaska for thousands of years, working in various mediums across time. Their work continues today, and below are links to websites of Alaska Native artists, their art, and other associated programs.

Artists

Ahgupuk, George Aden, Native Alaskan artist

Ahvakana, Larry, Inupiat artist: Biography | Personal Statement | Works

Ayek, Sylvester, Inupiaq artist: Work | Profile | Personal Statement

Beck, Larry, Norton Sound Yu’pik artist

Bevins, Susie Qimmiqsak, Inupiat artist: Biography | Guardians & Sentinels

Boxley, David, Tsimshian artist: Biography | Additional profile

Carlo, Kathleen, Athabascan artist

Combs, Sonya Kelliher-, Athabascan/Inupiaq artist

Hoover, John, Aleut artist: An exhibit of his work | Biography 1 | 2

Hudson, Clarissa, Tlingit artist

Jackson, Nathan, Chilkoot Tlingit master carver: Biography | Totem project

King Island Traditional Dancers, an Inupiaq Dance Troupe:

Laktonen, Jerry, Alutiiq artist

Lind, Sr., Peter, Russian-Aleut artist

Lonning, Odin, Tlingit artist

Lyon, Rebecca, Alutiiq/Athabascan artist

Malewotku, Florence Nupok
, Native Alaskan artist

Mayokok, Robert, Native Alaskan artist

McIntyre, Chuna, Yup’ik Dancer

Moses, James Kivetoruk, Native Alaskan artist

Pootoogooluk, Harvey, Inupiaq artist

Rofkar, Teri, Tlingit artist

Senungetuk, Joseph, Inupiaq artist: Biography | Personal Statement

Silook, Susie, Siberian Yup'ik and Inupiaq carver

Simeonoff, Helen Jane, Sugpiaq artist

Simeonoff, Jaco, Alutiiq carver

Stream, Thomas, Aleut artist


Artist Collaborations


Collaboration between Native Alaskan theater group
Naa Kahidi Theater and a New Mexico Pueblo group Coyote Gathers His People.



Art Organizations

Alaska Native Arts Resources Directory



Contemporary Art Exhibits in Alaska


Contemporary Native Alaskan Art exhibit at Anchorage Museum of Art and History (January-March 2003)

“John Hoover: Life and Art” description of 2002 exhibit



Online Exhibits and databases in Alaska

Instrument of Change: Jim Schoppert (1999) | 1997 Version

Alutiiq Museum and Kodiak youth - Rural School Art Show 2002

Native Alaskan paintings and drawings
in the online Collections Database at California Academy of Sciences



Galleries, Shops, Online Catalogs

Online catalog of Alaska Native Art

The Alaska Art Cache

Eagle Spirit Gallery of Ketchikan

Siverston Gallery of Alaska Native Art (in MN)

Stonington Gallery (Seattle, WA) representing Alaskan artists

Auction site for Alaska Native artwork by notable contemporary Alaskan artists



Other

Anchorage Museum of Art and History – opportunities for artists

Website for
Alaska Indian Arts, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation and continuation of traditional native craft and culture of the Northwest Coast Native Tribes (representing several artists from Southeastern Alaska)

Artist Index featuring Alaskan artists represented in Seattle area galleries:

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
8th Annual Alaska Native Art Auction (March 2003)

Native Alaskan Graphic Arts, Founding Artists

Tundra Times Photograph Project Database of photography from 1962-1997, taken for the Tundra Times Newspaper




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