Northwest Coast Indian art is characterised by bold colours and designs and often features animals and mythical characters. Here’s where you can see and buy some of the best examples of this exciting artistic style.
I-Hos Gallery
Visiting I-Hos Gallery is a treat before you even enter the premises. The gallery is nestled in the Comox Valley with inspirational views of both the Comox Glacier and Comox Bay. Here you’ll find exceptional Northwest coast Indian art and crafts from a number of talented artists.
The gallery carries a bit of everything. You’ll find Northwest coast masks, prints, sculpture, glass, textiles and carvings. Art books and clothing are also for sale. You can also purchase beautiful art cards of your favourite Northwest coat Indian art prints to send to friends or use as inexpensive art in your home.
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I-Hos Gallery is 100% owned and operated by the Comox Valley’s own Comox First Nations. The gallery is located on Comox First Nation band lands on Vancouver Island. Happily for tourists, it is easy to access from the BC Ferries terminal and is within an easy drive of Courtenay and Comox.
Appropriately, Northwest coast Indian art is even incorporated into the design of I-Hos Gallery’s building. The front of the building showcases a whale and a two-headed sea serpent. The animals are important in the lore of Comox Nation and the serpent, I-Hos, is the inspiration for the gallery’s name.
Black Tusk Gallery
Located in Whistler, Black Tusk Gallery is devoted to showcasing Northwest coast Indian art and artists. The gallery concentrates on fine art for established collectors and those who wish to begin collecting Northwest coast art pieces.
Many of the exhibitions held by the gallery feature well-established Indigenous artists whose work is highly valued by knowledgeable collectors. Work by new artists just beginning to prove themselves on the art scene can also be found here.
At Black Tusk Gallery, you’ll find limited edition prints by artists like Alano Edzerza and stunning masks by carvers such as John Wilson. The gallery also carries sculptures, totems, vases, drums and jewelry.
If you’re in Whistler, be sure to stop in and check out their ever-changing inventory. You can also buy online at northwest coast indian art.
Hill’s Native Art
With four galleries in BC, Hill’s Native Art is reportedly the largest Northwest coast Indian art gallery in North America.
Hill’s showcases the usual items: paintings, prints, jewelry, masks, glass work and sculpture. It also carries art pieces you may not find elsewhere, such as feast dishes, talking sticks, baskets, rattles and Cowichan knits.
In addition to featuring a wide selection of Northwest coast pieces, Hill’s Native Art Gallery also showcases Plains, Woodlands and Inuit art. Bead work, drums, original paintings and beautiful stone, bone and antler carvings in these styles are all available.
Visit Hill’s Native Art in Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo and Kiksilah.