Evelyn Vanderhoop
Haida Artist
Textile Weaver
P.O. Box 65
Masset, BC
V0t1M0
Phone: 250-626-5144
Mobile:425-595-0490
Email: evevanderhoop@gmail.com
Artist Statement
I am an artist in the mediums of wool, cedar and
paint. I have always wanted to create what I see and feel in the world that
surrounds me. My world of forest, beach, ocean and mountains are the
environments that enveloped my Haida ancestors. As a young person my drive for
creativity produced scenes of landscapes and seascapes in oil on canvas. After
university and marriage, I moved to Martha’s Vineyard Island a great distance
east of the Northwest Coast. I painted the scenes of that beautiful island in
watercolors because it was a safer medium to have around my three young
children. I fell under the spell of the magic of watercolor, a paint that
brings its own unique play on the surface of paper. After many years away, I
returned to the Pacific Northwest. That return brought a yearning to join the
revival that was happening within the traditional arts of the coast. I started
by painting dancers in the regalia of the cultures. But I come from a family of
weavers and the flying fingers of my mother, inspired and summoned me into
creating the ceremonial regalia using my own hands to join the ancestral rhythm
in the textile traditions of the Haida. I now specialize in weaving the
traditional chief’s robes of the Naaxiin. The formline designs of the Naaxiin
robes flow within a matrix of horizontal and vertical fiber. I “paint” in wool
and cedar and my paint brushes are now my fingers moving in the ancient rhythm
of my weaving ancestors. The garments of the past proclaimed alignment to the
natural and supernatural forces of the environment and I have researched this
early role of the mountain goat wool garments of the Haida. Today the wool
textile robes continue to drape clan leaders during traditional ceremonies. It
is an honor to produce objects and garments that illustrate the continuing
story of power and culture that evolved from the past and moves us into the
forces that surround us today.
Education
* 1971, University of Alaska, Fairbanks campus
transfer to:
* 1972-76, Western Washington University,
Bellingham WA
* 1976, Bachelor of Arts
* 1972&76, summer
studies through the University of Alaska,
Renaissance Art while touring museums of Europe in: Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, England, and Belgium.
* 1992-93 Ketchikan Museums, Ketchikan, AK,
Museum Internship.
* 1993/94/96, Raven’s
Tail Weaving and Naaxiin (Chilkat) Weaving: Studied with Cheryl Samuel and Delores
Churchill.
Experience
Teacher of Raven’s Tail and Naaxiin (Chilkat)
TECHNIQUES
~
Totem Heritage Center, Ketchikan AK Weaving Instructor
~
2000,
2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015; Raven’s Tail and Naaxiin
techniques.
~ Alaska Native
Heritage Center, Anchorage, AK
Instructor 2002 Naaxiin weaving techniques
~ Vancouver Museum Vancouver, BC; 2006, Instructor: weaving workshop
public program for “Totems to
Turquoise” exhibit
~ Haida Heritage Center,
Kay Linagaay Haida Gwaii BC, 2008, Raven’s Tail Instructor
~ Museum of the
American Indian, New York City
NY, 2011, Naaxiin Workshop Instructor
~ Nystle
Society, Skidegate, BC,
2011, March Raven’s Tail instructor
~ Haida
Heritage Center,
Kay linagaay Haida
Gwaii BC, 2013, Beginning Naaxiin Workshop, Canadian Council for The Arts,
Individual Artist Grant recipient.
~ Haida
Heritage Center,
Kay linagaay Haida
Gwaii BC, 2014, Intermediate Naaxiin Workshop, Canadian Council for The Arts,
Individual Artist Grant recipient.
Public Presentation and
Demonstration
~
Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas, 2015, Presentation at Cultural
Center and Museum.
~
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2015, Presentation and demonstration
at Textile Dept.
~
Spencer Museum of Art, Public Program presentation, 2015, Lawrence, Kansas
~
Haida Heritage Centre, Public weaving demonstration summer; 2014 and 2015
~
Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka AK, 2013, Lecture and Weaving session
~
Burke Museum, Seattle, WA, 2012, Public slide presentation
~
Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY, 2011, Naaxiin weaving demonstrator and
naaxiin workshop, public program Woman’s History Month, The Arts of Haida
Women.
~
Bard Graduate Center; Decorative Arts, Design History,
Material Culture, New York, NY,
2011-Twine and Braid; Origins, Materials, and Meaning of the Chilkat Robe;
Study Day with Evelyn Vanderhoop
~
Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, Ketchikan AK 2011, Friday Night Insights; Evelyn
Vanderhoop Naaxiin Haida Chilkat Weaving.
~
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ont. 2010, Speaker Public Programming for Haida
Made exhibit
~
Burke Museum, Seattle, WA, 2010, Demonstrator/workshop instructor
for public programing for Weaving Traditions exhibit.
~ Bill Reid
Gallery, Vancouver, BC,
2010, Public Introduction and
presentation during opening ceremonies for Time Warp; Contemporary Textiles
of the Northwest Coast, Evelyn Vanderhoop and Martine Reid
co-curators for first ever Northwest textile exhibit in North America.
~ The British
Museum, London UK,
2008, Invited consultant for the Northwest Coast Textiles within collection of
museum’s stores and public program demonstrator of Haida weaving.
~ Sharing Our Knowledge Clan
Conference, Sitka, AK, 2007, Presenter: Appreciation of Chilkat Weaving
~ “Gathering of the World Indigenous Peoples,”
Pua, France, 2006, Invited Haida artist, public weaving demonstration and dance
presenter.
~ Vancouver
Museum, Vancouver BC,
2006, Weaving Instructor for workshop and demonstration for public program
during Totems to Turquoise
exhibit
~ Museum of the
American Indian, Smithsonian
Washington DC, 2005, Public program weaving demonstration
~ Pataka Museum, Porinua City, New Zealand, 2004, Invited
speaker/presenter weavers conference in conjunction with festivities of the, Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread
exhibit.
~ Longhouse
Education and Cultural Center, Evergreen
State College, Olympia WA, 2001, Invited participant/artist in residence during
Pacific Rim Art Symposia, “The Return to the Swing”
~ University of
Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona, 2000, Artist Forum with Michael Kapotie; David Boxley; Evelyn
Vanderhoop
* Experience earlier than 2000 available upon
request
Master/Mentor
*20012- Mentor for Paula Varnell for her Gwaii Trust
Foundation Artist Mentorship Grant
*2009- Mentor for Lisa Hageman in her Aboriginal Arts
Development Award; British Columbia Arts Counsel in partnership with the First
Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Cultural Council.
*2006/2007- Master artist for apprentice Elsie
Stewart-Burton awarded grant from Gwaii Trust Foundation.
Watercolor Artist
Professional Watercolor artist; Martha’s Vineyard
1980-Alaska 1991-Washington State 1993-
Painting image chosen as reference for United States
Postal stamp: Raven Dancer. 1996 American Indian Dances commemorative
stamps designed by Keith Birdsong.
Separate Painting resume available on request.
Exhibitions
~
2015-Seattle
Collects Northwest Coast Native Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
~
2015-Here
& Now: Native Artists Inspired, Burke Museum, Seattle WA
~
2014-Gina
Suuda tl’l Xasii, Come to Tell Something; Art & Artist in Haida Society,
Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidegate BC
~ 2010- Solo Watercolour Exhibition, Haida Gwaii Museum,
Skidegate, BC
~
2010 Weaving
Heritage: Textile Masterpieces from The Burke Collection, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
~ 2010- Time Warp, Contemporary Textiles of the Northwest Coast;
The Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, BC
~ 2008- Extreme Baskets, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
~ 2007- Stretching
the Boundaries, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
~ 2006- Toi
Maori: The Eternal Thread, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
~ 2006- Manawa,
Pacific Heartbeat, Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, BC
~
2006-Raven Traveling, Two Centuries of Haida Art, Vancouver
Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
~ 2004- Totems to Turquoise, Museum of
Natural History, NY- 2006 Vancouver Museum, BC.
~
2004- Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread, Patraka Museum, Porirua
City, New Zealand
~ 2001- The
Return of the Swing: Gathering of Indigenous Visual Artists, Evergreen
College, Olympia, WA.
~
2000-Native
American Art from Alaska, Bahti Indian Arts Imports, Tucson, Arizona
~
Exhibits earlier
than 2000 available upon request
Media
and Publication
. 2015- Gina
Suuda tl’l Xasii, Come to Tell Something; Art & Artist in Haida Society; catalog
exhibit book-textile essay and consultant to content; Haida Gwaii Museum Press
.
2014-Northwest
Coast Indian Art; An Analysis of Form, 50th Anniversary Edition
Bill Holm; Evelyn Vanderhoop essay in honor of author’s contribution to
Northwest coast textile art and career.
.
2014-Tracing
Roots; A Weaver’s Journey, Documentary film, Ellen Frankenstein
producer, interviewed speaking as Delores Churchill’s daughter and member of a
weaving family.
.
2013-In
The Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the
Burke Museum, Bill Holm Center Publication Series; Invited Essay, Evelyn
Vanderhoop Contributor
.
2013-Return
to the Land of the Head Hunters; Edward S. Curtis, the Kwakwaka’wakw, and the
Making of Modern Cinema, edited; Brad Evans & Aaron Glass; Photo
essay by Evelyn Vanderhoop
.
2012-Native
British Columbia Guide: Artists, Galleries, Museums Attractions,
Christopher Best; Featured Artist, Evelyn Vanderhoop
.
2010-Time
Warp; Contemporary Textiles of the Northwest Coast, catalog publication
for Time Warp exhibit, Bill Reid Foundation; Co-curatorial essay
.
2007-Native
Artists in the Americas; National Museum of the American Indian Native Arts
Program; the First Ten Years; Introduction by Keevin Lewis, Essays and
artwork by the Artists. Smithsonian publication, edit Jessica Welton; Essay by
Evelyn Vanderhoop
.
2006- Manawa-Pacific
Heartbeat, book by Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Evelyn Vanderhoop; Beaver
Apron image; artist statement and biography
.
2005-Native
American Voices on Identity, Art, and Culture; Objects of Everlasting Esteem;
edited by Lucy Fowler Williams, William Wierzbowski and Robert W. Preucel. Two
essays by Evelyn Vanderhoop
.
2004-Totems
to Turquoise: Native American Jewelry arts of the Northwest and Southwest,
Book; Kari Chalker editor with essay from interview of Evelyn Vanderhoop.
.
2003-NaXine
Weaver; Ravens and Eagles: Haida Art (Series 2 video), Ravens and
Eagles Productions- Jeff Bear & Marianne Jones. Evelyn Vanderhoop weaving
and discussing the textile Northwest Coast and Haida traditional art.
.
1999-Mythic
Beings: Spirit Art of the Northwest Coast, Gary Wyatt, author Spirit Wrestler
Gallery; Evelyn Vanderhoop featured artist biography.
.
1999- Northwest
Carving Traditions, Book authors; Karen &Ralph Norris, images of
Evelyn Vanderhoop Naaxiin weaving.
Museum Acquisitions
*
2008- Miniature
Naaxiin Robe with Mannequin for Permanent Exhibit at the Haida Heritage Centre, Skidegate BC
*
2010-Naaxiin
Spirit Belt Collection of the Burke
Museum, Seattle WA
*
2011-Full Size
Raven’s Tail Chief Robe collected and on Permanent Exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau,
Ontario
Museum Textile Collections Research
Weaving and textile research in the following Venues:
· The British Museum, London, UK
· Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,
Missouri
· Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
· The Museum of Natural History, New York City,
NY
· The Museum of The American Indian, Washington
DC
· The National Museum of Natural History,
Washington, DC
· .University of Pennsylvania, University Museum,
Philadelphia,
· The Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY
· Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA
· Peabody and Essex Museum, Salem, MA
· The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
· The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
· The Burke Museum, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
· The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
· The Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
· Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa,
Wellington, NZ
· The Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
· Ketchikan Museums, Totem Heritage Center:
Ketchikan, AK
· Canadian Museum of History, National Museums of
Canada, Ottawa,
· Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
· Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC
· Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
· University of British Columbia Museum of
Anthropology, BC
· Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Los
Angeles, CA
· The Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Pasadena,
CA
Awards
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* 2014-Individual
Artist Grant-Canadian Council for the Arts; Instructor for Intermediate
Naaxiin Class, Haida Heritage Centre, Haida Gwaii.
* 2013-Individual
Artist Grant-Canadian Council for the Arts; Instructor for Beginning Naaxiin
Class Haida Heritage, Haida Gwaii.
* 2012, Research
Grant recipient, Burke Museum, Bill Holm Center for Northwest Coast Art.
University of Washington, WA
* 2005, Awarded continued Art Fellowship/Artist
in Residence, National Museum of the American Indian- Smithsonian Institute,
Washington DC.
* 2000, Awarded Art Fellowship/ Artist in
Residence, National Museum of the American Indian-ATLATL-Smithsonian
Institute sponsored study in Museum of Natural History, New York, NY;
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY; Museum of the American Indian, New York City,
NY; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; National Museum of Natural History, Washington
DC.
* 1998, First Place Northwest Textile, Naaxiin
(Chilkat) leggings, Art Northwest, Portland, OR.
*1996, Awarded Washington State Arts
Commission Master/Apprentice Grant Cheryl Samuel & Evelyn Vanderhoop
* Awards for Weaving and Painting previous to
the year 2000 available upon request.
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