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
2012- Mentor for Paula Varnell;
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 Bill Holm’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.
~ 2014-Haida Weaver Shares Her Thoughts on History and
Archaeology, Indian Country
Today Media Network. Article by Evelyn Vanderhoop 12/26/14
~ 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
  
Evelyn Vanderhoop with mother, Delores Churchill dancing
the textiles of the Naaxiin
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