Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Wells, Clarence |
Dates & places of birth and death |
b. 1950 in Prince Rupert |
Role |
Artist |
Biography |
Artist and carver Clarence A. Wells (b. 1950, Prince Rupert, BC) is a member of the Blackfish (Killer Whale) clan of the Gitxsan (Gitsan) Clan of the Tsimshian (Tsimpshien). As a youth, he spent five years in Alberni Indian Residential School and moved back to Prince Rupert in 1962. At the age of 15, he won a National Art Design Award signed by Arthur Laing and moved to Vancouver in 1965, where he attended the Langara Campus of Vancouver Community College for four years, with emphasis on art. Wells' Haida style paintings are often painted onto hand-crafted drums, as well as hand-carved boxes and other household items. |
