Shawn Hunt: The First Moonrise
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Equinox Gallery 3642 Commercial Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5N 4G2
![Shawn Hunt, "Haìłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Moon," 2021 Shawn Hunt, "Haìłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Moon," 2021](https://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/25755/download/28989.jpg?cb=c469bcb649f629f55950f27d7bcb0d41&w={width}&h={height})
Shawn Hunt, "Haìłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Moon," 2021
acrylic on canvas, 48" Diameter
Shawn Hunt is a Heiltsuk artist born in Waglisla (Bella Bella), British Columbia. Hunt’s practice is directly informed by his Scottish, French and First Nations background and the visual culture and traditions that accompany it. He works with traditional Northwest Coast design principle, known as formline, to create abstract, surreal, and sculptural artworks based on ancestral Heiltsuk Cosmology. Hunt is always seeking to push the boundaries of the art form, often combining non-traditional ideas with innovative uses of materials and motifs in his work.