Résumé

    Profile

  • • Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is a contemporary visual artist with works in institutional, public, and private collections.
  • • Institutional collectors include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, Humboldt Forum in Berlin, and the Seattle Art Museum.
  • • Large sculptural works are in the public art collections of the City of Vancouver, City of Richmond, City of Kamloops, and University of British Columbia.
  • • Works are in private collections in Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Qatar, UK, and USA.
  • • Author of bestsellers Flight of the Hummingbird and RED: A Haida Manga; subject of Mischief Making: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Art, and the Seriousness of Play (UBC Press 2021) by Dr. Nicola Levell.

    Grants and Awards

  • 2017 BC Achievement Foundation, First Nations Art Award
  • 2017 Hnatyshyn Foundation, REVEAL Award
  • 2015 American Museum of Natural History, Artist in Residence
  • 2012 University of Victoria, Audain Professor of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest
  • 2006 Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Major Award

    Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2022 New Works, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, Canada
  • 2021 Making Mischief, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2019 Carpe Fin, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
  • 2018 A Tale of Two Shamans, Haida Gwaii, Canada
  • 2017 Seriousness of Play, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, Canada
  • 2015 Seriousness of Play, Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2015 Musing of Manga in the Museum, Haida Gwaii, Canada
  • 2014 Solo 4, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2013 Emily Carr and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Masters Gallery, Calgary, Canada
  • 2012 Solo 3, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2012 Craft, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
  • 2011 Old Growth, grunt gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2011 Solo 2, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2011 RED, a Haida Manga, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Canada
  • 2010 RED Undone, Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaay, Haida Gwaii, Canada
  • 2010 Solo, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2009 Mastering Manga, Masters Gallery, Calgary, Canada
  • 2009 Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: Exploring Haida Manga, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
  • 2009 Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Edward Burtynsky (project) , Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
  • 2009 Haida Manwha Bang, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
  • 2007 Meddling in the Museum, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada

    Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2023 Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City
  • 2022 Past/Present/Future at Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
  • 2022 Comic Sans, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
  • 2019 Sding K'awXangs, McCord & Stewart Museums, Montreal, Canada
  • 2017 Upholding Balance, Ketchikan Museums, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
  • 2017 Udell Xhibitions, Edmonton, Canada
  • 2017 Unceded Traditions. Unceded Territories. Vancouver Civic Theatres, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2015 Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
  • 2015 Tokyo Design Week, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2015 Seattle Simplified, Seattle, USA
  • 2015 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, USA
  • 2015 Papier 14, Montreal, Canada
  • 2015 Indigenous Beauty, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
  • 2014 Live Auction, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2012 Bundeskunsthalle, Art & Exhibit Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, Germany
  • 2012 Treasures of the World's Cultures, Manarat al Saadiyat Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • 2012 Extraordinary Stories from the British Museum, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia
  • 2012 Beat Nation, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2011 Shore, Forest and Beyond, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2011 Haida Manga Reading Room, Gendai Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2010 Challenging Traditions, Reach Art Gallery and Museum, Abbotsford, Canada
  • 2010 Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2010 Haida Made: New Collaborations in Design, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
  • 2010 Ethnographic Terminalia 2010, New Orleans, USA
  • 2009 Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2009 BC Scene, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2009 Challenging Traditions, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg ON, Canada
  • 2009 Challenging Traditions, Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2008 Comox Valley Art Centre, Comox, Canada
  • 2008 Evergreen Centre Art Gallery, Coquitlam, Canada
  • 2008 What Use Art History? Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, Canada
  • 2008 Equinox Gallery Vancouver, Canada
  • 2008 Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaay, Haida Gwaii, Canada
  • 2006 Raven Travelling, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2005 A World’s Children Picture Book, Seoul, Korea
  • 2005 Exhibition of Paintings, Expo 2005, 7th World Comic Artists Conference, Bucheon, Korea
  • 2005 Live Painting Exhibit, Expo 2005 Canadian Pavilion, Nagoya, Japan
  • 2005 Stripburger, Du Monde Aux Balkans Festival, Milan, Italy
  • 2005 Word on the Street, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2004 Red White 100% Design, Canada House, London, UK
  • 2004 7th Annual International Cartoon Book Festival, Bucheon, Korea
  • 2004 Word on the Street, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2003 The Last Voyage of the Black Ship, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2003 No Apologies Necessary, Tokyo Design Week (top 10 ranking), Prince Takamodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2003 Word on the Street, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2002 Raw Potential, Water Street, Vancouver BC
  • 2002 A Tale of Two Shamans, Dixon Maritime Museum, Masset, Haida Gwaii, Canada
  • 2002 Skung Gwaii Robe, Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaayy, Haida Gwaii, Canada

    Selected Commissions

  • 2022 Fin, Strand and Locarno, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2017 Carpe Fin, Seattle Art Museum, USA
  • 2015 Sei, Vancouver International Airport Authority, Canada
  • 2014 Rivers, City of Kamloops, Canada
  • 2011 Abundance Fenced, City of Vancouver, Canada
  • 2011 Coppers from the Hood, The British Museum, London UK
  • 2009 Take Off, for the 2010 Winter Olympics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • 2009 Continuum, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Canada
  • 2008 RE ME MB ER, Geist Magazine, Canada
  • 2007 Meddling in the Museum, Museum of Anthropology, Canada

    Selected Public Collections

  • British Museum (currently on display)
  • Humboldt Forum (currently on display)
  • Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts (currently on display)
  • Canadian Museum of History (currently on display)
  • Denver Art Museum (currently on display)
  • City of Vancouver (currently on display)
  • Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia (currently on display)
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (Yelthadaas exhibited 2017-19)
  • Seattle Art Museum
  • Glenbow Museum
  • Vancouver Art Gallery
  • Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaay
  • Kawasaki City Manga Museum, Japan
  • Alberta College of Art and Design Calgary, Canada

    Publications and Related Works

  • 2023  JAJ: a Haida Manga, Douglas & McIntyre
  • 2021 “Pay Your Rent,” The Globe and Mail, July 17, 2021
  • 2019 Co-librettist and designer, The Flight of the Hummingbird (produced by Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria)
  • 2019 Carpe Fin, Douglas & McIntyre
  • 2018 A Tale of Two Shamans, Locarno Press
  • 2017 The War of the Blink, Locarno Press
  • 2014 RED: a Haida Manga, Douglas & McIntyre
    •   Launched at the American Museum of Natural History
    •   Nominated for BC Booksellers' Choice Award, Canada
    •   Nominated for the Doug Wright Award for Best Book, Canada
    •   Nominated for the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Cartoonist, Canada
  • 2013 RED: a Haida Manga, a short film by Chris Auchter and MNY
  • 2011 Old Growth, ed. Liz Park, Read Leaf and grunt gallery
  • 2010 The Little Hummingbird, Greystone Books
  • 2010 Raven's Call, an animated short film written by Bill Reid and adapted and produced by MNY
  • 2010 The Canoe He Called Loo Taas with Amanda Reid-Stevens, Benjamin Brown Books
  • 2010 Declaration of Interdependence with Tara Cullis and David Suzuki, Greystone Books
  • 2008 Flight of the Hummingbird, A Parable for the Environment, Douglas & McIntyre
    •   Winner of Book of the Year 2009, 13th Annual Independent Publishers, USA
    •   Nominated for a BC Booksellers' Choice Award, BC, Canada
    •   Australian, Spanish, French, and Serbian editions
  • 2008 Flight of the Hummingbird, an animated short film written and produced by MNY
  • 2004 A Lousy Tale, exhibited Canada House, London UK
  • 2002 The Last Voyage of the Black Ship, Western Canada Wilderness Committee
  • 2001 A Tale of Two Shamans, Theytus Books and Haida Gwaii Museum at Ḵay Llnagaay

    Selected Speaking Engagements

  • 2021 Keynote Address, BC School Trustees Association, Canada
  • 2021 Keynote Address, National Restorative Justice Conference, Canada
  • 2019 Gaaysiigang, Haida Gwaii, Canada
  • 2019 Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, USA: Guest lecturer
  • 2019 North Island College, Comox, Canada
  • 2018 Quebec City Panel presentation, Theme: Haida Manga, Quebec City, Canada
  • 2018 Wando International Symposium, Theme: Art and Ecology, Wando, South Korea: Keynote speaker
  • 2016 Keynote Canadian Society of Education through the Arts Annual General Meeting
  • 2015 Second Indigenous Terra Madre conference, Shillong, Meghalaya, India: Guest lecturer
  • 2015 TEDX presentation, The Spaces Between, Vancouver, Canada, invited
  • 2015 Indigenous Terra Madre, Shillong, India, awarded
  • 2015 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, USA: Panel member
  • 2015 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA: Artist Talk
  • 2014 American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA: Guest lecturer
  • 2014 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Canada: Guest lecturer
  • 2014 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada: Guest lecturer

    Selected Critical Reviews

  • Schulz-Bianco, Francesca. “A Haida Artist Reimagines the Relationship Between Museums and Indigenous Art.” Montecristo, December 2022.
  • Kelp-Stebbins, Katherine. “Border Thinking and Decolonial Mapping in Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’s Haida Manga.” How Comics Travel: Publication, Translation, Radical Literacies, The Ohio State University Press, Columbus OH, 2022.
  • Correoso Cardenas, José Manuel. “La producción de Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: el «Haida manga» como conversación entre texto imagen.” Estudios de Literatura Comparada 3, March 2022, p.155-65.
  • Levell, Nicola, Mischief Making: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Art, and the Seriousness of Play, UBC Press, Vancouver BC, 2021.
  • Nodelman, Perry. “Michael Yahgulanaas’ Red and the Structures of Sequential Art.” Seriality and Texts for Young People: The Compulsion to Repeat, edited by Reimer, M., N. Ali, D. England, M. Dennis Unrau, and Melanie Dennis Unrau, Springer, 2014, pp. 189-205.
  • Levell, Nicoll. "Site-specificity and Dislocation: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and his Haida Manga Meddling." Journal of Material Culture, 2013, 18(1)
  • Ostrowitz, Judith. “Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: it Looks Like Manga.” Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast, edited by Aaron Glass, A BGC Focus Gallery Publication, 2011, pp. 79-88.