Evelyn Vanderhoop (born in 1953) is a

Haida Nation The Council of the Haida Nation ("CHN") (''X̱aaydaG̱a Waadlux̱an Naay'') is the elected government of the Haida Nation. The council consists of a president and vice-president elected by popular vote, twelve regional representatives from four ele ...

artist from

Masset, British Columbia Masset , formerly ''Massett'', is a village in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Masset Sound on the northern coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Col ...

, Canada. She paints and is a textile artist, specializing in

Chilkat weaving Chilkat weaving is a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska and British Columbia. Chilkat blankets are worn by high-ranking tribal members on civic or ceremonial occasions, ...

and Raven's Tail weaving. Her work is in the collections of the

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (Burke Museum) is a natural history museum in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. Established in 1899 as the Washington State Museum, it traces its origins to a high school naturalist club fo ...

, the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works ...

, and the

Canadian Museum of History The Canadian Museum of History (french: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of C ...

Early life and background

Vanderhoop was born in Masset, British Columbia, in 1953. Her mother,

Delores Churchill Delores E. Churchill ( hai, Ilskyaalas) is a Native American artist of Haida descent. She is a weaver of baskets, hats, robes, and other regalia, as well as leading revitalization efforts for Haida, her native language. Background Churchil ...

(Haida), was a prominent weaver, as was her grandmother Selina Peratrovich.

Education

Vanderhoop earned her a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...

in Bellingham, Washington.

Career

In her early career, she worked primarily as a painter, transitioning later into working as a textile artist. Her art practice includes researching and sharing cultural knowledge of

Haida Haida may refer to: Places * Haida, an old name for Nový Bor * Haida Gwaii, meaning "Islands of the People", formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands * Haida Islands, a different archipelago near Bella Bella, British Columbia Ships * , a 1 ...

history. Vanderhoop specializes in Northern

Northwest Coast art Northwest Coast art is the term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations and Native American tribes of the Northwest ...

weaving. In 2011, the

commissioned her to weave ''Sqalra Qwii Ghaalgyaat'' (

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: ''Ripples in the Sky Robe'') Raven's Tail Robe. She collaborated with her mother (

) and her two daughters. In 2017, the

commissioned a Raven's Tail dance robe from the artist.

Public Collections

Her work can be found in the collections of

and the Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidegate, British Columbia.

Personal

Vanderhoop has two daughters, Carrie-Anne Vanderhoop Bellis and Tiffany Amber Vanderhoop Haida.

References

External links

Evelyn Vanderhoop Art
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderhoop, Evelyn Living people 1953 births 20th-century Canadian women 20th-century First Nations people 21st-century Canadian women Canadian textile artists Haida artists First Nations women artists Western Washington University alumni Women textile artists