Marvin Oliver (artist)
Marvin Oliver (1946–2019) was an Indigenous American artist and professor. He mainly focused on contemporary sculpture and printmaking. Oliver used his Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo heritage as an influence for his art, but he also took inspiration from Coast Salish traditions. Biography Oliver was born in Shelton, Washington in 1946 and his family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, when he was eight years old. He later attended the University of Washington, graduating in 1973. He studied art history and art under Bill Holm and Jacob Lawrence. He became a professor at the University of Washington the next year in 1974. One of this students was Jewell James. In 1975, Oliver offered the Seattle Seahawks a redesign of their logo, to bring its look close to that of local formline art styles. Oliver created many pieces from glass such as "Northwest Coast-style baskets and spirit boards, kachinas and fins, faces and disks. He carved and painted wood totem poles, cylinders, and do ...
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