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Patrick Amos

Nuu Chah Nulth

(1957)

First Name: Patrick

Last Name: Amos

Full Name: Patrick Amos

Name in syllabics: N/A

Alternative Names: N/A

Date of birth: 1957

Place of birth: Friendly Cove, Nootka Island, British Columbia, Canada

Date of death: N/A

Place of death: N/A

Community/Heritage: Mowachaht Band, Nuu-chah-nulth Nation 

Sex: Male

Disc Number: N/A

Website: N/A

Art Media: Prints, carving

Bio:

Patrick Amos was born in 1957 in Friendly Cove on Nootka Island on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He is part of the Mowachaht Band, one of the fourteen member tribes of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. As a child he attended Christie Residential School on Meares Island and subsequently studied at the Provincial Museum of British Columbia. 

Amos started designing limited edition prints in 1976 and began selling his work through the Royal British Columbia Museum shop in Victoria, B.C. In 1979, he began carving wood, apprenticing with Tony Hunt Sr. at the Art of the Raven Gallery, also in Victoria. Later, he apprenticed with Tim Paul at the Royal British Columbia Museum carving shed in Victoria, where he assisted with totem pole projects. In 1990, Amos and Tim Paul carved a 36’ Hesquiaht totem pole for the Maori people of New Zealand. 

Amos remains active in his community, giving carving demonstrations at various schools throughout the Port Alberni school district. Since 1991, Patrick has also taught native art classes at the Duquaht Art School in Ucluelet, BC.

Exhibitions

  • 1991: Gallery Idigena, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
  • 1992: Native Heritage Center, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

Collections

Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC

Artwork

Title Last Sold At Auction
"SPLIT THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALE & LIGHTNING SNAKES" AND "BOX DESIGN" 2019-05 (May 2019)
"THUNDERBIRD & LIGHTNING SNAKE" & "SALMON" 2021-06 (June 2021)
CLAM T-BIRD - KILLER WHALE & WOLF; THUNDERBIRD DANCER 2010-10 (October 2010)
SPLIT THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALE & LIGHTNING SNAKES 2021-09 (September 2021)
SPLIT THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALES & LIGHTENING SNAKE 2020-03 (March 2020)
TWO WORKS: SPLIT BLUE HERON, 1980; THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALE AND WOLF, 1986 2023-04 (April 2023)
“CANADA GEESE” AND “TLU - KWANA” 2018-08 (August 2018)

Recent Auction Results

TWO WORKS: SPLIT BLUE HERON, 1980; THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALE AND WOLF, 1986
Estimate: 150 — 250
Sold: Apr 2023 — Sold For: $120
SPLIT THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALE & LIGHTNING SNAKES
Estimate: 80 — 100
Sold: Sep 2021 — Sold For: $108
"THUNDERBIRD & LIGHTNING SNAKE" & "SALMON"
Estimate: 100 — 125
Sold: Jun 2021 — Sold For: $252
SPLIT THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALES & LIGHTENING SNAKE
Estimate: 80 — 100
Sold: Mar 2020 — Sold For: $72
"SPLIT THUNDERBIRD, KILLER WHALE & LIGHTNING SNAKES" AND "BOX DESIGN"
Estimate: 120 — 160
Sold: May 2019 — Sold For: $96
“CANADA GEESE” AND “TLU - KWANA”
Estimate: 150 — 200
Sold: Aug 2018 — Sold For: $84

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