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Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun - Artists - Garth Greenan Gallery.
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Cowichan/Syilx First Nations contemporary artist from Canada
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Alma mater | Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design |
| Notable work | Red Man Watching White Man Trying to Fix Hole in the Sky (1990), Inherent Rights, Vision Rights (1992) |
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is a Cowichan/SyilxFirst Nations contemporary artist from Canada.[1][2] His paintings employ elements of Northwest Coast formline design and Surrealism to explore issues as environmentalism, land ownership, and Canada's treatment of First Nations peoples.
Early life
Born in Kamloops, British Columbia in 1957, Yuxweluptun grew up in Kamloops and Richmond, British Columbia. His father, Benjamin Raphael Paul, who died in 1994, belonged to the Cowichan Tribes, a Coast Salish First Nation, and his mother, Evelyn Paul, was Syilx, part of the Okanagan Nation Alliance.[