Richard Hunt (born 1951, Kwakwaka'wakw) is a Canadian First Nations artist from coastal British Columbia.
Biography Hunt was born at Alert Bay, B.C., but has lived most of his life in Victoria, B.C. On his father's side, he is a descendant of the renowned Native ethnologist George Hunt. He began carving at the age of thirteen. In 1973 he began working with his father Henry Hunt at Thunderbird Park at the British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria.
Richard's brothers Tony Hunt and Stanley C. Hunt are also carvers.
Richard Hunt designed the medals for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held August 17–21, 2006 at Saanich Commonwealth Place.Government of British Columbia - Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Community Services and Minister Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues - Photo Gallery - Medals for Pan-Pacific Swim Championships Among his other projects, he repainted the totem pole at Rideau Hall, which his grandfather Mungo Martin had given to Governor General Lord Alexander in 1946.Rideau Hall - The Unveiling of an Inuksuk at Rideau Hall
Honors In 1991, Hunt was inducted into the Order of British Columbia.Government of British Columbia, Protocol and Events Branch - Order of British Columbia - Richard Hunt He is also a member of the Order of Canada.
He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria in 2004.The Ring, University of Victoria - April 2004, Vol. 30, No. 4 - Six selected for spring honorary degrees He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
References
Hunt, Ross (2007) "The Hunt Family's Trip to West Germany to Attend the Bundesgarten Show," Anthropology News, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 20–21. Macnair, Peter L., Alan L. Hoover, and Kevin Neary (1984) The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre. , Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Through My Father's Eyes: The Art of Richard Hunt, March 16, 2000 to August 27, 2000
External links Official site. Biography of Richard Hunt, Galleria Silecchia