Listening With Your Eyes - 2024 Charity Box







Listening With Your Eyes - 2024 Charity Box
4" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Red and yellow cedar, acrylic.
THIS BOX IS NOW SOLD. FINAL BID $1,000.00
This piece is part of our 2024 annual Charity Bentwood Boxes auction running from November 23rd to December 7th.
Margaret August
CULTURAL GROUP:
Coast Salish (Shíshálh)
BORN:
1983
BIRTHPLACE:
Victoria, BC
Margaret August is a Two-Spirit, Coast Salish artist from shíshálh nation. They were born in 1983 in the traditional unceded Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories. Margaret began their artistic journey at a young age, influenced by artists such as Susan Point, Mark Preston, and Butch Dick. In 2011, Margaret began showing their work in group art shows, and in 2017 they received a one-year Emerging Artist project grant from the People's Cultural Council. Margaret apprenticed under fellow Coast Salish artists Mark Gauti and Dylan Thomas. In March 2024, Margaret had a solo exhibition titled Re:birth at The Aunty Collective in Victoria, BC.