Susan Point

CULTURAL GROUP:
Coast Salish

BORN:
April 5, 1952

BIRTHPLACE:
Musqueam Reserve, Vancouver, BC

Susan Point, although primarily self-taught, has received training in wood carving from master carver, John Livingston. She also completed a jewellery course at Vancouver Community College with Jack Leyland. In 1981, she began to study and work in Salish art, especially with jewellery and small sculptures. Susan has been a part of numerous group and solo exhibitions. In 2009, her work was featured in Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, ON. In 2010, her work was exhibited in Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual at the Vancouver Art Gallery in BC; Coast Salish Nation Carving Gallery, BC; and Pavillion, and in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC. In 1986, she exhibited in New Visions: Serigraphs by Susan Point, Coast Salish Artist, which was organized by the Museum of Anthropology, UBC. Her work has also been featured overseas, including in galleries in Switzerland in 1989 alongside artists Joe David and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.

Susan has been commissioned for many large-scale private and public collections since 1981. In 1993, Susan created various glass, copper, and cedar panels for the Vancouver International Airport, and in 1994 she was commissioned to also carve a 16" diameter red cedar spindle whorl titled Flight. In 2011, she carved a housepost titled Rebirth for the Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, and that year she also carved a red cedar Welcome Figure for Douglas College in New Wesminster, BC. Many of her pieces are featured throughout the city of Vancouver, at the Vancouver International Airport, and at UBC's Museum of Anthropology.

Since the early 1990s, Susan has received numerous awards that recognize her great artistic abilities and achievements. In March of 2004, she was appointed to the Royal Canadian Academy, and in 2006 she was awarded the Order of Canada. In 2007, she received a BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art. Susan has been awarded Honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts from Emily Carr College of Art and Design (2008), Simon Fraser University (2008), and the University of British Columbia (2009). Susan has works in private and corporate collections in over 20 countries.

Susan Point Archive


  • Chinook Whorl - Red Cedar Spindle Whorl


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  • Common Thread - Framed Limited Edition Print


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    $1,880.00
  • Song of the Wild - Framed Limited Edition Print


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    $800.00
  • Salish Spindle Whorl Scinqua - Limited Edition Print


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    $860.00
  • Eagles Carrying Sun - Limited Edition Print


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    $860.00
  • Sacred Weave - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,400.00
  • Two Headed Serpent - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,275.00
  • Woodcut I - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,300.00
  • Winter Hunt - Limited Edition Print


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    $860.00
  • Untitled (Welcome Figure Whorl) - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,110.00
  • Unity - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,180.00
  • Ulksen - Limited Edition Print


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    $850.00
  • Two-Headed Eagle - Limited Edition Print


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    $780.00
  • Tribal Council - Limited Edition Print


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    $920.00
  • Traditional Thunderbird Whorl - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,080.00
  • Tomorrow's Dream - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,000.00
  • Time - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,260.00
  • Thunderbird and Salmon - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,100.00
  • Thunder Lizards - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,225.00
  • The Wolf People - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,000.00
  • The Watcher - Limited Edition Print


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    $820.00
  • The Old Woman - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,200.00
  • The Moon and the Wolf - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,080.00
  • The Messenger - Limited Edition Print


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    $870.00
  • T-Bird Image - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,100.00
  • Symbol of Power - Limited Edition Print


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    $980.00
  • Swanisit Brings Salmon II - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,010.00
  • Summer's Eve - Limited Edition Print


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    $710.00
  • Sturgeon (Series 2 of 2) - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,700.00
  • Sturgeon (Series 1 of 2) - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,850.00
  • Stormwind (Weir Series) - Limited Edition Print


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    $700.00
  • Squirrel - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,050.00
  • Spirit of the Taku - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,600.00
  • Spirit of a Warrior - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,675.00
  • Spawning Salmon - Limited Edition Print


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    $880.00
  • Smiling Frog (State I) - Limited Edition Print


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    $925.00
  • Southwind with Mountain Beaver Woman (Weir Series) - Limited Edition Print


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    $700.00
  • Skakala Tseetmōḵs - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,175.00
  • S'cinqw' Food of the Thunderbirds - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,275.00
  • Salmon People II - Limited Edition Print


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    $825.00
  • Salmon - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,050.00
  • Reflection of the Sockeye People - Limited Edition Print


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    $880.00
  • Raven Woodcut - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,325.00
  • People of the Forest - Limited Edition Print


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    $950.00
  • Pacific Spirit '91 - Limited Edition Print


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    $980.00
  • Northwind (Weir Series) - Limited Edition Print


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    $700.00
  • Mystical Whorl - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,200.00
  • Mutsqui - Limited Edition Print


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    $910.00
  • Midnight Flight - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,450.00
  • A Mark of the Salish - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,880.00
  • Man and Wolves - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,075.00
  • Man and Sea Otters - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,275.00
  • Man and Salmon - Limited Edition Print


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    $850.00
  • Man and Eagles - Limited Edition Print


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    $850.00
  • Inspiration - Limited Edition Print


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    $4,180.00
  • Imagism - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,330.00
  • Images (Salish Artifact III - Box Front Design) - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,420.00
  • Hawk Spirit - Limited Edition Print


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    $770.00
  • Harmony - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,080.00
  • Fishing - Limited Edition Print


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    $1,275.00