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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
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The studio is dedicated to a contemporary reinterpretation of one of the world’s most sophisticated artistic languages.

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We are authors of our destiny, which is past, present, and future. 2010.4.14

In this painting, we can see the twinkle of the later Daalkaatlii Diaries...

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November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Even in times of immense loss, we have never been mere victims.

TIDE (2011).

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November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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up - reverse - down - play

#michaelnicollyahgulanaas #artonpaper #watercolour #contemporaryart #rotating #flip #ink #artstudio #artwork #BCArt
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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From the long lost pages of BLACK SHIP... a story of the salmon, the forest, and the Peoples of the North Pacific

#blackship #book #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #takeflight #watercolour #ink #pages
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Looking back to the earlier works in the FLESH TONES series (2008) #watercolour #worksonpaper #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #artwork #archives
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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When the studio released A Tale of Two Shamans, ninety special copies included original drawings within the pages... also known as the Shamanic Doodles!

#michaelnicollyahgulanaas #originals #doodles #alwayscreating #checkyourbooks
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A detail from one of the earlier mural projects from the studio, War of the Blink (2005).

This story is about a fisherman who suspects a party of raiders is descending upon his island home...

#haidamanga #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #frames #narratives #workonpaper #watercolour #Ink #fromthestudio
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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SOUTHPAW, taking us back to 2011 #watercolour #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #worksonpaper
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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When they came here, they called us Indians... but they didn't specify what kind of Indians, so I was confused.

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October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Why I became an artist. THE STAND, a film by Chris Auchter, captures the story of the 1985 Lyell Island #blockade by the #HaidaNation

Now available through the #NationalFilmBoard
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The Stand
In the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people stood on a muddy logging road on Lyell Island—and refused to move. What followed was a landmark …
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October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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PONDERED, part of the Rotational Series (March 2012), watercolour and ink on paper, 22 3/8” H x 28 5/8” W. This piece was included in the #outsiderartfair in 2023 #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #watercolour #artonpaper #rotational #movement #colourful
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Family Matters exhibition is now open at the #HumboldtForum in Berlin, with the Polygon with the Tale of Two Shamans.

A grateful 'thank you' to the Humboldt Forum and Preparatory Group, and to Feride and Fabiano for hosting the tours!

Photo: Frank Sperling

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October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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One of the active exhibitions currently held abroad. On view at #OrendaGallery in Paris: Le pinceau et la plume (The Brush and the Pen), featuring works from the Maktali series...

Details about the Berlin exhibit, incoming!

#HaidaManga #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #ParisExhibition #MaktaliSeries
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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From the MAKTALI series, on display at Orenda Gallery in Paris, France. Made during my 2014 tenure as a visiting #Audain professor at the University of Victoria in the visual arts department with a student

#finite #linoleum #printmaking #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #multimedia #worksonpaper
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Another #DailyDoodle - a closeup video of the studio process #artist #studio #video #short #detail #trusttheprocess #michaelnicollyahgulanaas
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Exhibit in Paris! Three works on paper from the #Maktali series are featured this fall at the #OrendaGallery. Hand-coloured and rooted in #Haida visual traditions.

Only 14 impressions of the original linoleum framelines exist

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October 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Final days - head to Gallery Jones to see the Pages from the Diaries exhibition 🌟

#galleryjones #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #artinstallation #ondisplay #soloexhibit #artscence #checkitout #contemporaryart

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October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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"Finally After a Long Time (Tliiyaan)”, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 100cm.

On display at 'Pages from the Diaries' at Gallery Jones in Vancouver until October 11.

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October 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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From a 2019 #sketchbook during my time on the Negotiation Strategy Team for the Haida government.

The sketchbook is filled with quick #graphite #studies alongside meeting notes.

#sketchbook #graphite #lifedrawing #portrait #sketches #artpractice #doodle #expressions #groupportrait
October 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Less brain more dance! FLESH TONES exhibit continues at @malaspinaprintmakers in Vancouver. For more information, read the press release here >>>

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October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A successful artist talk today at Emily Carr University of Art + Design focusing on story and structure for the Animation program

#artisttalk #yvrart #lecture #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #HaidaManga #artschool #interdisciplinaryart #ECUAD

Photo Éléonore Goldberg (thank you for hosting, Éléonore!)
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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SPRING BERRY, paint and platinum-leaf on metal car hood, 54 x 26 x 4 inches (2025)

Now on display at @GalleryJones as part of the 'Pages from the Diaries' exhibition in Vancouver

#coppersfromthehood #sculptural #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #carhood #yaris #artwork #contemporaryart #repurposed
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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“Unknown”, acrylic, ink, collage on panel, 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.75cm (2025)

Now on display at @GalleryJones as part of the 'Pages from the Diaries' exhibition in Vancouver

#multimedia #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #artwork #contemporaryart #repurposed
September 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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BIFURCATION from the ongoing series, #CoppersfromtheHood, which embed traditional value systems into industrial materials by means of contemporary art

Now on display at @GalleryJones in #Vancouver

#contemporaryart #sculptural #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #MNY #YVRArt #bcartist #Yaris #carhood
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Daily doodle process video from the studio #closeup

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September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM