Calvin Hunt (artist)
Calvin Hunt | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada |
| Known for | Woodcarver |
Calvin Hunt RCA (born 1956, Kwakiutl) is a Canadian First Nations artist from Fort Rupert, British Columbia. The Kwakiutl are part of the larger nation Kwakwaka'wakw.
He is a descendant of the renowned Tlingit ethnologist George Hunt. He was apprenticed as a teenager to his second cousin Tony Hunt, an artist and carver.
He is a woodcarver and owns his own gallery. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.