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Dempsey Bob was born on 1948 in Canada, is a Canadian woodcarver and sculptor. Discover Dempsey Bob's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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1948

Dempsey Bob, (born 1948) is a Northwest Coast woodcarver and sculptor from British Columbia, Canada, who is of Tahltan and Tlingit First Nations descent.

He was born in the Tahltan village of Telegraph Creek on the Stikine River in northwestern B.C., and is of the Wolf clan.

1969

Dempsey began carving in 1969, studying with the Haida carver Freda Diesing in Prince Rupert, B.C. In 1972-1974 he studied at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art ('Ksan) at Hazelton, B.C., in Gitksan territory and then taught there for many years.

1992

The first time his work was shown at the National Gallery of Canada was in 1992.

He was included in the landmark exhibition Land Spirit Power, the first survey exhibition of First Nations contemporary art to be held at the NGC.

Since then he has had many solo and group exhibitions in Canada and around the world and his works have been widely collected in major public and private collections.

Themes of his artwork include developing ideas from traditional West Coast First Nations stories and frogs being one of his preferred subjects.

Dempsey Bob's solo exhibitions include:

2006

In 2006, he helped found and is an advisor of the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Arts at Coast Mountain College in Terrace, B.C., to carry on Diesing's legacy and guide the next generation of First Nation artists.

His apprentices have included the Tahltan carver Dale Campbell and Tlingit carver Keith Wolfe Smarch.

2013

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013 for his work as a carver, teaching the next generation of carvers and his dedication to Talhtan-Tlingit cultural preservation.

2014

He also received an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia in 2014.

His work is in many important museum and gallery collections including the Canadian Museum of History; the Royal British Columbia Museum; the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology; the Audain Art Museum; the Columbia Museum of Ethnology; the Aboriginal and Northern Affairs art collection in Ottawa, the Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Ethnology in Japan; and the Hamburgisches Museum fur Volkerskkunde in Hamburg, Germany.

Major commissions include the Vancouver Airport Authority, the Museum of Northern B.C., Prince Rupert; and the Owase Community Cultural Centre, Japan.

Bob's preferred medium is wood although he uses many different materials in his work.

He carves bowls, masks, totem poles and other works, mostly in the Tlingit style.