Alan Syliboy

Filter:

Availability
0 selected Reset
Price
The highest price is $18,400.00 Reset
$
$
Artist
0 selected Reset
Artwork Type
0 selected Reset
Clear all

23 artworks

Filter and sort

Filter and sort

23 artworks

Availability
Clear
Price

The highest price is $18,400.00

$
$
Clear
Artist
Clear
Artwork Type
Clear
Clear all
Clear all

23 artworks

About the Artist: Alan Syliboy

Learn more

About the Artist

Artist Bio

Alan Syliboy grew up believing that native art was generic. “As a youth, I found painting difficult and painful, because I was unsure of my identity.” But his confidence grew in 1972 when he studied privately with Shirley Bear. He then attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where 25 years later, he was invited to sit on the Board of Governors. Syliboy looks to the indigenous Mi’kmaq petroglyph tradition for inspiration and develops his own artistic vocabulary out of those forms. His popularization of these symbolic icons has conferred on them a mainstream legitimacy that restores community pride in its Mi’kmaq heritage.

Additional Information