Susan Point Limited Edition Silkscreen Print "Man and Eagles" from 1986. Framed. FMV of $850.

Fair Market Value of $850.  Susan Point limited edition, silkscreen print from 1986. Titled "Man and Eagles". Framed. Number 430 out of 1,000.

Donated by Kim Allen. 

Kim Allen (donator of this Susan Point work of art) and Sveva Caetani Connection:

"My connection to Sveva started about 44 years ago. We developed a friendship and I was inspired to pursue my University studies. When I returned to Vernon, with an Honours degree in Art History and Architecture, we discussed Sveva’s wishes for her estate. After Sveva died I was co-Executrix with Grace Funk for Sveva’s Estate. In the 30 years since Sveva’s death I have been involved in many discussions and decisions about her story and her ongoing legacy that is now the Caetani Cultural Centre in Vernon. I also have relationships with the Roffredo and Camillo Caetani Foundations in Italy."

Susan Point Biography:

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.