Alano Edzerza is a First Nations artist renown for his prints of wildlife. Edzerza is also an outstanding entrepreneur who has brought the First Nations art into commercial apparel. Imagine wearing your favorite first nations art design as a dress, this is possible thanks to the vision of Alano Edzerza.
The artist attended school in Arizona where he learned to work with jewelry. He has also studied with many artists in private settings.
Edzerza was born in the year 1981 and has been making art his entire life.
Edzerza represents the Raven clan of First Nations Tahltan people.
In this clip we visit the artist in his studio and see how he lives on a daily basis:
In 2010, the artist secured a deal to design the wear for the Dutch Winter Olympic Sports Team.
Edzerza loves giving back to the community and has helped with local programs that help younger artists to succeed as artists and business people.
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What I enjoy most about his artwork is his sense of close up depictions of his work. When I first saw his work I imagined Andy Warhol might paint something so large in scale with such a limited palette if he worked in the First Nations style of design. Its great to see such art and designs finally making it the widespread consumer market.
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