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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

@mnystudio.bsky.social
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The studio is dedicated to a contemporary reinterpretation of one of the world’s most sophisticated artistic languages. More details and updates www.MNY.ca

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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The great knows that, as it leaps out of the water, gravity will carry it back SEI, Permanent installation, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Y Public Art (MNY and Barry Gilson) #publicart #yvr #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #steel #waveSEI SEI sei 2sei 3ssei
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yours truly, featured in the latest edition of BC BookWorld - Read it here! buff.ly/iFwVNsT @bcbooklook #artist #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #philosopher #onthecover #artnews
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
First ever Haida Manga work in Conté. What do you think? #contecrayon #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #workonpaper #haidamanga #narrative
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In October, I’ll join Ernst Reijseger at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris for two evenings of live drawing, improvised music, and conversation on October 10 & 11. Experience creativity as a relational process 🎼 #liveevent #cello #drawing #artistsatwork #michaelnicollyahgulanaas buff.ly/ApPcq2P
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
On exhibit now at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem: MARI MARY from the Coppers from the Hood series @peabodyessex #inthecollection #artdisplay #museum #yahgulanaas #installation
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Now in a private collection in Tokyo, which was also a source of historically rare Japanese paper... #drawing #IRL #artistatwork #Japan #worksonpaper
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
COSMAMA 1 & 2 Coppers from the Hood, pictured here on the walls of @galleryjones #sculptural #foundobjects #yahgulanaas #coppersfromthehood #artinstallation
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Human culture is not pure but is continuously reinvented as it becomes informed by living memories and experiences. Detail of Supernatural Clam Digger, acrylic on canvas, 2026 #figurativeart #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #newworks #contemporaryart #artstudio
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The actual creation sparks across neural circuits, and the ink is only revealed to me once it flows thorough the brush and onto the empty field CONTEMPLATION #inkonboard #gowiththeflow #yahgulanaas #artwork #square #panel #contemporaryart #haidamanga #mnystudio #mny #art #drawing #spontaneous
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The ABOVE THE FLOOD exhibit at the Hearth Gallery, Bowen Island Arts Council, was extended through Sunday, August 23. One more week to see the exhibition, so don’t miss it! #artexhibit #bowenisland #yahgulanaas #artinstallation #contemporaryart
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Artwork for the day: PLUNGE from the monumental Daalkaatlii Diaries series #acryliconcanvas #yahgulanaas #galleryjones #installation #contemporaryart
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Lessons that resonate a millennium after they were first conceived are lessons unlearned. #cropped #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #watercolour #ContemporaryArt #CanadianArt #NorthwestCoastArt #VisualArt #ContemporaryPainting #Drawing #ArtOfInstagram #workonpaper #CanadianArtist #MNYArt #studio
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
GUNIT from the ledger series #mixedmedia #collage #haidamanga #yahgulanaas #artfortheday
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Flappes series - made from the gas cap covers from cars #copper #haidamanga #yahgulanaas #gascap #foundobject
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Emptiness allows creativity to be spontaneous and demands little pre-planning or design SWOOP OF THE HAND, Geste de la Main... #inkonboard #gowiththeflow #yahgulanaas #artwork #square #panel #contemporaryart #haidamanga #mnystudio #mny #art #drawing #spontaneous
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Final PLANE SERIES update. My travelling adventures in the air started with solo flights from #HaidaGwaii to visit Grandfathers and Grandmothers in Canada and Alaska. It continues now to include larger planes and stranger places. CHECKING THE GEAR, HIGH KICK GONE, and PAUSE... BEFORE THE LEAP
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
PLANE SERIES continued. Until the 1980’s, travelling away from Northern islands in the archipelago was by boat - restricted either to fishing vessels or the bi-weekly arrival of a freighter. Details of CLAM UP, HIPPOGLOSSUS HAGU, and SNAPPERS #watercolour #plane #artonpaper #newworks #mnyart
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Details of the new PLANE SERIES - a graphic musing on traveling to and from the archipelago to the continent #watercolour #plane #artonpaper #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #mny #art #studio #newworks #mnyart #yahgulanaas #ink #watercolor #workonpaper #new #musings #technical #machinery #anthropomorphic
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Always opening pathways for imaginative play and curiosity 2 FISHES (2025) Ink on board 30 x 30 cm #Ink #drawing #art #artworks #fluid #movement #square #panel #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #yahgulanaas #mnystudio #mny #bcart #YVRart #crisp #contrast
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Untitled 2026.6.14 Crayon on canvas 34 x 35 cm #creating #summer #crayon #newmedia #smallformat #mny #artstudio #newwork #michaelnicollyahgulanaas
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A page from *Carpe Fin* Ink on paper. Full mural in the collection of the SAM @seattleartmuseum #HaidaManga #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #Drawing #watercolour #mural #commission #seattle #zoomin #detail #GraphicNarrative
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Interview with Marc Fournier for Radio Canada at Gallery Jones during the book #launch of The Lost Haida Manga. This newest book with Douglas & McIntyre that brings together a curated selection of black-and-white ink works! #bookrelease #interview #copperfromthehood #bcart #graphic #illustration
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
RED panels exhibited outside in Nantes, France, took Haida Manga abroad Printed from RED: a Haida Manga. #2020 #RED #HaidaManga #yahgulanaas #international #outdoorartexhibition #MNY #MNYStudio #magnified #framelines
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Launching today! The LOST HAIDA MANGA, a compendium of graphic works spanning more than four decades (1981–2026). The publication gathers early and rarely seen stories alongside more recent published and unpublished works. Find it with Douglas & McIntyre here:
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The Lost Haida Manga : A Compendium
DescriptionFrom celebrated Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas comes a striking new collection tracing the origins and evolution of Haida Manga—a bold visual genre that blends North Pacific…
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Artemis two, return to earth - we need help! #workonpaper #art #space #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #ledger #twodimensional #watercolour #ink #watercolor #mny #artstudio
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Creating is my obsession. #blue #workonpaper #yahgulanaas #vibrations
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
One of the many lenses that can puncture our darkened curated sovereignty is at sea when the bright sun slips below the open horizon. Perhaps you have seen it. MEDICINE is part of the exhibition currently on display at the Hearth Gallery on Bowen Island. #painting #newwork #fromthestudio
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My mind is like an empty brush needing to be filled #HaidaManga #ContemporaryArt #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #Yahgulanaas #InkOnPaper #PaintingOnPaper #WorksOnPaper #ContemporaryPainting #NarrativeArt #GraphicArt #VisualStorytelling #FineArt #OriginalArtwork #ColourAndInk #MixedMediaArt 2010_01_21
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Above the Flood, new works from the studio are now on display at the Bowen Island Arts Council at Snug Cove #yellow #sunset #sunrise #paintings #oncanvas #newworks #yahgulanaas #bowenisland #snugcove #bcart #bcartists #exhibit #artdisplay #artinstallation
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
On now! At the Bowen Island Arts Council, Hearth Gallery is hosting the exhibition, Above the Flood, Watching for the Light. Stop by Snug Cove to see a new series of paintings following closely upon the 26 paintings in the previous Daalkaatlii diaries series #newworks #art #artexhibition #paintings
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
On now! At the Bowen Island Arts Council, Hearth Gallery is hosting the exhibition, Above the Flood, Watching for the Light. Stop by Snug Cove to see a new series of paintings following closely upon the 26 paintings in the previous Daalkaatlii diaries series #newworks #art #artexhibition #paintings
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
June 15, 2010 #inkandwatercolour #inkandwatercolor #contemporaryart #worksonpaper #yahgulanaas #mnystudio 6d
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Drawing on my background in Haida diplomacy, I approach painting as a means of questioning and reshaping narratives designed to obscure Indigenous realities #challenge #Painting #ContemporaryPainting #Framework #VisualStructure #ContemporaryArt #Art #WestCoastArt #PacificNorthwestArt
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Another goodie from the archives (2007) #watercolour #worksonpaper #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #archives #colourful #art #artist
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Another 'Shamanic Doodle,' a series of drawings that were hand-drawn into the first 100 copies of Tale of 2 Shamans #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #HaidaManga #TaleOfTwoShamans #ArtistDoodle #SignedCopy #LimitedEditionBooks #FirstEditions #BookArt #DrawingProcess #ArtistAtWork #ArtBook #SpecialEdition
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Reoganizing the studio files and finding some goodies in the archives - detail of an ink and watercolour on paper (2009) #yahgulanaas #contemporaryart #worksonpaper #watercolour #ink #twodimensional #MNY #bcart #character
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In March, we had a successful #artisttalk at the Academy of Fine Arts of #Bologna - a big thank you to Mattia Arioli for hosting me, and thank you to the Department of Languages, Literatures and Modern Cultures – LILEC of the University of Bologna that organized the talk! #ArtLecture #VisualArt
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This new series involves looking at carefully, executed watercolors, establishing a new pallet for acrylic on canvas. Many appreciations to Malaspina Printmakers for allowing me to test an exhibit in Vancouver last winter. Also appreciations to Rosa and Mike for helping me explore studio techniques.
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
One of the panels from BONE BOX (2007), an interactive and dynamic art installation at the Museum of Anthropology @moa_ubc #bonebox #artinstallation #movement #panels #frameline #yahgulanaas #contemporary art #onepiece
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A new kind of surrealism #HAGU #worksonpaper #yahgulanaas
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Far from the centres of Western art and seemingly safe from its numerous champions are visions and adventures …. #Watercolour #WatercolorPainting #WorkOnPaper #PaintingOnPaper #ContemporaryPainting #Orca #KillerWhale #BlueTones #Framework #VisualStructure #ContemporaryArt #ArtCollectors #Art
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Action shot, drawing one of the 'Shamanic Doodles' in the first 100 copies of Tale of 2 Shamans #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #HaidaManga #TaleOfTwoShamans #ArtistDoodle #SignedCopy #LimitedEditionBooks #FirstEditions #BookArt #DrawingProcess #ArtistAtWork #ArtBook #SpecialEdition #BehindTheScenes
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
CRAFT, art installation at the Bill Reid Gallery, reminiscent of a time when fisher folk read the ocean #craft #billreidgallery #installation #artinstallation #canoe #oars #yahgulanaas #MNY #tbt
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Lesser Wave Off Kanagawa (2023) #watercolour #ink #worksonpaper #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #2023 #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #archives #colourful #art #artist #yahgulanaas
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
MNY discussing CLAN HAT during the @vanartgallery gallery opening in November 2025 Installation view of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Clan Hat, 2025, in We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, November 6, 2025 to April 6, 2026, Photo: VAG
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Detail from CARPE FIN: A Haida Manga - the mural is in the permanent collection of the Seattle Art Museum #YAHGULANAAS #mny #haidamanga #carpefin #seattleartmuseum #detail #closeup #workonpaper #contemporaryart #characters #graphicillustration #publication #acquisition
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
AFRICA RED, watercolour and ink on paper #yahgulanaas previously exhibit at the #outsiderartfair #contemporaryart #worksonpaper #watercolour #ink #twodimensional #MNY #bcart
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@salgoodsam.bsky.social I didn’t rank my vote feeling that it might dilute the intent of my affection. It seems that we shared a political choice.
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Raven has special meaning #yahgulanaas
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas @mnystudio.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
What do you uphold, and who holds you up? #graphic #metaphor #yahgulanaas #fromthearchives #workonpaper #inkandpigment
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