Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

The tide is never still. Even when the surface appears still, it is our eyes that have paused. The tide is never still. Falling Tide from the #CopperfromtheHood series: Car hood, pigment, copper leaf, lacquer, and steel. #MadronaGallery #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #foundobject #line

BLACKENED FRAME has sold out at Madrona Gallery. Thank you to everyone who came to see the exhibition, and our gratitude to Madrona Gallery for their care and support. Blackened Frame Madrona Gallery, Victoria BC Oct. 2026 #soloexhibition #victoriaBC #art #michaelnicollyahgulanaas

Reflecting on a successful panel, "How Stories Breathe," at the Victoria Festival of Authors on October 15. Thank you for the evening and the thoughtful conversation! Photography by Don Denton. #victoriabc #canadianauthors #graphicillustration #publication #TheLostHaidaManga

Be bold, be sassy, believe in what you're doing #acrylic #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #figurativeart #contemporaryart #newworks Tri Friends - acrylic on canvas, part of the Above the Flood series

Opening reception tonight! BLACKENED FRAME at Madrona Gallery in Victoria presents new works from the studio, including watercolours, paintings, and Coppers from the Hood. Reception from 1-3 pm. See you there! #openingreception #victoriabc #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #soloshow

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

Yours truly, featured in the latest edition of BC BookWorld - Read it here! buff.ly/iFwVNsT @bcbooklook #artist #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #philosopher #onthecover #artnews

First ever Haida Manga work in Conté. What do you think? #contecrayon #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #workonpaper #haidamanga #narrative

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

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

Now in a private collection in Tokyo, which was also a source of historically rare Japanese paper... #drawing #IRL #artistatwork #Japan #worksonpaper

COSMAMA 1 & 2 Coppers from the Hood, pictured here on the walls of @galleryjones #sculptural #foundobjects #yahgulanaas #coppersfromthehood #artinstallation

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

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

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

Artwork for the day: PLUNGE from the monumental Daalkaatlii Diaries series #acryliconcanvas #yahgulanaas #galleryjones #installation #contemporaryart

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

GUNIT from the ledger series #mixedmedia #collage #haidamanga #yahgulanaas #artfortheday

The Flappes series - made from the gas cap covers from cars #copper #haidamanga #yahgulanaas #gascap #foundobject

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

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

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

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

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

Untitled 2026.6.14 Crayon on canvas 34 x 35 cm #creating #summer #crayon #newmedia #smallformat #mny #artstudio #newwork #michaelnicollyahgulanaas

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

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

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

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:

Artemis two, return to earth - we need help! #workonpaper #art #space #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #ledger #twodimensional #watercolour #ink #watercolor #mny #artstudio

Creating is my obsession. #blue #workonpaper #yahgulanaas #vibrations

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

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

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

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

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

June 15, 2010 #inkandwatercolour #inkandwatercolor #contemporaryart #worksonpaper #yahgulanaas #mnystudio 6d

Another goodie from the archives (2007) #watercolour #worksonpaper #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #archives #colourful #art #artist

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

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

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

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.

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

A new kind of surrealism #HAGU #worksonpaper #yahgulanaas

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

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