Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
1957 -
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is a Canadian First Nations artist who integrates elements of Northwest Coast design, Coast Salish cosmology, Western landscape painting and Surrealism in his multimedia works. Born in Kamloops in 1957, Yuxweluptun explores issues such as environmentalism, land ownership and critiques of Canada’s First Nations peoples.

Yuxweluptun graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD) in 1983. While studying at ECUAD, Yuxwelupton developed his cutting-edge style, in which he uses large-scale paintings to comment on issues in Indigenous communities. His personal and socio-political experiences ultimately act as markers for their political, environmental and cultural issues.

Many of his pieces show elements of Surrealism, such as similarities to the melting objects in Salvador Dali's paintings. Generally, Yuxweluptun's paintings are described as "provocative;" for example, his multimedia piece Residential School Dirty Laundry shows a cross made out of children's underwear with red paint to represent blood, and references the treatment of First Nations children in the Canadian Residential School system.

Although he has worked interchangeably between mediums, his ability as an artist to explore different styles is apparent in one of Yuxweluptun's earlier pieces, the 1984 work Haida Hot Dog. In this particular work, Yuxwelupton’s comments on the commodification of Haida artwork by using a Pop Art style.

Yuxweluptun's work has been included in numerous international group and solo exhibitions, such as INDIGENA: Contemporary Native Perspectives in 1992. He was the recipient of the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts (VIVA) award in 1998. In 2016, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia exhibited Yuxwelupton’s works.

In 2016, His exhibition Unceded Territories took place at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology.
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Indian Residential School, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Home by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $157,250
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Indian Residential School, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Home
72 x 96 in, 182.9 x 243.8 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 125 000 $ - 175 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 157 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Indian Residential School, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Home, mercredi, 22 juin 2022
Untitled by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $55,250
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Untitled
42 x 36 in, 106.7 x 91.4 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 55 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Post-War & Contemporary Art, mercredi, 02 décembre 2020
Untitled Portrait in Suit by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $52,250
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Untitled Portrait in Suit
68 x 49 in, 172.7 x 124.5 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 35 000 $ - 55 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 52 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Contemporary Canadian: Property from an Important Vancouver Collector, jeudi, 25 mars 2021
4 Directions of the North West Coast by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $40,250
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
4 Directions of the North West Coast
72 x 72 in, 182.9 x 182.9 cm
acrylique sur toile (quadriptyque)
Estimation : 35 000 $ - 45 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 40 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Summer Select, jeudi, 29 juillet 2021
Suit Portrait by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $31,250
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Suit Portrait
63 1/2 x 41 in, 161.3 x 104.1 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 30 000 $ - 40 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 31 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Post-War & Contemporary Art, jeudi, 28 novembre 2024
Portrait of a One Percenter - Transformation by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $25,000
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Portrait of a One Percenter - Transformation
71 3/4 x 47 1/2 in, 182.2 x 120.6 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 25 000 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
West: Modern & Contemporary Works by B.C. Artists, jeudi, 29 mars 2018
Lady in the Blues by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $25,000
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Lady in the Blues
39 1/8 x 34 1/8 in, 99.4 x 86.7 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 25 000 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Post-War & Contemporary Art, jeudi, 29 mai 2025
North West Coast Colour by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $22,500
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
North West Coast Colour
36 x 55 in, 91.4 x 139.7 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 20 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 22 500 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
First Nations West, jeudi, 24 février 2022
In the Morning by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $22,230
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
In the Morning
31 1/4 x 60 in, 79.4 x 152.4 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 20 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 22 230 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Spring 2013 - 1st Session, mercredi, 15 mai 2013
Untitled by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun vendu pour $20,000
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Untitled
30 1/4 x 67 in, 76.8 x 170.2 cm
acrylique sur toile
Estimation : 12 000 $ - 16 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 20 000 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Back to School: Vancouver School of Art, jeudi, 30 septembre 2021