Reg is from the Eagle Clan. He was born in Masset in 1954. He began carving in 1972.
His influences include: brother Robert Davidson, father Claude Davidson, grandmother Florence Davidson, great grandfather Charles Edenshaw.
His many published and widely exhibited works include: limited edition prints, silver and gold jewellery, masks, helmets, large poles, rattles, argillite sculptures and drums. Reg is also an accomplished singer and dancer with the Rainbow Creek Dancers, a Haida Dance group formed in 1980 by Reg and Robert. Among his many interesting commissions was a major totem pole project that was ordered by the successful British artist, Damien Hirst, in 2006.
Click to view Reg's Raven Mask or his Orca Blowhole Mask
APPRENTICESHIPS:
- Three Totem Pole Sculptures, PepsiCo Kendall Sculpture Park, under Haida artist, Robert Davidson, Purchase, New York, 1985-88.
- Crab of The Woods, Limited edition bronze sculpture, under Robert Davidson, PepsiCo Kendall Sculpture Park, Purchase, New York, 1984. of our communities
- Raven Bringing Light to the World, Limited edition bronze sculpture, under Robert Davidson, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, 1984.
- Three Watchmen, Totem Pole sculpture, under Robert Davidson, Maclean-Hunter Building, College Park, Toronto, Ontario, 1983-84.
- Charles Edenshaw Memorial House Front and Posts, under Robert Davidson, Old Massett, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, 1977-78
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- Native Talking Stick Show, Derek Simpkins Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 1993.
- Miniature Mask Show, Altering Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia.
- Eagle of the Dawn, Joint Show with Robert Davidson, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Haida Ritual Art: The Insistent Present, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1990.
- Beyond Revival: Contemporary Northwest Coast Native Art, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1989.
- Masks: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Masks, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1989.
- Northwest Coast: Native American Art, Craft Alliance Education Center and Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1989.
- Quintana Gallery - Northwest Coast Exhibitions, Portland, Oregon, 1987 and 1988.
- Hands of Creation: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Art, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1987.
- Potlatch Presents - Northern Comfort: Dempsey Bob and Reg Davidson, Potlatch Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1982.
- Pipes That Won’t Smoke; Coal That Won't Burn: Haida Sculpture in Argillite, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, 1981.
- The Legacy: Continuing Traditions of Canadian Northwest Coast Indian Art, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, and traveled across Canada and to Edinburgh, Scotland, 1980.
- Art Space Gallery: Twelve Sided Wolf, Robert Davidson and Reg Davidson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- Eight Foot Totem Pole, Private collection, Bahamas, 2000.
- Reg Davidson, Workshops:Haida Whistles and Haida Apron Designs, University of Alaska-Ketchikan, April 1994.
- Reg Davidson: Nine Foot Haida Pole, Haida dancing, slide show, Birmingham Alabama.
- Reg Davidson, Workshops: Haida Rattles and Haida Design, University of Alaska - Ketchikan, February 1993.
- Yaalth Tluu:Raven Canoe, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, 1991.
- Reg Davidson: Silk-screen Prints, Cafe Gallery, Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, 1989 and 1990.
- Thirty Foot Canoe, The Haida Project, San Francisco, California, 1990.
- Eight Foot Pole, Watchman, Eagle, Frog Crests, Province of British Columbia for National Tour Association, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988.
- Forty Foot Memorial Frontal Pole, K’aadsnee Cultural Longhouse, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, in memory of the late Claude Davidson and Robert Davidson Sr., 1989-90.
- Eagle Memorial Sculpture, David Adam, Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, 1988.
- Reg Davidson: Masks, Prints and Blankets, Baya Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1987.
- Thirty Foot Pole, Claude Davidson, Chief of Dadens, Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, 1986.
- Thirty Foot Pole, Three Figure Eagle Crest, Malaspina College for Tamagawa University, Japan, 1980.
COLLECTIONS:
- Native Talking Stick Show, Derek Simpkins Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 1993.
- Private Collections in Canada, USA, Germany, Japan, and England.
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec.
- Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta.
- Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
- Queen Charlotte Islands Museum, Skidegate, British Columbia.
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES:
- Native Talking Stick Show, Derek Simpkins Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, December 1993.
- Beyond Revival: Contemporary Northwest Coast Native Art, Barbara DeMott, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1989.
- Northwest Coast: Native American Art, Barbara Loeb, Crafts Alliance Education Center and Gallery, Missouri, 1989.
- Masks: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Masks, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1989.
- Hands of Creation: An Exhibition of Northwest Coast Native Art, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, 1987.
- A Haida Potlatch, Ulli Steltzer, Douglas & MacIntyre, Vancouver, BC, 1984.
- A Guide to Buying Contemporary Northwest Coast Indian Arts, Karen Duffek, University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, 1983.
- Northwest Coast Indian Graphics: An Introduction to Silkscreen Prints, Edwin S. Hall Jr., Margaret B. Blackman, Vincent Rickard, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1981.
- Pipes That Won’t Smoke; Coal That Won’t Burn: Haida Sculpture in Argillite, Carol Sheehan, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1981.
- The Legacy: Continuing Traditions of Canadian Northwest Coast Indian Art, Peter Macnair, Alan Hoover, Kevin Neary, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, 1980. useum, Victoria, British Columbia.
