Brent Sparrow

CULTURAL GROUP:
Coast Salish, Musqueam

BORN:
1970

BIRTHPLACE:
Musqueam Reserve, Vancouver

Brent Sparrow has spent years apprenticing with his mother, established Coast Salish artist Susan Point, and with adopted Kwakwaka'wakw artist John Livingston since 2006. He studied welding at BCIT, receiving a provincial “B” Red Seal, as well as completing the first year of Steel Fabrication. Brent has gained experience working with Susan Point on the creation and installation of several public art projects, including pieces for the City of Vancouver, the City of Richmond, the Stanley Park Gateways, the Vancouver Convention Centre, the YVR Skytrain Station, and Seattle Children’s Hospital. He has recently completed commissioned work for CBC and VANOC Killarney Community Centre.