CULTURAL GROUP:
Coast Salish

BORN:
April 10, 1971

BIRTHPLACE:
Brentwood Bay, BC

David Gonzales is from the Squamish Nation, and currently resides in North Vancouver. He has been formally adopted into the Nisga’a Nation through marriage, and identifies himself with the Raven-Frog clan of the Nisga’a people. He enjoys working in silver and wood. In 2009, David graduated from Vancouver's Northwest Coast Jewellery Arts program under established Haida/Kwakwaka'wakw artist Dan Wallace.