CULTURAL GROUP:
Kwakwaka'wakw

BORN:
June 7, 1957

BIRTHPLACE:
Alert Bay, BC

Rupert Scow is a member of the Kwicksutaineuk people, originally from Guilford Island, BC. He comes from a long line of carvers: his great grandfather was Chief John Scow and his great grandfather on his mother's side was acclaimed Kwakwaka'wakw artist Chief Mungo Martin. Rupert began carving wood in 1992, and has worked with Kwakwaka'wakw artists Wayne Alfred, Vince Shaughnessy, and Shawn Karpes. In February of 2008, Rupert graduated from the Northwest Coast Jewellery Arts Program at the Native Education College in Vancouver, which was led by Haida/Kwakwaka’wakw artist Dan Wallace.