Joe David (born June 30, 1946) is a Nuu-chah-nulth artist, a member of the Tla-o-qui-aht Band of the Nuu-chah-nulth people,[1][2][3][4] also formally "adopted" into the Haida people,[5][6] whose work is identified with the contemporary Northwest Coast art movement;[3] among his close associates are teacher and art historian Bill Holm, Duane Pasco, and his cousin Ron Hamilton.

[1][4] His father Hyacinth David, an elder of the Clayoquot Nation, gave him a strong grounding in his cultural heritage.

"[6] In 1971, he met Duane Pasco, who encouraged his interest in two-dimensional representation and experimentation with Northwest Coast styles.

"[9] He was one of the innovators of serigraphy featuring traditional Northwest Coast Native motifs,[4] and has worked in a variety of media,[2] including carving totem poles.

[3] Rejecting the view that traditional Northwest Native cultures should somehow remain frozen in time, he has remarked "The fact is, there is always change and our people have always been comfortable with it.