Robert Davidson (artist)

Robert Charles Davidson OC OBC RCA (born 4 November 1946), is a Canadian artist of Haida heritage.

He lives near Vancouver, working out of a studio on Semiahmoo First Nation land and making annual return visits to Haida Gwaii.

[2] His style, which engages with both Haida and Western art history, has been described as "contemporary-traditional", reflecting an overlap of "community-based and outsider-orientated" artistic projects.

[3] A significant solo exhibition of his work, Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge, was organized by the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for viewing at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa in 2007.

[4] Robert Davidson was the subject of the documentary Haida Modern, which premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2019.

Detail of "Gyaana", totem pole designed by Davidson and carved by him and others, Lions Lookout Park, White Rock, British Columbia , Canada.