Name of artist: LLOYD WADHAMS
Present address: Vancouver, B.C.
Date of birth: September 3, 1938
Place of birth: Bones Bay, Turnour Island
Occupation: Artist

Relationship to other established artists and carvers: Brother of Raymond Wadhams (represented in this collection).

Biographical notes:

• Qalugwis band/reserve.
• he now lives in Vancouver; as a child, he lived in Alert Bay.
• he was raised by his grandmother; he was taught art by Henry Speck, and was influenced by him in his youth.
• he is mainly a wood carver and silver engraver, and he used to work in the watercolour medium; he made his name as a silver engraver; he began to work in silver in 1970.
• he did his first major carving in 1957: an 8 foot totem pole for Lt. Governor Frank Ross.
• he was somewhat associated with Doug Cranmer’s Vancouver shop, "The Talking Stick," in the 1960’s.
• he is marketed largely by Bud Mintz of Potlatch Arts, Vancouver.
• his work has been exhibited in the B.C. Provincial Museum’s "Legacy," 1972, and was included in the Indian Heritage Coin Series.
• his work is in the collections of the UBC Museum of Anthropology (I piece), the National Museum of Man (5 pieces, including watercolours, jewellery, and carving), and the B.C. Provincial Museum (4 pieces).
• this collection contains 68 of his paintings.
• Lloyd Wadhams has become one of British Columbia’s foremost carvers

Published references to Lloyd Wadhams and his work:

• July 1968, "Totem Pole Carver Began Career at 9," Vancouver Sun, p. 33 (see attached).
• August 1968, Vancouver Province, p. 17.
• February 1971, Vancouver Sun, p. 48.
• October 1971, "The Real, Authentic Thing," Vancouver Sun, p. 35.
• June 1973, "Indian Arts and Crafts," Campbell River Upper Islander, p. 8.
• Sunday Mass Book, Canadian Catholic Conference, 1976.
• April 1976, "B.C. Artists Enhance Mass Book," Canadian Catholic Conference.