PAINTING BEAVER HUMAN

Levi Nelson is an artist from the Lil’wat Nation located in Mount Currie, BC, Canada. After completing his undergraduate degree from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Levi continued to focus on visual arts and learning.

Levi is a student at Columbia University, in the Masters of Fine Arts program. He splits his time in his studio on the Lil’wat Nation territory of Mount Currie and New York City.

Nelson’s work can best be described as contemporary First Nations art, where he fuses Aboriginal elements and ideas concerning Indigeneity, with pop culture imagery through the traditional Western practice of oil painting, in addition to mixed media; integrating silkscreen, paint, and collage on canvas