Gerry Marks
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Who is Gerry Marks?
Gerry Marks is a Canadian First Nations artist of Haida ancestry.
He grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, the grandson of John Marks, a Haida artist.
Marks studied with the Haida carver Freda Diesing in Prince Rupert, B.C., starting in 1971 and later studied at Hazelton, B.C.
In 1977 Marks and Francis Williams carved a 25-foot totem pole in Masset, his ancestral Haida village on the Queen Charlotte Islands.
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- Haida people
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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