Sonny Assu

Sonny Assu was raised in North Delta, BC, over 150 miles away from his ancestral home on Vancouver Island. At the age of eight, he discovered his Kwakwaka'wakw heritage, which would later become the conceptual focal point of his contemporary art practice. Assu graduated from Emily Carr University in 2002 and was the recipient of their distinguished alumni award in 2006. His work can be found in the National Gallery of Canada, Seattle Art Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Burke Museum at the University of Washington, and various other public and private collections across Canada, the United States, and the UK. In 2016, Assu and his family moved "home" to unceded Ligwilda'xw territory (Campbell River, BC).

"The visually driven book highlights the artist's work, with accompanying essays by contemporaries and Assu himself. Assu's art leaps from medium to medium and includes graphic art, carvings, prints, photography and combinations of each.."- Carl Segerstrom (High Country News) "As the first full-scale book about Assu's career, Sonny Assu: A Selective History engages its readers with critical essays by important scholars in the field of Indigenous contemporary art and theory...recommended for the general public because it gives good insight into Sonny Assu's career, and the 150 full-color reproductions will engage any reader interested in art, technology, and Indigenous politics in Canada."(NAIS Journal)