Selected Coverage
Sculpture Connects the Contemporary with the Traditional
Westender, July 20, 2015
Seemingly defying gravity, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' newly unveiled sculpture "Sei" rises from the ground at the centre of the new McArthurGlen outlet mall near YVR, before arching to one side, hanging motionless in the air. Named after the sei whale, the second-largest baleen whale species found in BC waters, Yahgulanaas' work evokes the form of its namesake in mid-breach. The abstract sculpture stands more than 12 feet tall, and stretches out almost as long as a school bus. Read more...
"Haida Manga" style public art piece unveiled at YVR outlet mall
Vancity Buzz, July 18, 2015
A blend of Indigenous art with Japanese manga dynamism isn't something you see everyday -- but there's a high change you already have. At both Kensington Park and the UBC Thunderbird Winter Sports Arena sit public art pieces by award-winning Haida Gwaii artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. The newest art piece was unveiled on June 14 at McArthurGlen Outlet Mall at the Vancouver International Airport. Read more...
Michael Yahgulanaas's new art piece SEI unveiled at Vancouver airport
CBC News, July 9, 2015
Visitors to Vancouver Airport's new luxury mall will be greeted by a 3,855 kilogram steel sculpture called SEI. The public art installation by acclaimed visual artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is his largest work yet and one of his favourites. "Sometimes when I walk away from a project I'm never quite sure. I'm always thinking I could have done things differently. This one is a slam dunk," Yahgulanaas told The Early Edition's Rick Cluff. Read more...
Abstract form of jumping salmon unveiled at Vancouver International Airport mall
The Vancouver Sun, July 9, 2015
Artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas has designed a new stainless steel sculpture that recalls natural forms such as the curve of a jumping whale or salmon. The public art work is made from highly polished stainless steel. In contrast to those reflective surfaces is the underside of the 12-metre long sculpture which is covered in copper leaf. “Yes, it’s like a whale jumping or a salmon jumping,” Yahgulanaas said in a phone interview. Read more...
Pod People: Haida artist relies on talented Calgary fabricators to create his 5,500-kg whale sculpture
Calgary Herald, June 12, 2015
Stories about whales are generally epic, and this one, which starts with a napkin sketch and ends with the 5,500-kilogram creature making an overland voyage to the West Coast, is no exception. The whale in this case is a steel, copper-bellied piece of public art currently being installed outside the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport following a four-month gestation period in a southeast Calgary industrial park. Read more...
Exclusive sneak peek at Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' latest work at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport
The Georgia Straight, June 12, 2015
You might not know his name, but if you've ever driven down Knight Street or passed by UBC's Thunderbird Winter Sports Arena, you've definitely seen his work. Contemporary artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' latest piece, SEI, won't be unveiled until later this summer, but the Georgia Straight was invited to see the piece just as the finishing touches were being made. Read more...
City of Kamloops Commissions Yahgulanaas Sculpture
The Beat, December 8, 2014
A sculpture commissioned from Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas by the city of Kamloops celebrates confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers in Kamloops. This confluence goes on to form the largest tributary of the Fraser River. This new sculpture echoes of the exhilarating form of Yahgulanaas's 2010 sculpture at Thunderbird Arena at the University of British Columbia. Read more...
Meeting of the Rivers: Michael Nicoll Yahgulaanas' sculpture in Kamloops
The Vancouver Sun, January 15, 2014
A sculpture by artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas for Kamloops that recreates the moment before the North and South Thompson join and become the single Thompson River was put together and raised for the first time Wednesday at a metal fabricating plant in Delta. Called Rivers, the soaring steel and aluminum sculpture is more than 10 metres tall. At the top, representing the two arms of the river, are stylized female swimmers in copper leaf. Read more...
Hot Art: Abundance Fenced by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Where Canada, April 6, 2012
Vancouver's public-art scene just got a little edgier with "Abundance Fenced" by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. The First Nations artist fuses Northwest Coast motifs with Japanese graphics, which he's dubbed "Haida Manga." The sculpture, atop a retaining wall at the Knight Street and 33rd Avenue intersection, depicts orcas pursuing salmon and is inspired by the bountiful Fraser River salmon run of 2010. Read more...
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: Haida Manga Public Art
The Vancouver Sun, December 2, 2011
One of the city’s newest public art works is a 43-metre-long steel sculpture inspired by the record-setting 2010 Fraser River Salmon run. Abundance Fenced is located at Knight Street and 33rd Avenue along the top of a concrete retaining wall beside Kensington Park. It serves as a decorative railing beside the pedestrian path. Read more...
Sculpture Abundance Fenced Completed
The Beat, October 9, 2011
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas has completed his City of Vancouver steel sculpture project. The title has changed from Bracelet of Abundance to Abundance Fenced. The work is currently being installed at Fraser and 33rd Avenue east in Vancouver. Read more...
Yahgulaanas’ The Bracelet of Abundance
The Beat, June 3, 2011
Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulaanas is preparing a new public sculpture for the city of Vancouver The Bracelet of Abundance. The stainless steel work will be placed on a retaining wall on Knight Street at 33rd Avenue East in Vancouver. “The bracelet is inspired by the unexpectedly abundant migration of salmon into the Fraser River in 2010. The Clark-Knight corridor links Vancouver to this river, one of the world’s most significant salmon runs,” says the artist. Read more...