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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, British Columbia
, starting in
1971
and later studied at
Hazelton, British Columbia
In 1977 Marks and
Francis Williams
carved a 25-foot
totem pole
in
Masset
, his
ancestral
Haida
village
on the
Queen Charlotte Islands
.