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		<title>Lucas Tangun Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Lucas Tangun with his brilliant contemporary
interpretation of the Founding of the Pig Clan
(Photo: D. Lepsoe)&#160;
Lucas Tangun was born July 15, 1969, into the Nauwaia clan of the Iatmul people. He learned to carve from his father. Growing up in Tambanum Village in the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, he was exposed to many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Morububuna Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: D. Lepsoe&#160;
Martin Morububuna is one of Papua New Guinea’s most accomplished graphic artists, renowned as a painter, printmaker, and muralist. 
Martin was born in 1957 in Kwebwaga Village in the Trobriand Islands. After high school, he joined the Creative Arts Centre, then attended Papua New Guinea’s National Arts School and began participating in group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaua Gita Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: D. Lepsoe&#160;
Iatmul master carver Kaua Gita was born in Korogo Village on the Sepik River in 1964. He began to carve when he was fifteen, learning from his father and other carvers in the village. Korogo has a history of fine carving and strong ceremonial life. Its splendid haus tambaran (spirit house) was renowned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosanna Raymond Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Rosanna Raymond was born in Auckland, New Zealand, of Samoan descent. She currently lives and works in London with her family. A Tusitala (Teller of Tales) at heart, her art practice takes a variety of forms, ranging from installation works to spoken word pieces and body adornment. She fuses traditional Pacific practices with modern innovations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>lessLIE (Leslie Sam) Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Born in 1973 in Duncan, B.C., lessLIE’s “colonized, Catholic, Canadian name” is Leslie Robert Sam. His “decolonized artist’s name” is lessLIE. Picasso once said that “art is a lie that tells the truth.” lessLIE is living this perspective in the spirit of trickster traditions. lessLIE has a Bachelor of Arts degree in First Nations Studies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Mel Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: D. Lepsoe
Michael Mel was born in 1959 in Wila Village, near Mount Hagen in PNG’s Western Highlands Province. He is a performance artist, teacher, and writer, and is currently an Associate Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Goroka. He is also co-curator of this exhibition.
Renowned for his expertise in the traditional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Marston Biography</title>
		<link>http://hailanstoailans.com/art/carving/john-marston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: A. Holbrook
Coast Salish carver John Marston (Qap’u’luq) was born in 1978 into a family of exceptional artists in Ladysmith, British Columbia. He has worked with many other prominent Northwest Coast carvers, including Simon Charlie, Silas Coon, Shawn Karpes, Wayne Young, and his brother, Luke Marston. His career has also been shaped by careful study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teddy Balangu Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: D. Lepsoe&#160;
Teddy Balangu was born in 1961 in Palembei Village, where he has lived all his life. He is part of a large family of artists and has been traditionally trained to carve by his uncle. In 1995, he was one of twelve carvers selected to spend six months in residence at Stanford University, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael and Otto Timbin Biographies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Otto Timbin (Iatmul), born in Palembei in 1967, is the eldest son of renowned master carver Joseph Timbin. Since the death of his father, he has become head of the family of five master carvers. Otto carves a wide range of traditional carvings, including dancing masks, roof finials, lime containers, and elegant walking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Claytus Yambon Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: D. Lepsoe&#160;
Claytus Yambon is Village Councillor and a master carver from Korogo in Papua New Guinea’s Middle Sepik region. He is of the Iatmul tribe. Uri, his grandfather’s brother, taught him to carve. Claytus has travelled much of the Sepik River, and has an extensive knowledge of the various styles and forms of Sepik [...]]]></description>
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