Yours truly standing next to GWAA, part of the #DaalkaatliiDiaries series, now in the permanent collection of the @audainartmuseum #Installation shot of the #acrylic painting at the museum #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #audain #artmuseum #display #colourful #painting #contemporaryart #art

Something a little different. MOULDY FOREHEAD, image cropped, from the archives #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #MNY #drawing #penonpaper #ink #sketch #sketching #draw #contemporaryart #circular #movement

TROUGH from the Daalkaatlii Diaries series, acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 100cm @galleryjones #cropped #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #MNY #acrylic #painting #paintingoncanvas #contemporaryart #daalkaatliidiaries #haida #colour #series #art #artist #available

How the story of JAJ begins... #pageone #haidamanga @douglasmcintyre2013 #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #mny #mnystudio #publication #book #mural #canadianpublisher #canadapublishing #graphicart #graphicnovel #illustration #multimedia #canadagraphicart #art #drawing

Final days to visit 'A Brush with Yahgulanaas,' the show at @stoningtongallery in Seattle! Exhibition closes January 31, 2026 #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #mny #seattleart #finalchance #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #worksonpaper #mixedmedia #artexhibit #artexhibition #display #show

Something a little different. MOULDY FOREHEAD, from the archives #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #MNY #drawing #penonpaper #ink #sketch #sketching #draw #contemporaryart #red

TROUGH from the Daalkaatlii Diaries series, acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 100cm @galleryjones #cropped #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #MNY #acrylic #painting #paintingoncanvas #contemporaryart #daalkaatliidiaries #haida #colour #series #art #artist #available

Peek a boo - edge of the Knife film set #sketchbook #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #pages #artsketch #ink #inkonpaper #eye #watchingyou #sketchbookpages #sketches #sketching #artist #art

New work from the studio. Even while distant we are connected to such small lands. Islands are also teeth. Acrylic, crayon, ink on canvas #painting #newwork #fromthestudio #overhteunangasislands #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #mny #mnystudio #artstudio #wet #contemporaryart #yellow #bcart #yvrarts

CLAN HAT chapter one, currently on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery! Installation view of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Clan Hat, 2025, in We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Nov. 6, 2025 to April 6, 2026, Photo: @vanartgallery

All Sides Are Up #watercolour #worksonpaper #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #2010 #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #archives #colourful #art #artist

First QR 2026

New solo exhibition is now up at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle! The works in this show span watercolor and ink drawings and paintings from across my career. Don't miss it! #solo #soloexhibition #art #artdisplay #artexhibition #artshow #seattle #seattlewa #thingstodo #checkitout #yahgulanaas

Happy New Year of the Supernatural Clam Digger #new #painting #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #contemporaryart #newwork #fromthestudio #artist #detail #artwork #art #northpacific #bcart #bcarts #yvrart #mny #mnystudio #artstudio

Among the sculptural works from the studio, car hoods, gas caps, and sun roofs are transformed. "I DROP." #foundobject #readymade #objectart #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #conceptualart #processbasedart #materialculture #repurposedmaterials #salvagedmaterials #reclaimedart

Digging into the archives, here's a behind-the-scenes peak at preparatory drawings from the #portfolio for RED: a Haida Manga #inthestudio #artistatwork #sketches #thinkingthingsthrough #michealnicollyahgulanaas #drawing #RED

Carrying us into the new year #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #2010 #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #worksonpaper #lookingback #lookingahead #fromthestudio

Another Shamanic Doodle, found in one of the books, A Tale of Two Shamans. Ninety special copies included original drawings within the pages. An exciting announcement about the Tale of Two Shamans coming soon...... #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #originals #doodles #alwayscreating #checkyourbooks

An artist with his work. A snapshot from the FleshTones series during its recent showing at Malaspina Printmakers in #Vancouver. #malaspinaprintmakers #artistwithwork #fleshtones #workonpaper #printmaking #vancouverart #malaspinaprintmakers #contemporaryart #selfie

Verso detail: a small panel painting, collaged with found Japanese paper. #collage #mixedmedia #japanese #mny #studioworks #behindthescenes #itsinthedetails #verso #reverse

Another detail from Clan Hat - the story is only beginning. Visit the #VancouverArtGallery to have a closer look - the new mural is part of the exhibition, We who have known tides! #chapterone #clanhat #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #clanhat #haidamanga #mural #watercolour #worksonpaper #largescale

From my studio to yours ⭐ #shamanicdoodles #intuitivedrawing #markmaking #mny #taleof2shamans #taleoftwoshamans #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #drawingasthinking #processwork #contemporarydrawing #ancestralstories #visuallanguage #artistlife #haidamanga

Looking ahead to January, a solo exhibition will open at Stonington Gallery in Seattle. The exhibition brings together works from my graphic novel practice alongside watercolours, including pieces from the Tones series (pictured). More details soon! #stoningtongallery #michaelnicollyahgulanaas

Snapshot at Montreal's Le Naughty Claw ⛈️ #montrealnights #neon #montreal #artistout #naughtyclaw #cityglow #artlife #outonthetown #artist #lenaughtyclaw #friends

Visit the #VancouverArtGallery to have a closer look at CLAN HAT (2025) - the new mural is part of the exhibition, We who have known tides #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #clanhat #haidamanga #mural #watercolour #worksonpaper #largescale #contemporaryart #comics #graphicart #artdisplay

Fly Swim - explores movement without hierarchy #rotational #work #watercolour #workonpaper #rotationalart #contemporarypainting #figurativeart #movementinstillness #playandmemory #artofinstagram #artist #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #bcart

I just can't stand empty spaces #colourful #RED #graphicnovel #storytelling #narrative #HaidaManga #REDaHaidaManga #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #MNYArt #comics #GraphicNovelArt #MangaArt #NorthwestCoastArt #Graphic #ComicArt #ArtOnPaper #CanadianArt #IndigenousStorytelling #VisualStorytelling

From the vault: "Charazo Back" #HaidaManga #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #MNYArt #Haida #NorthwestCoastArt #WatercolourArt #WatercolourOnPaper #ContemporaryArt #artist #graphic #StudioWork #ArtOnPaper #PacificNorthwestArt #art #VancouverArt #ArtCollectors #Gallery

Christmas time means getting some #BenDuncan gear at Malaspina Printmakers on Howe Street #malaspinaprintmakers #BenDuncanArt #PrintShop #openhouse #VancouverArt #CreativeCommunity #ArtistLife #ArtFashion #GraphicTee #VancouverPrintmaking #PrintmakersOfCanada #WearableArt #ArtDayOut #ArtistStyle

Cradle One (2025), ink on board, 15cm x 15cm x 4cm #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #HaidaManga #InkOnBoard #InkDrawing #OriginalArtwork #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #StudioPractice #DrawingArt #ArtistAtWork #OneOfAKind #GalleryArt #CanadianArtist #PacificNorthwestArt

Winter is arriving in the temperate rainforest

Good morning! A little collection of souvenirs from Montréal. #HaidaManga #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #REDHaidaManga #GraphicNovelArt #HaidaArt #IndigenousLiterature #SalonDuLivre #SalonDuLivreDeMontréal #CanadaPost #PostageStamps #StampUnveiling #DouglasAndMcIntyre #DMPublishers #CanadianPublishing

This weekend at the Salon du livre in Montréal— a book signing for RED: A Haida Manga alongside the unveiling of the new Canada Post stamps celebrating RED and the studio’s ongoing work. Grateful to everyone who stopped by! It was an absolute delight. #HaidaManga #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #RED

With new work now on view at the #VancouverArtGallery, we're taking a moment to look back on the Raven Travelling (2006) exhibit also held at the VAG. Pictured are the Tale of Two Shaman illustrations and War of the Blink. How time flies! #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #RavenTravelling #VAG #BCArtists

Who tells the story? Looking back at Meddling in the Museum (2007), a playful disruption of the expectations of museum display at the #MuseumofAnthropology. Included the Coppers from the Hood, Bone Box, and Pedal to the Meddle! #tbt #almosttwentyyearsago #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #art #display

We are authors of our destiny, which is past, present, and future. 2010.4.14 In this painting, we can see the twinkle of the later Daalkaatlii Diaries... #art #artist #painting #fullcircle #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #watercolour #contemporaryart #BCart #vancouverartist #vancouverart #westcoast

Even in times of immense loss, we have never been mere victims. TIDE (2011). #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #painting #artist #BCarts #shapes #fineart #contemporaryart #painter #mnystudio #colours

up - reverse - down - play #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #artonpaper #watercolour #contemporaryart #rotating #flip #ink #artstudio #artwork #BCArt

From the long lost pages of BLACK SHIP... a story of the salmon, the forest, and the Peoples of the North Pacific #blackship #book #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #takeflight #watercolour #ink #pages

Looking back to the earlier works in the FLESH TONES series (2008) #watercolour #worksonpaper #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #artwork #archives

When the studio released A Tale of Two Shamans, ninety special copies included original drawings within the pages... also known as the Shamanic Doodles! #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #originals #doodles #alwayscreating #checkyourbooks

A detail from one of the earlier mural projects from the studio, War of the Blink (2005). This story is about a fisherman who suspects a party of raiders is descending upon his island home... #haidamanga #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #frames #narratives #workonpaper #watercolour #Ink #fromthestudio

SOUTHPAW, taking us back to 2011 #watercolour #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #worksonpaper

When they came here, they called us Indians... but they didn't specify what kind of Indians, so I was confused. #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #worksonpaper #artwork #artist #painting #contemporaryart #bcart #bcartist #canadianart

Why I became an artist. THE STAND, a film by Chris Auchter, captures the story of the 1985 Lyell Island #blockade by the #HaidaNation Now available through the #NationalFilmBoard buff.ly/8hZ5eHi #thestand #documentary #vérité #cinema #viff #britishcolumbia #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #clearcut

PONDERED, part of the Rotational Series (March 2012), watercolour and ink on paper, 22 3/8” H x 28 5/8” W. This piece was included in the #outsiderartfair in 2023 #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #watercolour #artonpaper #rotational #movement #colourful

Family Matters exhibition is now open at the #HumboldtForum in Berlin, with the Polygon with the Tale of Two Shamans. A grateful 'thank you' to the Humboldt Forum and Preparatory Group, and to Feride and Fabiano for hosting the tours! Photo: Frank Sperling #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #FamilyMatters

One of the active exhibitions currently held abroad. On view at #OrendaGallery in Paris: Le pinceau et la plume (The Brush and the Pen), featuring works from the Maktali series... Details about the Berlin exhibit, incoming! #HaidaManga #MichaelNicollYahgulanaas #ParisExhibition #MaktaliSeries

From the MAKTALI series, on display at Orenda Gallery in Paris, France. Made during my 2014 tenure as a visiting #Audain professor at the University of Victoria in the visual arts department with a student #finite #linoleum #printmaking #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #multimedia #worksonpaper

Another #DailyDoodle - a closeup video of the studio process #artist #studio #video #short #detail #trusttheprocess #michaelnicollyahgulanaas