Sonny Assu
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 50 |
| Date of birth | May 9,1975 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Richmond |
| Canada | |
| Known for | painting, printmaking, installation art, sculpture |
| Movement | Kwakwakaʼwakw art |
| Job | Author |
| Books | This Place: 150 Years Retold |
| Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast | |
| Education | Emily Carr University of Art + Design |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University | |
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| ID | 1399828 |
Sonny Assu Life story
Sonny Assu is a Ligwilda'xw Kwakwaka'wakw contemporary artist. Assu's paintings, sculptures, prints, installations, and interventions are all infused with his wry humour which is a tool to open the conversation around his themes of predilections: consumerism, colonization and imperialism.