Brian Tripp
Hummingbird
2010
Hummingbird
For many years Brian Tripp has been involved in reviving Karuk ceremonies that had been discontinued for decades, he developed his signature abstract style, based in Karuk design, ceremonial regalia forms, and related cultural and political iconography.
Brian D. Tripp was born in Eureka, California in 1945 with Karuk ancestry, from the Klamath upriver watershed. Tripp has been deeply involved with ceremonial culture throughout his life with exhibitions and posts placing him at the forefront of an important California Native American artistic and cultural renaissance.