TROY BELLEROSE
Heritage
- Cree
Troy Bellerose was born into the Cree Nation in
Picture Butte, Alberta in 1970.
Although Troy is not of west coast heritage, he
became fascinated with the art form after meeting a
number of west coast First Nations artists. One of
them was Andrew Morrison of the Nisga’a Nation.
Andrew taught Troy the basics of carving the west
coast style; mainly the form, shapes and balance to
achieve an overall design. In very short order, Troy
developed into a versatile artist working in the
mediums of red and yellow cedar.
Troy’s work is generally clean and broad in design
and includes bentwood boxes, masks and other
carvings.