Rabena, Glen
Glen Rabena was born 1953 in Wapato, WA. In 1970 he started carving Northwest Coast art, and moved to Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, where he studied at the Kitanmax School of Northwest Coast Art for 2 years.
In 1987, Glen was adopted into the Eagle Clan by Hereditary Haida Chief, Claude Davidson, at a potlatch in Massett, Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Island). During 1986-87 Glen worked with Claude's sons Robert- and Reg Davidson, both acclaimed artists. Projects included various private commissions and the three totem poles at PepsiCo’s World Headquarters in Purchase NY, USA.
Glen assisted Reg carve the first pole in modern time to be raised at a potlatch for the naming of a chief. During the fall of 1990, Glen Rabena and Reg Davidson were Artists in Residence at Headlands Centre for the Arts in San Francisco, where together, they carved a thirty-foot canoe.
His ability to capture the spirit in his works are avidly sought after by Northwest Coast and Wildlife collectors, and he is often commissioned to produce ceremonial objects to be used at potlatches.
