Kolten is a multidisciplinary artist, raised in the village of Xwemelch’stn (Capilano reserve) and comes from the Baker family and is of the House of Liłuwagila. His lineage spans the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw, Kwagulth, Tlowitsis, Squamish, and N’Quatqua St’at’imc Nations. He is also a descendant of renowned ancestors George Hunt of Fort Rupert and Mary Ebbetts (Anislaga) of the Tlingit Tongass, as well as Chief Shakes of Wrangell, Alaska.

Born into a rich cultural lineage, he has dedicated his whole life to art. Deeply rooted in the teachings of his ancestors, he works across a range of media including silver jewelry, digital art, printmaking, and traditional cedar wood carving. 

Kolten was trained by master artists Klathe Bhi, Kevin Cranmer, and is currently working under Robert Davidson. His work has been exhibited and sold in galleries across the Northwest Coast of BC, with commissions travelling internationally. He is also the recipient of the 2025 YVR Artist Award. His passion is to create work for his community and ceremonies and he carries a deep responsibility to pass on his artistic and cultural knowledge to the next generation.

My uncle, Klathe Bhi – I used to weed his garden as a little kid – I went down and knocked on his door and I told him I wanted to carve… I wanted to do a mask. And he’s like, ‘Well, you got to find some wood, and you got to find a knife.’ I tracked down a knife, and I tracked down a piece of wood…I don’t think I stopped after that. I was drawn back to my culture.

Kolten is a multidisciplinary artist, raised in the village of Xwemelch’stn (Capilano reserve) and comes from the Baker family and is of the House of Liłuwagila. His lineage spans the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw, Kwagulth, Tlowitsis, Squamish, and N’Quatqua St’at’imc Nations. He is also a descendant of renowned ancestors George Hunt of Fort Rupert and Mary Ebbetts (Anislaga) of the Tlingit Tongass, as well as Chief Shakes of Wrangell, Alaska.