Shane Wilson


Shane Wilson is a sculptor who has lived and worked in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada. His principal mediums are antler, horn, ivory, and bronze, from which he creates sculpture in his signature style, a juxtaposition of abstract organic and non-organic shapes.

Public collections

  • Brush Creek Ranch Permanent Art Collection: Curvy Caribou  , Brush Creek, Wyoming, USA, 2021
  • Yukon University: Ceremonial Antler, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2020
  • The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto Permanent Canadian Contemporary Art Collection: Candle Ice Two, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2012
  • The Haines Junction Permanent Art Collection: Skullpture Series – Gaia, Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada, 2009
  • The Yukon Arts Centre Gallery Permanent Collection: Self Portrait, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2009
  • The Yukon Arts Centre Gallery Permanent Collection: Candle Ice, acquired 2008, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2008
  • The Haines Junction Permanent Art Collection: Skullpture Series, Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada, 2007
  • The Governments of Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut: Three Northern Torches representing Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, 2007
  • The Whitehorse 2007 Canada Winter Games: Three Northern Torches representing Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2006
  • Yukon Voice – mammoth ivory – 3x3in – 2004, collection of The Right Honourable Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada
  • The Yukon Permanent Art Collection: Yukon Seasons, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2006
  • The Yukon Hospital Foundation: Tundra Swan, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2005
  • J.C. Wilson Chemicals Ltd.: Humpback Breaching, London, Ontario, Canada, 2005
  • The Collection of Yukon Member of Parliament, the Hon. Larry Bagnell: The Shooting of Dan McGrew – on loan to the MacBride Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2004
  • The Collection of The Right Honourable Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada: Yukon Voice, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2004
  • Redism.com: A New Kind of Art Gallery: Virtual Art Competition and Gallery - Award: First Place – Sculpture for Celtic Confusion, Online, 2003
  • The Grand Slam Club: Faro Fannin, commissioned for Foundation for North American Wild Sheep Convention, Reno Nevada, U.S.A., 2001
  • The Collection of Yukon Supreme Court Justice, the Hon. Ron Veale: Denali, Whitehorse, Yukon Canada, 2000
  • The Yukon Permanent Art Collection: Raven: Bringer of Light, Whitehorse, Yukon Canada, 2000
  • Arctic Winter Games 2000: Denali, Whitehorse, Yukon Canada, 2000
  • City of Dawson: Five Ivory Broaches Dawson City, Yukon Canada, 2000

Publishing credits

  • “Ou Est Winston Churchill: Le Vol du Château Laurier” - Crime Documentary - CBC TV, 2023
  • Ceremonial Antler – Brendan Preston, Director, Editor & Cinematographer; Lucy-Anne Kay, Story and Narration – produced for Yukon University Convocation 2020 & 2021
  • Pieces of Canada – Exhibit Guide: 150 Objects – 150 Stories, by Suzanne Moase, Curator, Niagara Falls Museums, p. 34 Alces Madonna, Image and text, 2017
  • Transforming the Unexpected: Artist to Collect – Shane Wilson,  by Bret Anningson, Arabella Magazine: Canadian Art, Architecture and Design – Winter 2015, p. 160 – Borealis and Oreithyia, Big Horns Ram, Gaia, Tundra Swan, Yukon Seasons, Short Eared Parliament,  Duality, Seahorses, Self Portrait, Dall Sheep Duality, Wolf-Pine Beetle Galleries – St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, 2015
  • Ornate Antler Sculptures by Shane Wilson, by Caro Buermann, Hi Fructose Magazine: The New Contemporary Art Magazine Blog – Gaia,  Borealis and Oreithyia, Alces Madonna, Short Eared Parliament, Yukon Seasons, Duality, Candle Ice, Candle Ice Two, Male Seahorse – Richmond, California, U.S.A., 2015
  • Carve, by Kent Wilson, Outdoor Lifestyle Magazine, Spring/Summer 2015, p. 88-89 – Short Eared Parliament – Dundas, Ontario, Canada, 2015
  • Art Takes Times Square, p. 102, edited by Jeffrey Aldrich – Celtic Confusion – New York, New York, 2012
  • "Fine Art at Four Seasons Toronto", by Elaine Glusac,, June 2012
  • "True North", by Elaine Glusac, Four Seasons Magazine, Issue 2, p. 166, June 2013
  • Ice Floe II, Cover art, Edited by Shannon Gramse and Sarah Kirk, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2011
  • "Artist Workspaces: Shane Wilson's Studio", Branch Magazine: Private Parts, Issue 6, July 2011
  • Algonquin Art Centre Blog and Newsletter: "Interview with Shane Wilson", Algonquin Art Centre, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, June 2011
  • "Artist Feature: Shane Wilson", International Year of Forests: An Artist's Perspective, Gallery Program 2011, Algonquin Art Centre, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Summer 2011
  • "Feature Artist: Shane Wilson", Branch Magazine: Wild, Issue 5, April 2011
  • Series Summer School of the Arts Course Catalogue Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, 2011
  • "Wildfowl Art of a Different Nature", by Jim Clark, Wildfowl Art: The Journal of the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Summer Issue, p. 22, 2010
  • "Collaborations", Branch Magazine: Home, Issue 2.2, August 2010
  • "Shane Wilson: Honouring the Power of Wild Life", by Todd Wilkinson, Wildlife Art Journal, Spring, 2010
  • "Shane Wilson: Honouring the Power of Wild Life", by Todd Wilkinson, Trophy Rooms from Around the World, Vol. 15, p. 158-167, 2010
  • Antlers: A Guide to Collecting, Scoring, Mounting, and Carving, by Dennis Walrod, 2005