Education
He studied Northwest Coast art styles at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art ("Ksan) at Hazelton, British Columbia, in Gitxsan territory, studying under Duane Pasco and Doug Cranmer.
He studied Northwest Coast art styles at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art ("Ksan) at Hazelton, British Columbia, in Gitxsan territory, studying under Duane Pasco and Doug Cranmer.
His materials include silver, gold, metal, limestone, silk screen graphics and wood. He carved totem poles for his home village of Kispiox in 1971, 1972, and 1978, Ottawa, Paris, Japan, Vancouver, to name a few. Awards in recognition for Walter"s contribution to First Nations art in Canada.
In 2003, Governor General"s Award for Visual and Media Arts.
September 2005, Walter Harris was given the Order of Canada as an Officer.