Design by Charrine Lace

For over three decades, Charrine Lace has expressed the traditional Northwest Coast style of her Wet’suwet’en Nation through bold, culturally grounded artwork. A lifelong artist, she brings together ancestral teachings, personal experience, and modern technique to honour the stories and lands that shape her work.

Charrine began her formal Northwest Coast art training in the 1990s, completing the first year of the four-year program at the K’san School of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the K’san Historical Village. Life led her down a different path before she could finish the final three years, and the program has since transformed into what is now the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art in Terrace, BC. Even so, that foundational year at K’san continues to influence her artistic voice today.

She later expanded her technical abilities through a two-year desktop publishing course in Cowansville, Quebec in the early 2000s, which strengthened the digital side of her creative practice.

Charrine’s work includes original art, cultural designs, functional pieces, workshops, and community-focused projects that support cultural connection and creativity. She remains dedicated to youth mentorship, community arts, and sharing Wet’suwet’en visual culture in meaningful ways. Most recently, she created custom designs for the new Xplore Smithers platform, bringing Wet’suwet’en presence and artistic identity into the broader regional landscape.

Rooted in culture. Guided by community. Driven by creativity.

Wet’suwet’en Native Arts
Laksilyu Graphics & Design