Ekemo Studios sculptures and carvings have been collected by many notable personalities and collectors from around the world. All of the Artist are Alaskan Artists. Each piece is made by hand. When you purchase an Ekemo Studios piece, you can be confident you are buying the best in this unique art form. Over 34 years of carving & Sculpture excellence in Alaska.

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R. J Ekemo: Alaskan Artist Cordova, Alaska 1949. Ekemo attended the Alaska Methodist University and the University of Alaska from 1968 to 1972. In 1972 Ekemo started Ekemo Studios, doing sculpting and carvings in ivory stone and fossil bone. In 1976 Ekemo moved to Seattle and was a partner in North Coast Trading Co.. With a larger staff and as many as thirty diverse artists and craft persons Ekemo experimented with many different media. Eventualy moveing back to Anchorage and in 1990 moved Ekemo Studios to Eagle River Alaska.

Elizabeth. A. Ekemo : Alaskan Artist
Attended Westmont College, University of Washington, and University of Alaska. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Elizabeth has worked in many different mediums, water color, acrylics, oils and computer graphics and stone. Her work is sold through private showing. Her last work was a series individual printings call "Language of the Raven" the prints were preveiwed at the Aurora Fine Arts Gallery in Anchorage.

D. Norman Oakland : Alaskan Artist
Norman - Norman's background is in fine wood working, the technical aspects of casting, molds, and finish. After working for Boeing in WashingtonNorman's Since 1994 Dennis has been assisting other artists at Ekemo Studios in the prep and finish and technical aspect of their work. He also does museum quality restoration. Over the past ten years he has been working in whalebone making a series of dolls and traditional soapstone masks.

J. DuCommun : Alaskan Artist
Jason is from Valdez Alaska. Jason was a commercial graphic artist working mostly with air brush on larger surfaces. In 1988 Jason incorporated his graphic ability to three dimension. Currently most of his art has been devoted to larger graphic whalebone pieces and walrus bone figurines. We hope you enjoy the fine pieces he makes. Jason’s work is sold in select fine gift stores and galleries through out Alaska.

Charles Oakley : Alaskan Artist
A resident of Alaska , Chaz grew up on a homestead in Ninilchick, Alaska. He attended Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and was an apprentice for Professor Al Wadzenskie, a known bronze sculptor. Chaz is currently producing work in Bone and Stone . When Chaz is not carving he likes to pan for gold and do spray can art at the different state fairs Throughout Alaska.

Jorge C. Bailey : Alaskan Artist
Jorge Spent 8 years in the learning aircraft structural repair & manufacturing. He has also earned two degrees in photography while working as an assistant instructor and lab tech for the sculpture dept. , "Because of my familys mixed background and ancestry consisting of Cherokee / Blackfoot, Irish and Scotch the change over to the natural materials and mixing the traditional with the new is for me, very exiting". Jorge's transition into carving and sculpture, his attention to detail and ability to work in a mix of new and traditional styles with the whale bone and stone is producing some very well done quality peices.

Jim Correll : 1951 Jimmy grew up in Chickaloon Alaska, he has worked as a commercial fisherman, in construction and with hunting guide services in Alaska. Jim has been carving for the last 25 years most of his work has been in antler, walrus bone and whalebone. His work is in the more traditional Alaskan style and depicting Alaskan themes in caricatures of wildlife and indiginous cultures.

John Thede : John Thede : resides in Peters Creek Alaska. John attended the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne Indiana where he received his Bachalor Degree of Liberal Arts. majors and minors in education and art . Johns work at Ekemo Studios in primarily focused on figurines in stone. John currently enjoys working part time with grade school children and Painting.