Alan Syliboy

Artist Bio: Alan Syliboy

Alan Syliboy is a Mi’kmaq artist based in Nova Scotia. He was born in Truro at the Hillbrook First Nations community. Alan was a talented artist as a child and started to study formally under the influential Mi’kmaq artist Shirley Bear. Following that he went on to study at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

Syliboy is a mature artist with a national reputation as one of the most influential Aboriginal artists in Eastern Canada.