I-Hos Gallery
I-Hos Gallery
4.5
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
I-Hos Gallery presents a collection of traditional and contemporary Northwest Coast artwork, including masks, prints, gold and silver jewelry, wood carvings and more produced by First Nations artists. I-Hos Gallery is Band owned and operated by K'omoks First Nation. Our culture is expressed through our art. We are located between Courtenay and Comox on Vancouver Island, on the site of the original K’omoks Village. We deal directly with all of our First Nation artists and provide you with all legends and artist biographies. I-Hos Gallery is Band owned and operated by K'omoks First Nations and has been est. since 1995.
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gdeakins
Des Moines, WA340 contributions
Jun. 2023 • Couples
If you appreciate PNW indigenous art, this gallery is worth a visit. Whether you are actively shopping or “just looking”, the gallery has lots to offer with a wide variety of tasteful merchandise and helpful staff to assist you. Reasonably priced, they have merchandise to fit almost any budget . There are some very nice, unique pieces, however, I would not characterize the gallery as “high end” or “fine art”. Jewelry, clothing, carvings, prints, small sculptures, books, children’s items and more! You will be tempted!
Written July 8, 2023
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Sally K
5 contributions
Oct. 2022
We had a lovely time here today! So much to see and far too many things that I wanted to buy! The staff were truly delightful. Thank you.
Written October 21, 2022
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Lorna Appleby
Nanaimo, Canada3 contributions
Jun. 2022
Friendly, knowledgable, staff. Beautiful artwork, educational books, and high quality clothes. Fully accessible.
Written June 25, 2022
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Bob T
Victoria, Canada2 contributions
Apr. 2021
If you're visiting the Comox Valley, this excellent gallery is a terrific spot to spend an hour or so. And with art and jewelry from well-known artists, hand-made moccasins, t-shirts, blankets, art cards and more, there's something for every budget. And the service is first-rate. My wife and I just purchased a ring for our daughter's birthday. When they didn't have the right size in stock, Ramona, the gallery manager, managed to get the artist to custom-make one for us on a very short deadline. Not only that, she also took care of FedEx-ing it to Chicago to arrive the day before the birthday. Truly exceptional customer service!
Written May 11, 2021
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Michael A Merlino
1 contribution
Apr. 2021
This gallery is a nice find! They offer excellent First Nations pieces, and shipping is fast to the US. The staff are friendly and everything is well thought out at this K'omoks First Nation owned and operated gallery!
Written April 17, 2021
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r0bth0mps0n
Vancouver Island, Canada3 contributions
Nov. 2019
Excellent access point for indigenous art of quality. Local and other artists available, at fair prices, and staffed by experienced, knowledgable staff. Go there. We do, often.
Written March 21, 2020
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Sorry for such a delay in responding to your kind words. We have been closed and now we are open by appointment only until most likely June. We encourage you to shop on line :) Its been a crazy time for sure. Again thank you for such kind words.
Ramona
Written May 13, 2020
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Glenda
1 contribution
Mar. 2020 • Solo
I just had the BEST experience with I-Hos Gallery. I placed an order online, and Ramona went above and beyond for customer service.
If you're in the position to do some online shopping, I encourage you to keep I-Hos Gallery in mind for their quality of goods, amazing customer service, and you're supporting a small business - you won't be disappointed!!
If you're in the position to do some online shopping, I encourage you to keep I-Hos Gallery in mind for their quality of goods, amazing customer service, and you're supporting a small business - you won't be disappointed!!
Written March 19, 2020
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Gilakas'la Glenda supporting local and small business is so important at this time. Doing our best to help our customers in any way. Until your next purchase and be safe out there.
Written March 20, 2020
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nahuapoet
Los Angeles, CA1 contribution
Mar. 2020 • Solo
I have been looking for a place where I could buy quality First Peoples’ art work and Canadian made clothing with North-west coast designs, and I have found it at I-Hos Gallery in Courtenay! I grew up on Vancouver Island, and now live in the United States but I will always keep the wonderful designs of the First Peoples of the North-west first in my heart and memory.
I just received two t-shirts that I purchased for my husband. The quality is wonderful and excellent fit. The designs have their meaning printed on the accompanying tags, and also the names of the artists.
Ramona originally helped me via email with questions I had, and then others helped with the packing and mailing. The shirts arrived in a timely fashion, in excellent condition - and with a personal note thanking me for my purchase.
You can be sure I will be making more purchases! Their gallery looks wonderful from the pictures in the brochure and also on face book. You can be sure if I get back to the ‘land of my youth’ I will be visiting them in person, but so glad they are bringing their gallery to me on line in the meantime.
I highly recommend I-Hos Gallery!
I just received two t-shirts that I purchased for my husband. The quality is wonderful and excellent fit. The designs have their meaning printed on the accompanying tags, and also the names of the artists.
Ramona originally helped me via email with questions I had, and then others helped with the packing and mailing. The shirts arrived in a timely fashion, in excellent condition - and with a personal note thanking me for my purchase.
You can be sure I will be making more purchases! Their gallery looks wonderful from the pictures in the brochure and also on face book. You can be sure if I get back to the ‘land of my youth’ I will be visiting them in person, but so glad they are bringing their gallery to me on line in the meantime.
I highly recommend I-Hos Gallery!
Written March 10, 2020
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Wow such beautiful words, thank you so much! Thank you for taking the time to leave such a great review for us to share with everyone! Here at I-Hos Gallery we love to be able to share the culture with everyone, especially those who are from here and now live afar.
Look forward to hearing from you again, have a great rest of your week!
-Carli Pryce, Senior Social Media Team
Written March 11, 2020
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Carol B
Courtenay, Canada70 contributions
Dec. 2019 • Friends
Wonderful, authentic and traditional items to gift to others or yourself. I purchased 2 carved silver rings and very happy with the assistance received and quality of the items, and the great price. From moccasins to masks, great selection and quality products.
Written December 8, 2019
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Thank you for sharing your experience with us! Gilakasla for joining us on our anniversary this year! I-Hos Gallery is going to start celebrating 25 years starting January 2020 on Facebook with some amazing giveaways, so please follow us and join in the celebrations!
Written December 10, 2019
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2-4-T
Ontario, Canada884 contributions
Dec. 2019
A must-visit. I shopped I-Hos gallery and spent more time and money than I anticipated... but much less than I wanted to. While it's not huge, the more you look, the more you find to interest you - and there are gift ideas for just about everyone you'd want to buy for. From the amusing Sasquatch motif hats and t-shirts, to framed prints, beautiful leather purses and wallets, metal wall art, or home decor, jewelry, to carvings and masks - there's a variety of items that place it between a gallery and a gift shop. There are some beautiful artisan-created items. My spouse who really dislikes shopping really enjoyed I-Hos. The staff are insightful and very kind - never pushy. I found the sage and sweetgrass I wanted, but also a journal and a stunning sandblasted "Raven Mother" glass vase by Michael Forbes that I had to buy. My I-Hos wish list is growing... (I'm not kidding - I actually have a list)
Written December 7, 2019
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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such an amazing review! It is always nice to be able to share our customer experiences with the staff here at I-Hos Gallery. If you aren't already please follow us on Facebook we are going to begin celebrating 25 years in January with some amazing giveaways only available on our Facebook!
Written December 10, 2019
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Frequently Asked Questions about I-Hos Gallery
- I-Hos Gallery is open:
- Mon - Mon 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Tue - Sat 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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