Photo Credit: Justin Allen
Cal Stalvig (b. 1986) is an Afro-Norsq sculptor born on Gitchi-gaami Lake Superior. He works with found materials, botanicals, wood, wool, beeswax, sound, light, and lunar cycles. Since 2021 he has harvested and carved native and introduced tree species in forests across Minnesota and Wisconsin, casting the carvings in silicone molds and recasting them in beeswax.
Stalvig has exhibited at BUoY Art Center Tokyo, the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Nightclub Gallery, and The Invisible Dog Art Center, and is a 2026 recipient of the Midway Contemporary Art Visual Arts Fund and a Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Creative Connections Grant. His solo exhibition Chapel of Stonemilkur opens in Minneapolis in December 2026. He is currently a resident in the Artisan Development Program at North House Folk School, studying furniture making, joinery, and woodcarving.