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City: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset]

Kiakshuk

First Name: Kiakshuk

Biography (English): Kiakshuk was a Inuk graphic artist based in ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset] and was part of the early days of the drawing and printmaking program in ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait. In addition to being a versatile artist, he was also a well-known and respected storyteller and elder. Kiakshuk quickly became an important participant in the development of the ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait graphic arts scene. As a printer, his preferred medium was engraving due to the direct nature of the process. He was highly respected for his ability to translate oral histories and tales of the hunt, animals, families and spirits into graphic media. Kiakshuk’s art was a mainstay of the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection from 1960-1967. Kiakshuk’s work has been exhibited worldwide and his works are part of permanent collections across North America at institutions such as the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, ON, the Prince of Wales Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, NT, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, USA, and many more.

Biography (French): Qiaksuk Qiaksuk inuulilauqtuminiq 1886-ngutillugu kanannaqpasingani sinaangani Qikiqtaaluup, Nunavummi. 70-miniiliriiqsuni titiqtugaqattapallialilauqsimajuq titiqtugaliuqattapallialiqsuni. 1961-ngutillugu James Houston pigiaqtitsilausimammat titiqtugaliurnirmik titiqtugaqtinut titiqtugarvittaaqqaumi, (uutturaqattapallialilauqsimajuq 1957-mi kisiani arraagutamaaqsiutiit saqqilauqsimajut 1959-ngutillugu), ammalu Qiaksuk taatsuminga pijariatujummarimmik kamaqattalilauqsimajuq. Ukkusitsalirinirmik quviagijaqaraluaqsuni titiqtugaliurnirmillu, titiqtugaliurinirmut aulanirmik niruaqtaqallarilauqtuq. Qiaksuk ujjirijausimammijuq amisuaqtingikkaluaqsuni sanannguaqattaqsimanirmik titiqtuganginnullu. Qaujimajautsiaqsuni unikkaaqtuaqti nunalinni upigijautsialauqtuq tukisinaqtitsigunnarninganut piusiusimjunik uqausikkut, unikkaaqaqpatsuni angunasunnirnik, nirjutinik, ilagiinniik, angakkunik tarninillu, titiqtugaliarillunigit. Inuujunniilauqsimajuq 1966-mi.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Kiakshuk-

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Birth Year: 1886

Medium: printmaking

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ᐸ Parr

First Name: ᐸ Parr

Biography (English): ᐸ Parr was an Inuk artist. He lived a traditional Inuit lifestyle until 1961, when he settled in ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset] because of declining health and a hunting accident. In ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait, Parr began to draw and make stonecut relief prints. He created over 2,000 works in the next eight years. These are mainly images of hunting scenes, although Shamanic subjects are also depicted. In 1977 one of his prints was featured on a Canadian postage stamp. His work is included in the permanent collections of several museums, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Canadian Museum of History, the Dennos Museum Center, the National Museum of the American Indian, the British Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art.

Biography (French): Paa Paa inuuliqtuminiq 1893-ngutillugu nunalillaturni, Kinngait mitsaani, nigiqpasingani sinaani, Qikiqtaalummi, Nunavummi. Paakkuk nuliariik Ilisuusikkuk piqqusituqaqtigut nuttaqattalauqsimajut angunasuqattaqsutik ukiallivatsutik Tasiujarjuarmi. 'Iqalulinni' ammalu aujaqsiupatsutik Niitani Tikirarmiluunniit, akautsiaqattarunniirami inutuqaruqpallialiqsunilu aullaasilauqsimajuq Kinngarnut 1961 nunguppallialiqtillugu. Tiliuqtautsuni Terry Ryan-mut titiqtugaqattajujuq paippaani upirngaangani 1961 Tasiujaqjuarmiutautsuni uannaqpasingani Kinngait. Inuisattunut sanaugaqtinut ilagijaulluni angakkunik takutsautitsinikkut sanajarmitigut, Paa qaujimajautsiaqtuq unikkaaqtunik titiqtuganginnut uumajunnguanik, angunasuaqtunik ammalu asivaqsimajunik. Titiqtugaqattaqsimajangit iqqaumajaminik uvikkakanniulluni angunasuaqtiutsuni asinilu nunaqaqpatsuni. Ukkusitsamuuqsimajunik niruaqtuqaqattalauqtuq ammalu titiqtugaliurnimik kisiani tigusillarilauqsimanngittuq titiqtugaliurnirmik quviagijaqajummijuq taqsalinnik amiarutinik aturiatsaq, qanuittutuinnarnillu amiarutinik aturnirmik imalinnillu titiqtugaliraigami. Arraaguit amisuunngittut titiqtugaqtiutsuni amisukallannik titiqtugalauqtuq, 2000-niittunik, ammalu ilitarijaumatsuni takutsautitsigianga inuusirmik atuqtaugunnaqtunik kinguvaariinniaqtunut. Ilitarijausimatsuni takutsautitsininganut angunasuarnituqarnik niruaqtaulauqsimajuq 1977-mi titiqqanut qangattautinuuqtautsuni titiqtuganga. Inuujunniilauqsimajuq Nuuvippiri 3, 1969.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Parr-

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Birth Year: 1893

Medium: drawing printmaking

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ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ Kenojuak Ashevak

First Name: ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ Kenojuak

Last Name: Ashevak

Biography (English): ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ Kenojuak Ashevak RCA is celebrated as a leading figure of modern Inuit art and one of Canada's preeminent artists and cultural icons. Part of a pioneering generation of Arctic creators, her career spanned more than five decades. She made graphic art, drawings and prints in stonecut, lithography, stained glass, and etching, beloved by the public, museums and collectors alike. Ashevak became one of the first Inuk women in ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset] to begin drawing. She worked in graphite, coloured pencils and felt-tip pens, and occasionally used poster paints, watercolours or acrylics. She created many carvings from soapstone and thousands of drawings, etchings, stonecut prints and prints — all sought after by museums and collectors. She was the first Inuit artist inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame (2001), was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (1967) and promoted to Companion in 1982. She received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2008) and the Order of Nunavut (2012). Her work, with its superb design qualities, was used for Canadian stamps, coins and banknotes. For instance, in 1970, Canada Post placed her 1960 print Enchanted Owl on a stamp to commemorate the centennial of the Northwest Territories and in 2017, the Bank of Canada unveiled a commemorative $10 banknote in honour of Canada's 150th birthday featuring Ashevak's print Owl's Bouquet on the note. She received Honorary Doctorates from Queen's University (1991) and the University of Toronto (1992) and many films were made about her life. Her work is included in the collection of the Art Museum The University of Toronto, St. Lawrence University, the National Gallery of Canada, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

Biography (French): Qinnuajuaq Aasivak Qinnuajuaq inuuliqtuminiq Uttuupiri 3, 1927 Ikirasammi, ungasinnilimmi 150 kilumiitat mitsaani kanannangani Kinngait, Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut. Inunngualiuqattapallialilauqsimajuq ammalu sapangalirivatsuni puvallugiaqsimatsuni Paak Savaat aanniavinganik, Kupai sitimi 1952-1955 akurnganni. Utirami Kangiamut aujangani 1955m qisinnik qisinnik miqsuqattalauqsimajuq sapangaliarisimajunillu niuviutigitsugit Alma Houston miqsuqvingatigut 1956 tikirataqsugu. Sananngualauqsimammijuq amisuunngittuugaluanik tiliuqtautsuni James Houston-mut. Aullaaqsimaliqtillugit Kiaktuumut 1957-mi, ammalu taikani arraagumi sitammiuttumik qiturngaqtaalauqsuni, titiqtugarnirmik kamaqattapallialilauqsimajuq. 1958-ngutillugu sivulliqpaaq ammalu ilangat Qinnuajuap titiqtuganginni qaujimajammariujuq, Ukaliq Kuannituqtuq, pijariiqtaulauqsimajuq Kinngarni titiqtugarvimmi miqsugangatta ilangannik qisirajammik. Taanna titiqtugaq ilaulauqsimajuq sivulliqpaanut arraagutamaaqsiutinginnut titiqtugarviup 1959-ngutillug. Taanna titiqtugaqti ilangillu Kinngarnut aullaalauqsimajut 1966-ngutillugu. Maanna nunalik iqqanaijaqsunilu Kinngarni, Qinnuajuaq kajusisimanginnaqtuq titiqtugalirinirmik, tamakkiinni titiqtugarnirmik titiqtugaliurnimillu, ammalu suli ilaminuungagunnapammitsuni ammalu aullaqattanginnaqsuni.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Kenojuak-Ashevak

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Birth Year: 1927

Medium: drawing glass printmaking

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Isaci Etidloie

First Name: Isaci

Last Name: Etidloie

Biography (English): Isaci Etidloie was an Inuk sculptor from ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset]. Inspired by the artistic legacy left by his father, Etulu Etidloie, and his grandparents, Etidlooie Etidlooie (1910 – 1981) and Kingmeata Etidlooie (1915 – 1989), Etidloie picked up his first set of hand tools at the age of seven. Like many other artists, his earlier works are filled with figures engaged in the daily practices of nomadic Inuit life: hunting, fishing, cooking or sewing. Drawing upon the influence of his father’s profession as an Inuit folk singer, Etidloie often explored themes that were expressed through song such as drum dancing, supernatural stories and elaborate spirit transformations, alongside everyday objects and activities. Showcasing the interactive quality of his work, Etidloie’s piece Singing Spirit (2003), depicts a shaman’s song producing a spirit face. This longer spirit stone, fitted with a mirror, emerges from the shaman’s open mouth, offering the admirer an opportunity to completely pull the portion out and a reveal a reflection of their self. While he enjoyed working on larger pieces, Etidloie also created much smaller items with practical uses. Jewellery boxes, harpoons and pen holders are just some examples of what can be found in his oeuvre. Etidloie’s technical skills further appear in his pieces where multiple materials have been employed. His later work offers up layered constructions that are enlivened not only by contrasting colours and textures but also by expertly balanced forms. Etidloie’s sculptures have travelled in exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States and Europe since the 1990s, including Dezhan Ejan (2004) at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC and at the Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Inuit art show in Belgium (1994). His works are featured in a number of permanent collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, ON, and the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, ON.

Biography (French): Isaci Etidloie était un sculpteur Inuk de ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset]. Inspiré par l'héritage artistique laissé par son père, Etulu Etidloie, et ses grands-parents, Etidlooie Etidlooie (1910 – 1981) et Kingmeata Etidlooie (1915 – 1989), Etidloie a acheté son premier ensemble d'outils à main à l'âge de sept ans. Comme beaucoup d’autres artistes, ses œuvres antérieures sont remplies de personnages engagés dans les pratiques quotidiennes de la vie nomade inuit : chasse, pêche, cuisine ou couture. S'appuyant sur l'influence de la profession de chanteur folk inuit de son père, Etidloie a souvent exploré des thèmes exprimés à travers des chansons telles que la danse du tambour, des histoires surnaturelles et des transformations spirituelles élaborées, aux côtés d'objets et d'activités du quotidien. Présentant la qualité interactive de son travail, la pièce d’Etidloie, Singing Spirit (2003), dépeint le chant d’un chaman produisant un visage spirituel. Cette pierre spirituelle plus longue, équipée d'un miroir, émerge de la bouche ouverte du chaman, offrant à l'admirateur la possibilité de retirer complètement la partie et de révéler un reflet de lui-même. S'il aimait travailler sur des pièces plus grandes, Etidloie créait également des objets beaucoup plus petits avec des utilisations pratiques. Coffrets à bijoux, harpons et porte-stylos ne sont que quelques exemples de ce que l'on retrouve dans son œuvre. Les compétences techniques d’Etidloie apparaissent également dans ses pièces où de multiples matériaux ont été utilisés. Ses œuvres ultérieures proposent des constructions superposées qui sont animées non seulement par des couleurs et des textures contrastées, mais également par des formes savamment équilibrées. Les sculptures d’Etidloie ont voyagé dans des expositions partout au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe depuis les années 1990, notamment Dezhan Ejan (2004) à l’ambassade du Canada à Washington, DC et à l’exposition d’art inuit du Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum en Belgique (1994). Ses œuvres sont présentées dans un certain nombre de collections permanentes telles que celles du Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario à Toronto, en Ontario, et de la Banque d'œuvres d'art du Conseil des Arts du Canada à Ottawa, en Ontario.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Issacci-Etidloie

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Birth Year: 1972

Medium: sculpture

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Okpik Pitseolak

First Name: Okpik

Last Name: Pitseolak

Biography (English): Okpik Pitseolak spent most of her life working and raising her family in ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset], NU. She began carving in the late 1960s, initially assisting her father-in-law, the great camp leader, photographer and artist Peter Pitseolak (1902 – 1973). Learning from careful observation, she developed her own particular carving style. Inspired by moments that she experienced in her own life, or by stories that she had heard from friends, Pitseolak’s art offers an intimate reflection upon scenes we encounter every day. Many of Pitseolak’s highly polished and evocative sculptures are self-portraits, sometimes showing the artist with her children. Engaged in common activities like sewing clothing, carrying water and breastfeeding, Pitseolak’s women are strong, empowered and often smiling widely, further animated through their dynamic, curving lines. The artist’s most unique sculptures are embellished with delicate strands of beads. Applying the techniques learned from watching Simatuq, her paternal grandmother, Pitseolak decorated the hair and garments of her figures with the beads, punctuating the dark, rich stone with pops of bright colour. Sedna Combing Her Hair (2002), provides an example of Pitseolak’s exploration of more whimsical themes. As a member of Inuit Art Foundation’s Board of Directors, Pitseolak advocated for artist safety and mentored the younger generation, including her son Jamasee Pitseolak, who like his mother has developed his own unique approach to sculpting with stone. Pitseolak attended several workshops organized by the IAF throughout the 1990s and completed courses in jewellery making from the Nunavut Arctic College. Pitseolak’s exhibition record is impressive, with her pieces touring throughout Canada and abroad in shows such as Isumavut: The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women (1994 – 1995), held at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC. Her sculptures can be found in the public collections of the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Manitoba, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, ON, and the Musee des beaux-arts in Montreal, QC, among others.

Biography (French): Okpik Pitseolak a passé la majeure partie de sa vie à travailler et à élever sa famille à ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset], au Nunavut. Elle a commencé à sculpter à la fin des années 1960, en assistant d’abord son beau-père, le grand chef de camp, photographe et artiste Peter Pitseolak (1902 – 1973). Apprenant d'une observation attentive, elle a développé son propre style de sculpture. Inspiré par des moments qu’elle a vécus dans sa propre vie ou par des histoires qu’elle a entendues de la part d’amis, l’art de Pitseolak offre une réflexion intime sur des scènes que nous rencontrons quotidiennement. De nombreuses sculptures très soignées et évocatrices de Pitseolak sont des autoportraits, montrant parfois l’artiste avec ses enfants. Engagées dans des activités courantes comme coudre des vêtements, porter de l’eau et allaiter, les femmes de Pitseolak sont fortes, autonomes et souvent souriantes, encore plus animées par leurs lignes dynamiques et courbes. Les sculptures les plus uniques de l’artiste sont ornées de délicats rangs de perles. En appliquant les techniques apprises en observant Simatuq, sa grand-mère paternelle, Pitseolak a décoré les cheveux et les vêtements de ses personnages avec des perles, ponctuant la pierre sombre et riche de touches de couleurs vives. Sedna Combing Her Hair (2002) fournit un exemple de l’exploration par Pitseolak de thèmes plus fantaisistes. En tant que membre du conseil d’administration de l’Inuit Art Foundation, Pitseolak a défendu la sécurité des artistes et a encadré la jeune génération, notamment son fils Jamasee Pitseolak, qui, comme sa mère, a développé sa propre approche unique de la sculpture sur pierre. Pitseolak a participé à plusieurs ateliers organisés par l'IAF tout au long des années 1990 et a suivi des cours en fabrication de bijoux au Collège de l'Arctique du Nunavut. Le bilan d’expositions de Pitseolak est impressionnant, avec ses œuvres en tournée partout au Canada et à l’étranger dans des expositions telles que Isumavut : L’expression artistique de neuf femmes de Cape Dorset (1994-1995), présentée au Musée canadien de l’histoire à Gatineau, QC. Ses sculptures se trouvent entre autres dans les collections publiques de la Winnipeg Art Gallery au Manitoba, de la Collection McMichael d'art canadien à Kleinburg, en Ontario, et du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, au Québec.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Okpik-Pitseolak

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Birth Year: 1946

Medium: sculpture

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ᓇᐸᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ Napachie Pootoogook

First Name: ᓇᐸᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ Napachie

Last Name: Pootoogook

Biography (English): ᓇᐸᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ Napachie Pootoogook was a Inuk graphic artist. Pootoogook began drawing in her early twenties with her mother's encouragement. Like many Inuit artists, she brought her drawings to the ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset]-based West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative (now known as the Kinngait Co-operative), an institution that would purchase artworks and offered art classes. Pootoogook sold her first drawings to James Archibald Houston for $20 when she was twenty-five years old. She continued to draw and make prints until her death, producing more than 5000 original works. Pootoogook's art was included in fourteen Cape Dorset print collections and has been featured in many anthologies of Inuit art since the 1960s. Much of Pootoogook's early work documented traditional Inuit spirituality, mythology and superstitions. In the 1970s, she began using her art to document traditional Inuit life and clothing as well as local histories. The drawings created toward the end of her career told stories from her personal life and those of her ancestors, going back two generations. Some of those later pieces illustrated darker aspects of Inuit life - covering themes like spousal abuse, starvation, forced marriage and infanticide.

Biography (French): ᓇᐸᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ Napachie Pootoogook était un graphiste inuit. Pootoogook a commencé à dessiner au début de la vingtaine avec les encouragements de sa mère. Comme de nombreux artistes inuits, elle a apporté ses dessins à la West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative de ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset] (maintenant connue sous le nom de Kinngait Co-operative), une institution qui achetait des œuvres d'art et offrait des cours d'art. Pootoogook a vendu ses premiers dessins à James Archibald Houston pour 20 $ alors qu'elle avait vingt-cinq ans. Elle a continué à dessiner et à réaliser des estampes jusqu'à sa mort, produisant plus de 5 000 œuvres originales. L'art de Pootoogook figurait dans quatorze collections d'estampes de Cape Dorset et a été présenté dans de nombreuses anthologies d'art inuit depuis les années 1960. Une grande partie des premiers travaux de Pootoogook documentaient la spiritualité, la mythologie et les superstitions traditionnelles inuites. Dans les années 1970, elle a commencé à utiliser son art pour documenter la vie et les vêtements traditionnels des Inuits ainsi que les histoires locales. Les dessins réalisés vers la fin de sa carrière racontaient des histoires de sa vie personnelle et de celles de ses ancêtres, remontant à deux générations. Certaines de ces œuvres ultérieures illustrent des aspects plus sombres de la vie des Inuits, abordant des thèmes tels que la violence conjugale, la famine, le mariage forcé et l'infanticide.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/napachie-pootoogook

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Birth Year: 1938

Medium: drawing printmaking

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ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ Pudlo Pudlat

First Name: ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ Pudlo

Last Name: Pudlat

Biography (English): Pudlo Pudlat was a Canadian Inuk artist whose preferred medium was a combination of acrylic wash and coloured pencils. His works are in the collections of most Canadian museums. At his death in 1992, Pudlat left a body of work that included more than 4000 drawings and 200 prints. Pudlat began drawing in the early 1960s after he abandoned the semi-nomadic way of life and settled in ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait [Cape Dorset]. He experienced firsthand the radical transformation of life in the Arctic that occurred in the 20th Century and reached its peak in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, when he was already in his 40s, he moved to Kiaktuuq near ᑭᙵᐃᑦ / Kinngait to recover from a bout of tuberculosis. It was there he met Inuit art pioneer James Archibald Houston and began his career as an artist. Pudlat spent 33 years creating art. He began by carving sculpture, but he found carving difficult because of an arm injury, so he switched to drawing around 1959 or 1960. Initially encouraged by James Houston and then by Terry Ryan of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative (now known as the Kinngait Co-operative), he embraced drawing and later printmaking and painting as these media were introduced in the north. Pudlat occasionally traveled south and to other parts of the Arctic for medical treatment. The objects he encountered his travels, especially airplanes, are prominent in his subject matter. In 1972 one of Pudlat's prints was selected for reproduction on a UNICEF greeting card. Pudlat travelled to Ottawa to attend the opening of an exhibition of the works. He remembered it as the first work for which he was invited south and accorded public recognition.

Biography (French): Palluq Pullat Palluq inuuliqtuminiq Villuali 1915, Ilupirulimmi, Ammarjuat saniani ungasinniqaqsuni 350 kilumiita mitsaani kanannangani Kinngait, Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut. Qaujimajaujjutilik titiqtugarnik 4500-nik (titiqtugaliarisimajut, titiqtugait, amiaqsimajullu) sanasimajangit arraaguit 33 iluani. Pigiarutiqaqpallialauqsimajuugaluaq sanannguanirmik kisiani quviagilauqsimanngimmauk, utirami Kiaktuumut, titiqtugaqattapallialilauqsimajuq 1958 uvvalu 1960. Tiliuqtaugianngalauqsimatsuni James Houston-mut ammalu Terry Ryan-mut, ilitaqsisitsautigilauqsimajuq titiqtugarnirmik, ammalu kinguningagut titiqtugaliurnirmik amiarinirmillu, niruaqtariliqsugu. Palluq kingulliqpaami titiqtugangit takutsaujut arraagutamaaqsiutini titiqtugarni 1993-mi. Inuujunniilauqtuq Tiisippiri 28, 1992

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Pudlo-Pudlat

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Birth Year: 1916

Medium: drawing printmaking

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Toonoo Sharkey

First Name: Toonoo

Last Name: Sharkey

Biography (English): Toonoo Sharkey RCA started sculpting at the age of ten, but didn’t start to get serious until the age of thirteen. He exhibited for the very first time when he was only seventeen. To this day, Sharky is considered one of the most exciting young sculptors to emerge in the Arctic. His favourite themes include whimsical and quite dramatic scenarios of wildlife, especially birds. The artist also sculpts transformational themes, both powerful and humorous, in serpentine stone or marble. He had the honour of being elected to the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA) in 2003 and his work is widely exhibited in collections, such as the National Collection of Indian and Inuit Art, the Anthropology Museum and much more.

Biography (French): Tunu Saaki Tunu Saaki inuuliqtuminiq Juuni 5, 1970. Nunalik ammalu iqqanaijaqpatsuni nunalinginni Kinngait, nigiqpasiani Qikiqtaaluup, Nunavut. Kinguvaarijaujuni pingajugijautsuni sanannuaqti, sanavattangit ullumisiutaujut ammalu taitsumanitautsutik. Saaki piliriaqaqattasuuq angakkinnguaqtunik sanannguaqtamini. Angakkuq uvvaluunniit 'Inuttanga', kiinappaujaaqtumik kiinaqarajutsutik, takutsaujummata akunninganiittuujaaqsutik nunarjuap ammalu tarniit iningita. Ikajuqtingali tarningata Kiggaviujaaqtuusuuq uvvaluunniit uppirjuujaaqsuni. Tamakkua timmiannguat immikkut sanavammijangittauq. Saaki ilitaqsisimajuq qaujimajammariujuunnittauq sanannguaqtiinnik Qupaapik Ulaiggii ammal Suati Qiliqti, ataatatsianga ammalu akkanga, attuisimaniqpaugiangik sanannguarunnarninganik. Sanannguaqattaqsimajuq arraaguqarniraminit qulinik, sanannguaqtiunginnaqtuq takutsautitsiqattaqsimatsuni Kanatami, Mialigait nunanganni ammalu tariup akiani 1987-minit.

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Birth Year: 1970

Medium: sculpture

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Oviloo Tunnillie

First Name: Oviloo

Last Name: Tunnillie

Biography (English): Oviloo Tunnillie RCA was an Inuk sculptor. Her carvings served as her commentary on both traditional and changing contemporary Inuit culture. She was one of the first Inuk artists to work with an autobiographical theme. At a young age, Tunnillie's family was disrupted by the government's forced removal of tuberculosis patients to sanitariums in southern Canada. She was taken to Clearwater Lake Indian Hospital in Manitoba, where she spent two year-long stays. The experience of dehumanization and alienation by white officials remained a major theme in her art. Tunnillie came from a noted artistic family. However as an eldest daughter, Tunnillie's interest in sculpture was unaligned with typical social roles, and she often faced pressure from family to abandon her practice at a young age. Tunnillie carved her first work, Mother and Child, in 1966 when she was 17 years old. Tunnillie's works are rendered in the distinctive serpentinite rock that is common to South Baffin. Her style is distinctive, employing an architectural quality. Themes in her work range from alcohol abuse and sexual assault to memories of her time in a southern TB clinic freely depicting the inter-cultural reality of the contemporary Inuk woman.

Biography (French): Ovilu Tunnillii Ovilu Tunillii inuuliqtuminiq Tiisippiri 20, 1949 ilangani nunait nunagiqattaqsimajangita ilangita Kinngarnut aullaalauratik, Qikiqtaalummi, Nunavut 1960 nunguppallialiqtillugit. Sivulliqpaami sananngualauqsimajuq 1966-ngutillugu arraaguqaqsuni 17-nik pigiaqpallialiqsunilu arraaguni 30-nik aturnialiqtani 1972-ngutillugu. Tunillii aullalauqtuq Kinngarnik nuttiqsuni Turaantumut ilagiit 2001-ngutillugu. Maanna nunagaliqtuq Aatuvaamik Manturiamilu.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Ovilu-Tunnillie

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Birth Year: 1949

Medium: sculpture

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