ᔭᓐ ᑎᑕ John Tiktak – CCCA Canadian Art Database

ᔭᓐ ᑎᑕ John Tiktak

ᔭᓐ ᑎᑕ John Tiktak

ᔭᓐ ᑎᑕ John Tiktak RCA was a Canadian Inuk sculptor who spent most of his artistic career in ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ / Kangiqliniq [Rankin Inlet]. Most of his sculptures take the human form as their subject. Tiktak lived a traditional Inuit lifestyle until he moved to ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ / Arviat in the 1950s. He moved to ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ / Kangiqliniq in 1958, where he began to work as a sculptor in 1963. His figurative work is minimal in style, and so is modern in appearance. Distinctive stylistic traits include very rounded forms and hands that are attached to the sides of the figure, so that the arms are circular in shape.

Creator Id: 606
Community Detail: recpfTUMgW5XHCYwF
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Additional Statuses: Inuit
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Nunavut
Year of Birth: 1916
City: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ / Kangiqliniq [Rankin Inlet]
Community: recpfTUMgW5XHCYwF
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Living Status: Deceased
Mediums: sculpture
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Work by ᔭᓐ ᑎᑕ John Tiktak

Standing Man

Work ID: 48188

Measurements: 19.05 x 8.89 x 3.81 cm/po

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ. Reproduction permission pending.

Date Made: 1964

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mother and Child – view 1

Work ID: 48185

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ. Reproduction permission pending.

Date Made: 1965

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mother and Child

Work ID: 48181

Measurements: 17.78 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm/po

Collection: Reproduced with the permission of the Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut. Reproduction permission pending. Photograph courtesy Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

Date Made: 1965

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Standing Man

Work ID: 48187

Measurements: 62.23 x 30.48 x 15.24 cm/po

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ. Reproduction permission pending.

Date Made: 1965

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mother and Child – view 2

Work ID: 48186

Collection: Reproduced with the permission of the Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ

Date Made: 1965

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Pregnant Woman

Work ID: 48189

Measurements: 23.495 x 15.875 x 12.065 cm/po

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ. Reproduction permission pending.

Date Made: 1967

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Faces

Work ID: 48184

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ. Reproduction permission pending.

Date Made: 1967

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mother and Child – view 1

Work ID: 48179

Measurements: 30.48 x 21.59 x 13.97 cm/po

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut. Reproduction permission pending. Photograph courtesy Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

Date Made: 1971

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mother and Child – view 2

Work ID: 48180

Measurements: 30.48 x 21.59 x 13.97 cm/po

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut. Reproduction permission pending. Photograph courtesy Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

Date Made: 1971

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mother and Child

Work ID: 48182

Measurements: 26.67 x 13.97 x 17.78 cm/po

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut. Reproduction permission pending. Photograph courtesy Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

Date Made: 1974

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Head

Work ID: 48183

Measurements: 14.605 x 8.255 x 4.445 cm/po

Collection: Office of the Public Trustee, Nunavut. Reproduction permission pending. Photograph courtesy Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

Date Made: unknown/inconnue

Materials: stone

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA