CCCA Canadian Art Database

Ending Year: 2012

Sybil Goldstein

First Name: Sybil

Last Name: Goldstein

Biography (English): Sybil Goldstein was a Toronto painter, curator and teacher. She was a member of the ChromaZone Collective [1981-1986] and author of the ChromaZone history on this site.

Biography (French): Sybil Goldstein était une peintre, conservatrice et enseignante torontoise. Elle était membre du collectif ChromaZone [1981-1986] et auteur de l'histoire de ChromaZone sur ce site.

Birth Year: 1954

Medium: drawing painting

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Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok

First Name: Lucy

Last Name: Tutsweetok

Biography (English): Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok was an Inuk artist. Known for her sculptures, Tasseor Tutsweetok worked principally with grey steatite, a hard stone local to Arviat on the Nunavut mainland, where the artist moved following the closing of the North Rankin Nickel Mine in 1962. Always remaining close to the stone's original form and leaving its surface unpolished, her sculptures take maternal and family groupings as their principle themes. Notable exhibitions include: Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (1971–73), In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada (1989–91), and Indigena: Contemporary Native Perspectives in Canadian Art (1992), and a solo exhibition, her first, at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2011). In 1992, she completed a large sculpture for the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Tasseor Tutsweetok's minimalist and semi-abstract approach to carving is accompanied by calculated drawings upon the stone's surface, she shares this approach with her contemporaries Andy Miki, John Panaruk, and Elizabeth Nutaluk.

Biography (French): Luusi Tasiu Tutsuittuq Luusi Tasiu Tutsuittuq inuuliqtuminiq 1934-ngutillugu Nunalaarmi Maanituuvva-mi, niuviqtikunni pingannaqpasingani Tasiujaqjuap, nigiani maanna Nunavut killigiliqtangata. Inuujunniilauqtillugu ataatanga ataatatsiakkuminnut nuttilauqsimajuq, nuttapatsutik Nunalaarmut ammalu avataanut. Ataatatsianga iqqanaijaqattarnirmat tamkkiinni nunaliit niuvirvinginni usikattaqtiutsuni qimutsikkut ammalu qajariakkut. Tasiu maligajuppattamininga aullaliraimmat ammalu uqausirillugu isumatarjuaq anginiqpauniraqsugu inuusirmini attuisimatillugu sanavattanginni. Tasiu sanannguaqattapallialilauqsimajuq ujaqqamik ammalu ilaannikkut tuttuit najjunginnik 1960 pigiaqpallialiqtillugit, uinirataaqsuni ammalu aullaalauqsutik Kangiqsinirmik Arvianut taikanitsainnaq arraagumi. Sananguaqattarianngaqsimajangit uumajunnguat inangiqtaugiilauqsimajut inunngualianginnut. Qiturngariinnguat anaanagiit, ilagiit nunaliillu, ilaqaqsutik imminut attuajunik tukinginnik, turaagalluatarijangit sanannguagarnut. Uqaqsimajuq tamanna nuugiarnirisimajanga sanagumaluannguaqtaminut pijjutiqarianga nutaraulluni iqqaumavattanginnik ataatatsianganuungajunik. Unikkaaqtuaqsitiulluni isumatarjuap unikkaangit titiqtugaqarajuppattuminiit sanammaqaqsuni ujaqqanut avalujausimatsutik sinarjungitigut, taanna takutsauninga takutsautitsijuq Tasiu titiqtugarusinganik. Amisunik kiinalik niaqulilluunniit, alaggaititaugajutsutik saattujaanik ammalu aturnimik titiqtuqsimatuinnaqtunik, mikijuqjuujaaqsutik nunaup killingani atausiutsuni ujaraq sanannguaqtarijanga. Isumagijaqallaritsuni 'tautunnguaqtaminik' sanammanganik ujaraup ajjiqallarituinnangitsuni ajjiungittupaalummik nipiqaqsimajuq sanaugaqtiulluni nunalinni qaujimajautsiaqsuni sanammatuinnarnik sanagajugiangit. Nuatausimajulluataujuni Kanatami ammalu Mialigait nunanganni. Tasiu sanaugangit nuatausimajut National Gallery-mi (Kanatami takujagaqarvik), takujagaqarvik Antiuriumi ammalu Inuit piqqusikkuvinganni Kangiqsinirmi. Luusi Tasiu maanna nuanlik sanaugaqpatsunilu Arviani, Nunavummi.

Website Link: https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Lucy-Tasseor-Tutsweetok

Community Detail: rec1LjiXwSKsuED2N

Birth Year: 1934

Medium: sculpture

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