Peter Paloogahyak Sevoga - Artist Info

About Peter Paloogahyak Sevoga

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Inuit Disc Number E2-225
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    Peter Sevoga (1940 – 2007) (1)

    A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and printmaker, Peter Paloogahyak Sevoga (Inuit Disc Number* E2-225) lived and worked in Baker Lake (aka: Qamani’tuaq), Keewatin (now Nunavut). His works have been exhibited throughout Canada and the U.S.A. and they are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Canadian Museum of History. (2)

    His mediums were stone carving and stonecut prints*. The carvings were occasionally accented with items such as pieces of antler and string. His subjects were human figures, family groups, mother and child, animals, birds, Inuit genre (hunting, playing, and working), mythology and spir...

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