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Seepee Ipeelie BIOGRAPHY
1940 Pangnirtung, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada - 2000 Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Known for: Sculpture, carver of stone, whalebone, ivory, antlers and mixed-mediums.
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Seepee Ipellie (1940 – 2000) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Seepee Ipellie (disc number* E7-511) was born in Pangnirtung (on Baffin Island);... Read full biography
Seepee Ipellie (1940 – 2000) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Seepee Ipellie (disc number* E7-511) was born in Pangnirtung (on Baffin Island); attended school for a time in Edmonton, Alberta (c.1955); and lived most of his life in Iqaluit (formerly... Read full biography
Seepee Ipellie (1940 – 2000) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Seepee Ipellie (disc number* E7-511) was born in Pangnirtung (on Baffin Island); attended school for a time in Edmonton, Alberta (c.1955); and lived most of his life in Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island. Ipellie’s works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the U.S.A. and featured in several museum exhibitions. His works are in many major museum collections such as... Read full biography
Seepee Ipellie (1940 – 2000) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Seepee Ipellie (disc number* E7-511) was born in Pangnirtung (on Baffin Island); attended school for a time in Edmonton, Alberta (c.1955); and lived most of his life in Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island. Ipellie’s works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the U.S.A. and featured in several museum exhibitions. His works are in many major museum collections such as the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, and the Canadian Museum of History. (2). His primary mediums were stone, whalebone*, marine ivory, antler, and mixed mediums. His primary subjects... Read full biography
Seepee Ipellie (1940 – 2000) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Seepee Ipellie (disc number* E7-511) was born in Pangnirtung (on Baffin Island); attended school for a time in Edmonton, Alberta (c.1955); and lived most of his life in Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island. Ipellie’s works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the U.S.A. and featured in several museum exhibitions. His works are in many major museum collections such as the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, and the Canadian Museum of History. (2). His primary mediums were stone, whalebone*, marine ivory, antler, and mixed mediums. His primary subjects were mythology, legend and most of all: arctic wildlife such as birds, narwhal, walrus, bears and especially the musk-ox. His style would be... Read full biography
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Disc Number E7-511, Sipittshee Ipeelee, Seepeereesee Ipeelie, Seepee Ipellie, Seepie Ipellie, Seepie Ippellie, Seepeeteesee, Sipittishee
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Seepee Ipellie (1940 – 2000) (1)
A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and carver from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Seepee Ipellie (disc number* E7-511) was born in Pangnirtung (on Baffin Island); attended school for a time in Edmonton, Alberta (c.1955); and lived most of his life in Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island. Ipellie’s works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the U.S.A. and featured in several museum exhibitions. His works are in many major museum collections such as the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Winnipeg Art Gallery*, and the Canadian Museum of History. (2)
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