Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or near Cape Dorset*. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic”* held... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or near Cape Dorset*. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic”* held at the British Museum. Examples of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, and the Metropolitan Museum of... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or near Cape Dorset*. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic”* held at the British Museum. Examples of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2003 Shaa was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He is the sole subject of an article in the Canadian Encyclopedia.... Read full biography
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About Aqjangajuk (Axangayu) Shaa: Books
Books & Publications (32)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
2012
Wight, Darlene Coward
256 pages (color)
The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Wight, Darlene Coward
36 pages (color)
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2011
McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2007
Crandall, Richard C. and Susan M. Crandall
458 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists: Volume 8, Safdie to Smith
2006
MacDonald, Colin S.
668 pages
Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2006
Wight, Darlene Coward
192 pages (color)
Cape Dorset Sculpture
2005
Norton, Derek and Nigel Reading
136 pages (color)
Vision and Form: The Norman Zepp-Judith Varga Collection of Inuit Art (Marion Scott Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Kardosh, Robert
172 pages (color)
Canadian Who's Who, 2003
2003
Lumley, Elizabeth (Editor)
1,492 pages
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
The Jerry Twomey Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Wight, Darlene Coward
128 pages (color)
Inuit Art: A History
2000
Crandall, Richard C.
420 pages
The Canadian Encyclopedia
1999
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,573 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
Creation & Continuity: Inuit Art from the Shumiatcher Collection (MacKenzie Art Gallery)
1998
Gibson, Jennifer, Darlene Coward Wight and Bradley Hunter
48 pages (color)
Inuit Art: An Introduction
1998
Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel
198 pages (color)
Canadian Who's Who 1996 Volume XXXI
1996
Lumley, Elizabeth (editor)
1,338 pages
In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization) (Exhibition catalog)
1993
McMaster, Gerald et al
538 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit-
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario-Selected Works
1990
Withrow, William J., et al
463 pages (color)
Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1985
Driscoll, Bernadette
134 pages (color)
Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Lipton, Barbara
107 pages (color)
Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Blodgett, Jean
271 pages (color)
Lords of the Stone: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture
1982
Mac Duff, Alistair; George M. Galpin
151 pages (color)
The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art (The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Swinton, Nelda
102 pages (color)
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec)
1980
Watt, Virginia J., et al
207 pages (color)
Cape Dorset (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Houston, James et al
113 pages
Canadian Artists in Exhibition (Two Volumes)
1974
Editor, Roundstone Council for the Arts
543 pages (color)
A Directory of Eskimo Artists in Sculpture and Prints
1974
Gray, Philip Howard
264 pages
Sculpture of the Eskimo
1972
Swinton, George
255 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (British Museum exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Taylor, William E. Jr., George Swinton and James Houston