Charlie Inukpuk (1941) (1). A prominent Inuit* carver, Charlie Inukpuk (aka: Alakarialak Inukpuk) was born in Quaqtaq, Quebec and raised in Inukjuak (aka: Port Harrison or Inoucdjouac) Quebec, where... Read full biography
Charlie Inukpuk (1941) (1). A prominent Inuit* carver, Charlie Inukpuk (aka: Alakarialak Inukpuk) was born in Quaqtaq, Quebec and raised in Inukjuak (aka: Port Harrison or Inoucdjouac) Quebec, where his family settled in the early 1950s and where he lives today (2013). Inukpuk's works have been... Read full biography
Charlie Inukpuk (1941) (1). A prominent Inuit* carver, Charlie Inukpuk (aka: Alakarialak Inukpuk) was born in Quaqtaq, Quebec and raised in Inukjuak (aka: Port Harrison or Inoucdjouac) Quebec, where his family settled in the early 1950s and where he lives today (2013). Inukpuk's works have been included in numerous exhibitions and they are in the permanent collections of several important Canadian museums. (2). His mediums were soapstone and walrus ivory. His subjects included mother and child,... Read full biography
Charlie Inukpuk (1941) (1). A prominent Inuit* carver, Charlie Inukpuk (aka: Alakarialak Inukpuk) was born in Quaqtaq, Quebec and raised in Inukjuak (aka: Port Harrison or Inoucdjouac) Quebec, where his family settled in the early 1950s and where he lives today (2013). Inukpuk's works have been included in numerous exhibitions and they are in the permanent collections of several important Canadian museums. (2). His mediums were soapstone and walrus ivory. His subjects included mother and child, portraits, figures, animals, shamans, and Inuit genre* (e.g. nomadic life, family activities, hunting, fishing, etc.). He also carved soapstone doll heads for his wife, Elisapee Inukpuk. Charlie Inukpuk's style is described as Primitive Art* or... Read full biography
Charlie Inukpuk (1941) (1). A prominent Inuit* carver, Charlie Inukpuk (aka: Alakarialak Inukpuk) was born in Quaqtaq, Quebec and raised in Inukjuak (aka: Port Harrison or Inoucdjouac) Quebec, where his family settled in the early 1950s and where he lives today (2013). Inukpuk's works have been included in numerous exhibitions and they are in the permanent collections of several important Canadian museums. (2). His mediums were soapstone and walrus ivory. His subjects included mother and child, portraits, figures, animals, shamans, and Inuit genre* (e.g. nomadic life, family activities, hunting, fishing, etc.). He also carved soapstone doll heads for his wife, Elisapee Inukpuk. Charlie Inukpuk's style is described as Primitive Art* or Inuit Art*. AskART images have many good illustrations of his work. Inukpuk began carving as a child in 1950s. Like many Inuit artists,... Read full biography
Charlie Inukpuk - Artist Info
About Charlie Inukpuk: Books
Books & Publications (10)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Hessel, Ingo; Sandra Dyck
232 pages (color)
The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History in and Beyond the Arctic
2005
Auger, Emily E.
295 pages
Inuit: When Words Take Shape (Exhibition of Natural HIstory Museum of Lyon, 2003-2008) (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Brousseau, Raymond, et al
144 pages (color)
Inuit Art: A History
2000
Crandall, Richard C.
420 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
Biographies of Inuit Artists: Four Volumes
1993
Editor, Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs
0 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit-
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages
Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1985
Driscoll, Bernadette
134 pages (color)
Inuit Art Section: Catalogue of Services and Collections (Unpaginated Loose-Leaf Binder)
1984
Editor, Research and Documentation Centre on Inuit Art