Charlie Ugyuk (1931 – 1998)(1). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Charlie Ugyuk (disc number* E4-341; aka: Charlie Ugjuk) was born on the sea ice near Boothia Peninsula in what is now the... Read full biography
Charlie Ugyuk (1931 – 1998)(1). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Charlie Ugyuk (disc number* E4-341; aka: Charlie Ugjuk) was born on the sea ice near Boothia Peninsula in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and died in Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay) a town on Boothia Peninsula, where... Read full biography
Charlie Ugyuk (1931 – 1998)(1). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Charlie Ugyuk (disc number* E4-341; aka: Charlie Ugjuk) was born on the sea ice near Boothia Peninsula in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and died in Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay) a town on Boothia Peninsula, where he had lived since the 1970s. He is the subject of an article in the Canadian Who’s Who; his name is mentioned in the St. James Guide to Native North American Artists and The Canadian Encyclopedia;... Read full biography
Charlie Ugyuk (1931 – 1998)(1). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Charlie Ugyuk (disc number* E4-341; aka: Charlie Ugjuk) was born on the sea ice near Boothia Peninsula in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and died in Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay) a town on Boothia Peninsula, where he had lived since the 1970s. He is the subject of an article in the Canadian Who’s Who; his name is mentioned in the St. James Guide to Native North American Artists and The Canadian Encyclopedia; and, interestingly, considering the subject matter of much of his work (see paragraph two), he is discussed in two Canadian elementary school textbooks for grades 2 to 4: Hands-On Social Studies under the topic “Inuit Contributions to Canada”; and... Read full biography
Charlie Ugyuk (1931 – 1998)(1). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, Charlie Ugyuk (disc number* E4-341; aka: Charlie Ugjuk) was born on the sea ice near Boothia Peninsula in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and died in Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay) a town on Boothia Peninsula, where he had lived since the 1970s. He is the subject of an article in the Canadian Who’s Who; his name is mentioned in the St. James Guide to Native North American Artists and The Canadian Encyclopedia; and, interestingly, considering the subject matter of much of his work (see paragraph two), he is discussed in two Canadian elementary school textbooks for grades 2 to 4: Hands-On Social Studies under the topic “Inuit Contributions to Canada”; and Let’s Visit Nunavut under the topic “Nunavut’s Famous People”. Ugyuk’s works have been exhibited widely in C... Read full biography
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About Charlie Ugyuk: Books
Books & Publications (29)
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Looking Up: Contemporary Connections with Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2013
Borys, Stephen and Paul Butler
77 pages (color)
Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
2012
Wight, Darlene Coward
256 pages (color)
Art Inuit Contemporary Sculpture and Print of the Canadian Inuit Fragments Editions, Paris
2008
Baud, Claude, et all
14 pages (color)
Isuma Inuit Video Art
2008
Evans, Michael Robert
236 pages
Let's Visit Nunavut
2008
Solski, Ruth, Gwen Cofin and Sean Parks
95 pages
The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2008
Wight, Darlene and Zebedee Nungak
136 pages (color)
Netsilik Vision (Inuti Gallery of Vancouver)
2008
Zavediuk, Melanie
20 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2007
Crandall, Richard C. and Susan M. Crandall
458 pages
Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum (Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Hessel, Ingo
240 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)
The Art of Nick Sikkuark: Sculpture and Drawings (Marian Scott Gallery, Vancouver)
2003
Kardosh, Robert
91 pages (color)
Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 4 (Portage & Main Press)
2003
Lawdon, Jennifer
184 pages (color)
Canadian Whose Who-2000
2000
Lumley, Elizabeth
139 pages (color)
Art & Expression of the Netsilik (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2000
Wight, Darlene Coward
192 pages (color)
Northern Rock: Contemporary Inuit Stone Sculpture (McMichael Canadian Art Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Giustavision, Susan Joan, et al
192 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia
1999
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,573 pages
The Strong Eye of Shamanism: A Journey into the Caves of Consciousness
1999
Ryan, Robert E.
308 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
Shades of Stone: Facets of Identity Among Inuti Carvers: Thesis
1998
Evans, Michael Robert
368 pages
Inuit Art: An Introduction
1998
Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel
198 pages (color)
Christianity, Synecretism, and Inuit Art in the Central Canadian Arctic (Carleton University, Ottawa)
1998
Jenniver Gibson
482 pages (color)
St. James Guide to Native North American Artists
1998
Matuz, Roger (Editor)
691 pages
Inspiration: Four Decades of Sculptur by Canadian Inuit (Marion Scott Gallery)
1995
Zepp, Norman
94 pages (color)
The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Seidelman, Harold; James Turner
224 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit-
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages
Kitikmeot: Land of the Spirits (Inuit Gallery of Vancouver)
1991
Reading, Nigel
15 pages (color)
Inuit Masterworks: Keewaitin Region, Baffin Region, Kitikmeot Region (Inuit Gallery of Vancouver)
1990
Murphy, Joseph
32 pages
Brothers: Nelson Takkiruq, Judas Ullulaq, Charlie Ugyuk (Exhibition catalog)