Luke Iksiktaaryuk (1909 - 1977) (1). An important Canadian sculptor, carver, printmaker and draftsman, Luke Iksiktaaryuk was born in the Kazan River area of Nunavut and died in Baker Lake (aka:... Read full biography
Luke Iksiktaaryuk (1909 - 1977) (1). An important Canadian sculptor, carver, printmaker and draftsman, Luke Iksiktaaryuk was born in the Kazan River area of Nunavut and died in Baker Lake (aka: Qamanittuaq), Nunavut, where he had been living since the mid 1950s. His life and work are discussed in... Read full biography
Luke Iksiktaaryuk (1909 - 1977) (1). An important Canadian sculptor, carver, printmaker and draftsman, Luke Iksiktaaryuk was born in the Kazan River area of Nunavut and died in Baker Lake (aka: Qamanittuaq), Nunavut, where he had been living since the mid 1950s. His life and work are discussed in most books on Inuit art. His antler carvings, prints and drawings have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions, and they're prized acquisitions in prominent public and private collections.... Read full biography
Luke Iksiktaaryuk (1909 - 1977) (1). An important Canadian sculptor, carver, printmaker and draftsman, Luke Iksiktaaryuk was born in the Kazan River area of Nunavut and died in Baker Lake (aka: Qamanittuaq), Nunavut, where he had been living since the mid 1950s. His life and work are discussed in most books on Inuit art. His antler carvings, prints and drawings have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions, and they're prized acquisitions in prominent public and private collections. Iksiktaaryuk's most well-known medium was caribou antler carvings which frequently incorporated other mediums such as wood, gut, hide, sinew, fleece, seal skin and metal. He also produced stonecut* and stencil prints, and drawings using colored pencil,... Read full biography
Luke Iksiktaaryuk (1909 - 1977) (1). An important Canadian sculptor, carver, printmaker and draftsman, Luke Iksiktaaryuk was born in the Kazan River area of Nunavut and died in Baker Lake (aka: Qamanittuaq), Nunavut, where he had been living since the mid 1950s. His life and work are discussed in most books on Inuit art. His antler carvings, prints and drawings have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions, and they're prized acquisitions in prominent public and private collections. Iksiktaaryuk's most well-known medium was caribou antler carvings which frequently incorporated other mediums such as wood, gut, hide, sinew, fleece, seal skin and metal. He also produced stonecut* and stencil prints, and drawings using colored pencil, pencil, ink, and felt pen. His subjects included Inuit genre (e.g. family activities, drum dances, fishing, hunting, migration, etc.), figur... Read full biography
Luke Iksiktaaryuk - Artist Info
About Luke Iksiktaaryuk: Books
Books & Publications (28)
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Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art (Exhibition catalog)
2013
Wight, Darlene Coward (Editor)
256 pages (color)
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2011
McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum (Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Hessel, Ingo
240 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Inuit Art: An Introduction
2002
Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel
198 pages (color)
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
Inuit Art: A History
2000
Crandall, Richard C.
420 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
Celebrating Inuit Art: 1948-1970 (Canadian Museum of Civilization) (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Von Finckenstein, Maria
191 pages (color)
Carved from the Land: The Eskimo Museum Collection (The Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba)
1994
Brandson, Lorraine E.
200 pages
Biographies of Inuit Artists: Four Volumes
1993
Editor, Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs
0 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
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
Art Gallery of Ontario-Selected Works
1990
Withrow, William J., et al
463 pages (color)
Inuit Art: An Anthology
1988
Houston, Alma
128 pages (color)
The Williamson Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Zepp, Norman, R.G. Williamson
64 pages (color)
Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Zepp, Norman
140 pages (color)
Inuit Art Section: Catalogue of Services and Collections (Unpaginated Loose-Leaf Binder)
1984
Editor, Research and Documentation Centre on Inuit Art
0 pages
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)
Baker Lake, Prints & Print-Drawings, 1970-76
1982
Editor, Winnipeg Art Gallery
91 pages (color)
The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood to Be Full (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Driscoll, Bernadette; George Swinton
128 pages (color)
The Coming and Going of the Shaman: Eskimo Shamanism and Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Blodgett, Jean
264 pages (color)
Inuit Art in the 1970s (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Routledge, Marie
104 pages (color)
The People Within: Art from Baker Lake (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Gunn, Barry; Ruby Angrna'aag, Helga Goetz
62 pages (color)
Arts of the Eskimo: Prints
1975
Roch, Ernst (Editor); Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler, Texts