Mary Kahootsuak Miki (1920 - 1993) (1). An Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Mary Kahootsuak Miki appears to have lived her whole life in the District of Keewatin, Canada; mostly in the area of... Read full biography
Mary Kahootsuak Miki (1920 - 1993) (1). An Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Mary Kahootsuak Miki appears to have lived her whole life in the District of Keewatin, Canada; mostly in the area of Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point) on the north-west coast of Hudson Bay. (2)(3). Mary Miki began carving... Read full biography
Mary Kahootsuak Miki (1920 - 1993) (1). An Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Mary Kahootsuak Miki appears to have lived her whole life in the District of Keewatin, Canada; mostly in the area of Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point) on the north-west coast of Hudson Bay. (2)(3). Mary Miki began carving as a source of income in the late 1950s when she and her husband gave up the nomadic hunter life and settled in a community. She is considered self taught, as are most Inuit artists of her generation.... Read full biography
Mary Kahootsuak Miki (1920 - 1993) (1). An Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Mary Kahootsuak Miki appears to have lived her whole life in the District of Keewatin, Canada; mostly in the area of Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point) on the north-west coast of Hudson Bay. (2)(3). Mary Miki began carving as a source of income in the late 1950s when she and her husband gave up the nomadic hunter life and settled in a community. She is considered self taught, as are most Inuit artists of her generation. Her carving mediums were primarily stone and antler. Her most frequent subject was mother and child. Her style could be described as Inuit Art*, Naive Art* or Primitive Art*. (4)(5). Her carvings have been included in important exhibitions such as... Read full biography
Mary Kahootsuak Miki (1920 - 1993) (1). An Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Mary Kahootsuak Miki appears to have lived her whole life in the District of Keewatin, Canada; mostly in the area of Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point) on the north-west coast of Hudson Bay. (2)(3). Mary Miki began carving as a source of income in the late 1950s when she and her husband gave up the nomadic hunter life and settled in a community. She is considered self taught, as are most Inuit artists of her generation. Her carving mediums were primarily stone and antler. Her most frequent subject was mother and child. Her style could be described as Inuit Art*, Naive Art* or Primitive Art*. (4)(5). Her carvings have been included in important exhibitions such as "The Stone Sculpture of Arviat", at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario (1990); "The First Passionate Collector:... Read full biography
Mary Kahootsuak Miki - Artist Info
About Mary Kahootsuak Miki: Books
Books & Publications (4)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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)
The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History In and Beyond the Arctic
2005
Augur, Emily Elisabeth
295 pages
Biographies of Inuit Artists: Four Volumes
1993
Editor, Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs