Nick Sikkuark (1943 – 2013). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and author (see sources), Nick Sikkuark (disc number* W1-209) was born near Garry Lake, Nunavut and died in Kugaaruk... Read full biography
Nick Sikkuark (1943 – 2013). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and author (see sources), Nick Sikkuark (disc number* W1-209) was born near Garry Lake, Nunavut and died in Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay), Nunavut (about 330 miles to the northeast of Garry Lake), where he had lived since... Read full biography
Nick Sikkuark (1943 – 2013). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and author (see sources), Nick Sikkuark (disc number* W1-209) was born near Garry Lake, Nunavut and died in Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay), Nunavut (about 330 miles to the northeast of Garry Lake), where he had lived since 1968. He was listed in the “Canadian Who’s Who” books and is mentioned in “The Canadian Encyclopedia”. Dozens of his works are in major Canadian museum collections such as the Montreal Museum of Fine... Read full biography
Nick Sikkuark (1943 – 2013). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and author (see sources), Nick Sikkuark (disc number* W1-209) was born near Garry Lake, Nunavut and died in Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay), Nunavut (about 330 miles to the northeast of Garry Lake), where he had lived since 1968. He was listed in the “Canadian Who’s Who” books and is mentioned in “The Canadian Encyclopedia”. Dozens of his works are in major Canadian museum collections such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museum of History, and the National Gallery of Canada. His sculpture mediums included stone and ivory; but, most famously they are assemblages of found objects such as whalebone*, walrus skulls, antlers, horns, animal hair, fur,... Read full biography
Nick Sikkuark (1943 – 2013). An important Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and author (see sources), Nick Sikkuark (disc number* W1-209) was born near Garry Lake, Nunavut and died in Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay), Nunavut (about 330 miles to the northeast of Garry Lake), where he had lived since 1968. He was listed in the “Canadian Who’s Who” books and is mentioned in “The Canadian Encyclopedia”. Dozens of his works are in major Canadian museum collections such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museum of History, and the National Gallery of Canada. His sculpture mediums included stone and ivory; but, most famously they are assemblages of found objects such as whalebone*, walrus skulls, antlers, horns, animal hair, fur, feathers, hide, baleen and sinew. His drawing mediums included charcoal, graphite, pastels, colored pencil and mixed mediums. His subjects... Read full biography
Nick Sikkuark - Artist Info
About Nick Sikkuark: Books
Books & Publications (36)
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The Shoreline Dilemma: Toronto Biennial of Art (Toronto Biennial of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
2019
Libralato, Patrizea et al
84 pages (color)
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)
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2011
McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010
Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky
480 pages (color)
Chimere / Shimmer (Quebec Museum of Fine Arts) (Exhibition catalog)
2010
Ninacs, Anne-Marie and Esther Trepanier
95 pages (color)
Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Hessel, Ingo; Sandra Dyck
232 pages (color)
The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2008
Wight, Darlene and Zebedee Nungak
136 pages (color)
In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun: Sami and Inuit Art: 2000-2005 (Art Gallery of Hamilton) (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Blodgett, Jean and Irene Snarby
65 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)
Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland Museum/Gallery Colorado) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Wagonfeld, Dr. Samuel
128 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)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 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
The Canadian Encyclopedia
1999
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,573 pages
The Trickster Shift: Humour and Irony in Contemporary Native Art
1999
Ryan, Allan J.
303 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit
1999
Swinton, George
302 pages (color)
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver: Horizons (Inuit Gallery of Vancouver) (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Zavediuk, Melanie
44 pages
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
The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)