Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (1937 – 2007) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit carver and sculptor, Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (disc number* E7-99) lived in Kimmirut (aka: Lake Harbour), Nunavut on the south west shore of... Read full biography
Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (1937 – 2007) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit carver and sculptor, Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (disc number* E7-99) lived in Kimmirut (aka: Lake Harbour), Nunavut on the south west shore of Baffin Island. His works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the USA, and they are in the... Read full biography
Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (1937 – 2007) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit carver and sculptor, Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (disc number* E7-99) lived in Kimmirut (aka: Lake Harbour), Nunavut on the south west shore of Baffin Island. His works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the USA, and they are in the permanent collections of many major Canadian museums. (2)(3). His mediums included whalebone*, stone, bone, marine ivory, antler, and scrimshaw line drawings on marine ivory accented with shoe polish. His... Read full biography
Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (1937 – 2007) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit carver and sculptor, Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (disc number* E7-99) lived in Kimmirut (aka: Lake Harbour), Nunavut on the south west shore of Baffin Island. His works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the USA, and they are in the permanent collections of many major Canadian museums. (2)(3). His mediums included whalebone*, stone, bone, marine ivory, antler, and scrimshaw line drawings on marine ivory accented with shoe polish. His primary subjects were figures depicting Inuit genre*, arctic wildlife (birds, bears, walrus, whales and most frequently the musk-ox), and mythological works that include images of shamans and shaman transformations. His styles could be described as... Read full biography
Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (1937 – 2007) (1). A prominent Canadian Inuit carver and sculptor, Nuyaliaq Qimirpik (disc number* E7-99) lived in Kimmirut (aka: Lake Harbour), Nunavut on the south west shore of Baffin Island. His works have been exhibited widely in Canada and the USA, and they are in the permanent collections of many major Canadian museums. (2)(3). His mediums included whalebone*, stone, bone, marine ivory, antler, and scrimshaw line drawings on marine ivory accented with shoe polish. His primary subjects were figures depicting Inuit genre*, arctic wildlife (birds, bears, walrus, whales and most frequently the musk-ox), and mythological works that include images of shamans and shaman transformations. His styles could be described as Inuit Art* and Surrealism*. He usually signed his works in syllabics* an illustration of which can be seen in his askART record which also ha... Read full biography
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About Nuyaliaq Qimirpik: Books
Books & Publications (14)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Inuit Sculpture
2020
Messum, Johnny, Pat Feheley, Clive Nickolds Messums
117 pages (color)
The George & Tannis Richardson Collection of Inuit Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2015
Wight, Darlene Coward
62 pages
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)
The Jerry Twomey Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Wight, Darlene Coward
128 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2001
Crandall, Richard C.
464 pages (color)
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)
Sculpture of the Inuit-
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages
Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks (Amway, Ada, Michigan and Arctic Images Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1989
Edited, United Nations et al
79 pages (color)
The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Wight, Darlene Coward
120 pages
Baffin Island (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Barbara Latocki, Editor
128 pages
The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art (The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)