The following biography is based on information from the artist web site, whose address was provided by David and Chris Sweeney to the Librarian of AskART.com:. Born in Wales, Alaska, Robert Mayokok... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information from the artist web site, whose address was provided by David and Chris Sweeney to the Librarian of AskART.com:. Born in Wales, Alaska, Robert Mayokok became a painter of subjects depicting his culture. He was a resident artist at the Alaska Treasure... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information from the artist web site, whose address was provided by David and Chris Sweeney to the Librarian of AskART.com:. Born in Wales, Alaska, Robert Mayokok became a painter of subjects depicting his culture. He was a resident artist at the Alaska Treasure Shop for eighteen years, talking to visitors and designing Christmas cards, stationery, shopping bags, etc. His medium was ink and ink wash and then when he felt he had mastered that, he used color,... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information from the artist web site, whose address was provided by David and Chris Sweeney to the Librarian of AskART.com:. Born in Wales, Alaska, Robert Mayokok became a painter of subjects depicting his culture. He was a resident artist at the Alaska Treasure Shop for eighteen years, talking to visitors and designing Christmas cards, stationery, shopping bags, etc. His medium was ink and ink wash and then when he felt he had mastered that, he used color, usually on bleached animal skins including rabbit, caribou hide, cowhide and even pig skin. After 1970, he included three small birds in his drawings to symbolize the Holy Trinity of his Christian faith. He was very prolific, selling two to... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information from the artist web site, whose address was provided by David and Chris Sweeney to the Librarian of AskART.com:. Born in Wales, Alaska, Robert Mayokok became a painter of subjects depicting his culture. He was a resident artist at the Alaska Treasure Shop for eighteen years, talking to visitors and designing Christmas cards, stationery, shopping bags, etc. His medium was ink and ink wash and then when he felt he had mastered that, he used color, usually on bleached animal skins including rabbit, caribou hide, cowhide and even pig skin. After 1970, he included three small birds in his drawings to symbolize the Holy Trinity of his Christian faith. He was very prolific, selling two to three-thousand drawings a year. From the money he earned, he would purchase plane tickets and fly to other places in Alaska to promote his artwork.... Read full biography
Robert Mayokok - Artist Info
About Robert Mayokok: Books
Books & Publications (11)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
A Legacy of Arctic Art
1996
Ray, Dorothy Jean
0 pages
Painting in the North Alaskan Art in the Anchorage Museum
1993
Woodward, Kesler E
160 pages (color)
Drawn from the Surroundings: Elkus Collection of Eskimo Paintings
1990
Yorba, Jonathan
0 pages
Painting in the North: Alaskan Art in the Anchorage Museum of Art
1983
Kesler, Woodward
0 pages
The Longest Story Ever Told: Qayaq: The Magical Man