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1918 Kazan River, Keewatin, (Nunavut) Canada - 1983 Arviat, Keewatin, (Nunavut) Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture, carving, whimsical figure, birds, mammals.
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Andy Miki (1918 - 1983) (1). A prominent Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Andy (Andrew) Miki was born in the Kazan River area of Keewatin, Canada and died in Arviat, Keewatin. His life and work... Read full biography
Andy Miki (1918 - 1983) (1). A prominent Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Andy (Andrew) Miki was born in the Kazan River area of Keewatin, Canada and died in Arviat, Keewatin. His life and work are discussed in many books on Inuit art. His carvings have been included in a number of important... Read full biography
Andy Miki (1918 - 1983) (1). A prominent Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Andy (Andrew) Miki was born in the Kazan River area of Keewatin, Canada and died in Arviat, Keewatin. His life and work are discussed in many books on Inuit art. His carvings have been included in a number of important exhibitions, and his works are in several public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada. (2)(3). His primary medium was stone, although he has also used wood, ivory, antler, bone and... Read full biography
Andy Miki (1918 - 1983) (1). A prominent Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Andy (Andrew) Miki was born in the Kazan River area of Keewatin, Canada and died in Arviat, Keewatin. His life and work are discussed in many books on Inuit art. His carvings have been included in a number of important exhibitions, and his works are in several public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada. (2)(3). His primary medium was stone, although he has also used wood, ivory, antler, bone and sinew, occasionally in mixed medium compositions. Miki's most well-known subjects are whimsical figures of individual birds and land mammals, which are usually small (hand-size) and seldom identifiable by species. These 'enigmatic animal forms' are... Read full biography
Andy Miki (1918 - 1983) (1). A prominent Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, Andy (Andrew) Miki was born in the Kazan River area of Keewatin, Canada and died in Arviat, Keewatin. His life and work are discussed in many books on Inuit art. His carvings have been included in a number of important exhibitions, and his works are in several public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada. (2)(3). His primary medium was stone, although he has also used wood, ivory, antler, bone and sinew, occasionally in mixed medium compositions. Miki's most well-known subjects are whimsical figures of individual birds and land mammals, which are usually small (hand-size) and seldom identifiable by species. These 'enigmatic animal forms' are frequently executed in a two dimensional cookie cutter semi abstract fashion. His styles could be described as Inuit Art*, Modernism* and Minima... Read full biography
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Carving of Walrus, Caribou, Antler, Baleen, Whalebone
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Minimalism, Minimalist
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Humor, Whimsy
Added Description
- •Married to an Artist
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •Inuit Modern: Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Arctic Spirit: 35 Years of Canadian Art
- •Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic