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1937 Shartoweetuk, Baffin Island - 2019 Cape Dorset, Baffin Island. Known for: Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, etching.
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or near Cape Dorset*. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic”* held... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or near Cape Dorset*. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic”* held at the British Museum. Examples of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, and the Metropolitan Museum of... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk Shaa RCA (1937 - 2019). A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor, draftsman and printmaker, Aqjangajuk Shaa (aka: Axangayu Shaa [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E7-1065) was born in Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset*, Baffin Island and appears to have lived his entire life in or near Cape Dorset*. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including the landmark “Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic”* held at the British Museum. Examples of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2003 Shaa was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He is the sole subject of an article in the Canadian Encyclopedia.... Read full biography
Aqjangajuk (Axangayu) Shaa - Artist Info
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Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Stone Carving, Stone Mason
Art Media
- •Colored Pencil
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ivory
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Stone and/or Limestone
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Mother and Child
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Added Description
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Artist Colony
- •Cape Dorset, Nunuvat, Canada (Inuit Art)
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Robertson Galleries, Ottawa
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •British Museum
- •In Shadow of the Sun, Inuit Art, Museum of Civilization
- •Inuit Modern: Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic