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1928 Back River, District of Keewatin, Nunavut, Canada - 2005 Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking.
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Josiah Nuilaalik RCA (1928 - 2005) (1). "I was told to make these things as people down south like to buy them." - Josiah Nuilaalik (2). A prominent Canadian Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor, carver and... Read full biography
Josiah Nuilaalik RCA (1928 - 2005) (1). "I was told to make these things as people down south like to buy them." - Josiah Nuilaalik (2). A prominent Canadian Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor, carver and printmaker, Josiah Nuilaalik was born in the Back River area (near the northern mainland shore) of the... Read full biography
Josiah Nuilaalik RCA (1928 - 2005) (1). "I was told to make these things as people down south like to buy them." - Josiah Nuilaalik (2). A prominent Canadian Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor, carver and printmaker, Josiah Nuilaalik was born in the Back River area (near the northern mainland shore) of the District of Keewatin (now Nunavut) and lived in Baker Lake, Nunavut where he died. His works have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions and they are in several important museum collections.... Read full biography
Josiah Nuilaalik RCA (1928 - 2005) (1). "I was told to make these things as people down south like to buy them." - Josiah Nuilaalik (2). A prominent Canadian Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor, carver and printmaker, Josiah Nuilaalik was born in the Back River area (near the northern mainland shore) of the District of Keewatin (now Nunavut) and lived in Baker Lake, Nunavut where he died. His works have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions and they are in several important museum collections. His mediums included stone, antler, bone, ivory, sinew, stonecut* print, jewellery and mixed mediums. His subjects were figures, Inuit genre, shamans, the spirit world, mythology, legends, fantasy, and Arctic wildlife. His styles could be described as... Read full biography
Josiah Nuilaalik RCA (1928 - 2005) (1). "I was told to make these things as people down south like to buy them." - Josiah Nuilaalik (2). A prominent Canadian Inuit* (Eskimo) sculptor, carver and printmaker, Josiah Nuilaalik was born in the Back River area (near the northern mainland shore) of the District of Keewatin (now Nunavut) and lived in Baker Lake, Nunavut where he died. His works have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions and they are in several important museum collections. His mediums included stone, antler, bone, ivory, sinew, stonecut* print, jewellery and mixed mediums. His subjects were figures, Inuit genre, shamans, the spirit world, mythology, legends, fantasy, and Arctic wildlife. His styles could be described as Realism*, Surrealism*, Primitive Art* and Inuit Art*. The AskART images are excellent illustrations of his most recognizable type of wor... Read full biography
Josiah Nuilaalik - Artist Info
About Josiah Nuilaalik: Keywords
Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Carving of Walrus, Caribou, Antler, Baleen, Whalebone
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Folk Art, Naive, Primitive
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Mythology, Legends
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada