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1937 Qatuqaq, Nunavu - 2007 Kimmirut, Nunavut.. Known for: Inuit carving and sculpture, Inuit genre figures, wildlife, mythology.
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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
Nuyaliaq Qimirpik - Artist Info
About Nuyaliaq Qimirpik: Keywords
Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Carving of Walrus, Caribou, Antler, Baleen, Whalebone
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
Art Media
- •Ivory
- •Marine Ivory
- •Scrimshaw
- •Stone and/or Limestone
- •Whalebone
Art Style
- •Inuit Art
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Mythology, Legends
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Added Description
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada