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1935 near Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (Nunavut), Canada - 2015 near Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (Nunavut), Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture and drawing.
Tuna Iquliq (1935 – 2015). A prominent Canadian Inuit sculptor and draftsman* and the father of a family of artists, Tuna Iquliq (aka: Toona Erkoolik [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*:... Read full biography
Tuna Iquliq (1935 – 2015). A prominent Canadian Inuit sculptor and draftsman* and the father of a family of artists, Tuna Iquliq (aka: Toona Erkoolik [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E2-167) was born near Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) and died there. He also lived for... Read full biography
Tuna Iquliq (1935 – 2015). A prominent Canadian Inuit sculptor and draftsman* and the father of a family of artists, Tuna Iquliq (aka: Toona Erkoolik [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E2-167) was born near Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) and died there. He also lived for about two years (1960 – 1962) in Rankin Inlet. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including “Treasures from the Commonwealth” held at the Royal... Read full biography
Tuna Iquliq (1935 – 2015). A prominent Canadian Inuit sculptor and draftsman* and the father of a family of artists, Tuna Iquliq (aka: Toona Erkoolik [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E2-167) was born near Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) and died there. He also lived for about two years (1960 – 1962) in Rankin Inlet. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including “Treasures from the Commonwealth” held at the Royal Academy, London, England and “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... Read full biography
Tuna Iquliq (1935 – 2015). A prominent Canadian Inuit sculptor and draftsman* and the father of a family of artists, Tuna Iquliq (aka: Toona Erkoolik [see footnote for more]; Inuit Disc Number*: E2-167) was born near Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) and died there. He also lived for about two years (1960 – 1962) in Rankin Inlet. For over 50 years his works have been included in numerous important Inuit art exhibitions including “Treasures from the Commonwealth” held at the Royal Academy, London, England and “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 Canadian Museum of History, and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian. (1)(2). His primary carving medium w... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Mother and Child
- •Mythology, Legends
Added Description
- •Member of Artist Family of Multi-Generations
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •British Museum
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of Arts, London