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Born 1946 Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut. Known for: Inuit sculpture, carving, teaching, community leader.
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Uriash Puqiqnak CM (born 1946) (1). A prominent Inuit* Canadian, Uriash Puqiqnak (disc number* E4-556) was born in the Utkuhiksalik, Back River, area on Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut (April 15, 1946) and... Read full biography
Uriash Puqiqnak CM (born 1946) (1). A prominent Inuit* Canadian, Uriash Puqiqnak (disc number* E4-556) was born in the Utkuhiksalik, Back River, area on Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut (April 15, 1946) and lives in Gjoa Haven (aka: Uqsuqtuuq), Nunavut. He is a carver, sculptor, educator, historian, and an... Read full biography
Uriash Puqiqnak CM (born 1946) (1). A prominent Inuit* Canadian, Uriash Puqiqnak (disc number* E4-556) was born in the Utkuhiksalik, Back River, area on Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut (April 15, 1946) and lives in Gjoa Haven (aka: Uqsuqtuuq), Nunavut. He is a carver, sculptor, educator, historian, and an important leader in the Nunavut community. He has served in their legislature as an MLA (2000 – 2004) and as Acting Speaker (2000); and, as Mayor of Gjoa Haven (2005 – 2009). He has also served on the... Read full biography
Uriash Puqiqnak CM (born 1946) (1). A prominent Inuit* Canadian, Uriash Puqiqnak (disc number* E4-556) was born in the Utkuhiksalik, Back River, area on Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut (April 15, 1946) and lives in Gjoa Haven (aka: Uqsuqtuuq), Nunavut. He is a carver, sculptor, educator, historian, and an important leader in the Nunavut community. He has served in their legislature as an MLA (2000 – 2004) and as Acting Speaker (2000); and, as Mayor of Gjoa Haven (2005 – 2009). He has also served on the town council, and on various influential local, territorial, and national committees. He was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada* (CM) in 2005 and his biography is in the Canadian Who’s Who book. His art works have been exhibited widely and... Read full biography
Uriash Puqiqnak CM (born 1946) (1). A prominent Inuit* Canadian, Uriash Puqiqnak (disc number* E4-556) was born in the Utkuhiksalik, Back River, area on Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut (April 15, 1946) and lives in Gjoa Haven (aka: Uqsuqtuuq), Nunavut. He is a carver, sculptor, educator, historian, and an important leader in the Nunavut community. He has served in their legislature as an MLA (2000 – 2004) and as Acting Speaker (2000); and, as Mayor of Gjoa Haven (2005 – 2009). He has also served on the town council, and on various influential local, territorial, and national committees. He was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada* (CM) in 2005 and his biography is in the Canadian Who’s Who book. His art works have been exhibited widely and are in several museum collections. (2). His mediums included whalebone*, stone, bone, marine ivory, and antler. His primary subjects are gr... Read full biography
Uriash Puqiqnak - Artist Info
About Uriash Puqiqnak: Keywords
Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Carving of Walrus, Caribou, Antler, Baleen, Whalebone
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
Art Media
- •Ivory
- •Stone and/or Limestone
- •Whalebone
Art Style
- •Inuit Art
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Grotesque, Exagerated Form Figures
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Mythology, Legends
Art School
- •Ottawa School of Art, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada