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Nunavut / Canada. 1918 - 1983
Inuit sculpture, carving, whimsical figure, birds, mammals
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1897 Gjoa Haven, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Canada - 1993 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, ceramics.
John Kavik (1897 - 1993) (1). "Never pretty, Kavik's rugged works are among the most powerfully evocative in Inuit sculpture. There is no sentiment in his art, but much visceral emotion." (2). An... Read full biography
John Kavik (1897 - 1993) (1). "Never pretty, Kavik's rugged works are among the most powerfully evocative in Inuit sculpture. There is no sentiment in his art, but much visceral emotion." (2). An important Canadian Inuit (Eskimo) sculptor, carver, draftsman and ceramics artist, John Kavik was born... Read full biography
John Kavik (1897 - 1993) (1). "Never pretty, Kavik's rugged works are among the most powerfully evocative in Inuit sculpture. There is no sentiment in his art, but much visceral emotion." (2). An important Canadian Inuit (Eskimo) sculptor, carver, draftsman and ceramics artist, John Kavik was born in Gjoa Haven, Northwest Territories [now Gjoa Haven, Nunavut] and died in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. His work is most associated with Kangiqlliniq, [Rankin Inlet], Nunavut where he settled... Read full biography
John Kavik (1897 - 1993) (1). "Never pretty, Kavik's rugged works are among the most powerfully evocative in Inuit sculpture. There is no sentiment in his art, but much visceral emotion." (2). An important Canadian Inuit (Eskimo) sculptor, carver, draftsman and ceramics artist, John Kavik was born in Gjoa Haven, Northwest Territories [now Gjoa Haven, Nunavut] and died in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. His work is most associated with Kangiqlliniq, [Rankin Inlet], Nunavut where he settled in 1959. Kavik's life and work are discussed in most books on Inuit art. His carvings have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions, and they're prized acquisitions in prominent public and private collections. (3) (4). His mediums were stone,... Read full biography
John Kavik (1897 - 1993) (1). "Never pretty, Kavik's rugged works are among the most powerfully evocative in Inuit sculpture. There is no sentiment in his art, but much visceral emotion." (2). An important Canadian Inuit (Eskimo) sculptor, carver, draftsman and ceramics artist, John Kavik was born in Gjoa Haven, Northwest Territories [now Gjoa Haven, Nunavut] and died in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. His work is most associated with Kangiqlliniq, [Rankin Inlet], Nunavut where he settled in 1959. Kavik's life and work are discussed in most books on Inuit art. His carvings have been included in numerous landmark exhibitions, and they're prized acquisitions in prominent public and private collections. (3) (4). His mediums were stone, colored pencil, graphite, felt tip pen, ink, crayon, whale bone, ceramic pots with protruding figures, and mixed mediums. His subjects... Read full biography
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Nunavut / Canada. 1920 - 1980
Inuit sculpture and stone carving, modernist and minimalist
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1916 - 1981
Inuit stone figural sculpture-semi abstraction
Nunavut / Canada. 1928 - 2005
Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1940 - 1974
Inuit whalebone sculpture, carving
Nunavut / Canada. 1909 - 1977
Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking, drawing
Nunavut, Manitoba, Alberta / Canada. 1934 - 2012
Inuit sculpture, stone carving, drawing, head images, mothers, children
Quebec / Canada. 1898 - 1954
Inuit sculpture, stone, wood and antler carving, portrait, figure, animal, genre
Nunavut / Canada. 1923 - 2007
Inuit carving-animals and figures, painting, printmaking, drawing
Nunavut, Manitoba / Canada. 1949 - 2023
Inuit modernist stone sculpture, carving
Quebec / Canada. 1893/99 or 1906 - 1976
Stone folk art sculpture, iconic carving, printing, drawing
Quebec, Nunavut / Canada. 1896 - 1967
Inuit sculpture, stone and wood carving
Nunavut / Canada. 1913 - 1986
Inuit sculpture and marine ivory carving
Manitoba, Nunavut / Canada. 1906 - 1985
Textile wall hanging, drawing, printmaking
Quebec, British Columbia / Canada. 1893 - 1969
Inuit etching, painting, drawing
Nunavut / Canada. Born 1970
Inuit theme stone sculpture
British Columbia, Northwest Territories / Canada. Born 1951
Sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
Nunavut / Canada. 1947 - 2015
Inuit sculpture and lithography
Quebec, Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. Born 1955
Inuit carving and mixed media figure, genre, arctic wildlife and cultural symbolism
Nunavut, Ontario / Canada. 1933 - 2014
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
Nunavut, Ontario / Canada. 1927 - 2013
Colored pencil drawing, stone carving, stain glass
Quebec / Canada. 1927 - 1994
Carved stone Inuit sculpture, figures, animals, allegory, mythology, genre
Quebec / Canada. 1911 - 2007
Inuit sculpture, carving, figure, animals, symbolism, mythology
Nunavut / Canada. 1917 - 2000
Mixed-media Inuit sculpture and carving, portraits, legends, mammals and birds
Nunavut / Canada. 1904 - 1983
Inuit culture drawings, graphic design, printmaking
Northwest Territories, Ontario / Canada. 1916 - 2009
Inuit sculpture
Quebec / Canada. Born 1941
Inuit sculpture, carving, figure, portrait, animals, shamans, doll heads, nomads
Nunavut / Canada. 1911 - 1999
Inuit Art about Inuit culture, stone carved birds, animals, figures
Nunavut / Canada. 1959 - 2015
Inuit theme sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking
Nunavut / Canada. 1937 - 1999
Inuit hand-carved sculpture
Nunavut, Quebec / Canada. 1930 - 1998
Inuit carving, printmaking, drawing, sculpture
1940 - 2010
Sculpture