1940 - 2010
Sculpture
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1928 Ikirasak, Nunavut, Canada - 1996 Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture, stone figures and animals.
Qaqaq Ashoona was born in an outpost camp called Ikirasak, and lived on the land as a hunter well into his teenage years. At this time, he settled in Cape Dorset, but frequently moved back to live... Read full biography
Qaqaq Ashoona was born in an outpost camp called Ikirasak, and lived on the land as a hunter well into his teenage years. At this time, he settled in Cape Dorset, but frequently moved back to live out on the land in camps for extended periods. Qaqaq began carving around 1953. No longer able to... Read full biography
Qaqaq Ashoona was born in an outpost camp called Ikirasak, and lived on the land as a hunter well into his teenage years. At this time, he settled in Cape Dorset, but frequently moved back to live out on the land in camps for extended periods. Qaqaq began carving around 1953. No longer able to survive through hunting and trapping exclusively, Qaqaq soon started carving as a means to support his family. Taking his boat to mine his own stone, Qaqaq did much of his carving at his outpost camp, and... Read full biography
Qaqaq Ashoona was born in an outpost camp called Ikirasak, and lived on the land as a hunter well into his teenage years. At this time, he settled in Cape Dorset, but frequently moved back to live out on the land in camps for extended periods. Qaqaq began carving around 1953. No longer able to survive through hunting and trapping exclusively, Qaqaq soon started carving as a means to support his family. Taking his boat to mine his own stone, Qaqaq did much of his carving at his outpost camp, and took great care with detail for each sculpture, using only hand tools to carve.*. *”An Interview with Qaqaq Ashoona” (conducted by Simeonie Kunnuk, translated by Taina Ipellie), Inuit Art Quarterly, Summer 1996, Vol. 11, No. 2, page 21-27. Source:.... Read full biography
Qaqaq Ashoona was born in an outpost camp called Ikirasak, and lived on the land as a hunter well into his teenage years. At this time, he settled in Cape Dorset, but frequently moved back to live out on the land in camps for extended periods. Qaqaq began carving around 1953. No longer able to survive through hunting and trapping exclusively, Qaqaq soon started carving as a means to support his family. Taking his boat to mine his own stone, Qaqaq did much of his carving at his outpost camp, and took great care with detail for each sculpture, using only hand tools to carve.*. *”An Interview with Qaqaq Ashoona” (conducted by Simeonie Kunnuk, translated by Taina Ipellie), Inuit Art Quarterly, Summer 1996, Vol. 11, No. 2, page 21-27. Source:. Website of Spirit Wrestler Gallery. From askART.com. Researchers looking for additional information about Inu... Read full biography
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Nunavut, Ontario / Canada. 1933 - 2014
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking
Nunavut / Canada. 1917 - 2000
Mixed-media Inuit sculpture and carving, portraits, legends, mammals and birds
Northwest Territories, Ontario / Canada. 1916 - 2009
Inuit sculpture
Quebec / Canada. 1910 - 1976
Inuit carving, faces, animals, birds
Nunavut / Canada. 1923 - 2005
Inuit sculpture
Canada. 1931 - 1998
Inuit Art, sculpture carvings of whalebone, marine ivory, stone, antler
Nunavut / Canada. 1937 - 1999
Inuit hand-carved sculpture
Nunavut / Canada. 1913 - 1986
Inuit sculpture and marine ivory carving
Nunavut / Canada. 1928 - 2005
Inuit sculpture, carving, printmaking
Nunavut / Canada. 1920 - 1980
Inuit sculpture and stone carving, modernist and minimalist
Nunavut, Northwest Territories / Canada. 1943 - 2013
Inuit stone and ivory sculpture, drawing, assemblage, found objects
Quebec, Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. Born 1955
Inuit carving and mixed media figure, genre, arctic wildlife and cultural symbolism
Nunavut / Canada. 1910 - 1991
Inuit figure stone sculpture, carver
Nunavut / Canada. 1918 - 1983
Inuit sculpture, carving, whimsical figure, birds, mammals
Nunavut / Canada. 1911 - 1999
Inuit Art about Inuit culture, stone carved birds, animals, figures
Nunavut / Canada. 1924 - 2017
Animal figure stone carving
Nunavut / Canada. 1935 - 2010
Inuit drawing, carving, sculpture, printmaking
Nunavut / Canada. 1923 - 2007
Inuit carving-animals and figures, painting, printmaking, drawing
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1897 - 1993
Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, ceramics
Quebec / Canada. 1893/99 or 1906 - 1976
Stone folk art sculpture, iconic carving, printing, drawing
Nunavut, Manitoba, Alberta / Canada. 1934 - 2012
Inuit sculpture, stone carving, drawing, head images, mothers, children
Nunavut / Canada. 1947 - 2015
Inuit sculpture and lithography
Nunavut, Northwest Territories / Canada. 1919 - 2000
Inuit bird and animal sculpture
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1940 - 1974
Inuit whalebone sculpture, carving
Quebec, Nunavut / Canada. 1896 - 1967
Inuit sculpture, stone and wood carving
Nunavut / Canada. 1935 - 2015
Inuit sculpture and drawing
Nunavut / Canada. Born 1946
Inuit sculpture, carving, teaching, community leader
Northwest Territories, Nunavut / Canada. 1916 - 1981
Inuit stone figural sculpture-semi abstraction
Nunavut, Ontario / Canada. 1927 - 2013
Colored pencil drawing, stone carving, stain glass
Canada. 1919 - 1993
Inuit Art
Nunavut / Canada. Born 1941
Inuit sculpture