Kenojuak Ashevak, was a Canadian Inuk artist. She was born on October 3, 1927 at Camp Kerrasak on southern Baffin Island, and died on January 8, 2013 in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Known primarily for her drawings as a graphic artist, she also had a diverse artistic experience, making sculpture and engraving and working with textiles and also on stained glass. She is celebrated as a leading figure of modern Inuit art and one of Canada's preeminent artists and cultural icons. Part of a pioneering generation of Arctic creators, her career spanned more than five decades. She made graphic art, drawings and prints in stone cut, lithography and etching, beloved by the public, museums and collectors alike. Kenojuak has mainly painted animals in fantastical, brightly-colored aspects, but also landscapes and scenes of everyday life, in a desire to represent them in a unique aesthetic, making them beautiful by her own standards, and conveying a real spirit of happiness and positivity. She has an intuitive and sensitive way of working : she begins her works without having a clear idea of the final result, letting herself be guided by her intuition and her own perception of aestheticism through colors and shapes. She painted throughout her life, never ceasing to seek out new techniques to renew her artistic creation. At the beginning of her life, her fantastical, seemingly simple works became more complex over time, taking on a more technical aspect. At the end of her life, the artist returned to simpler, more singular forms and even brighter colors.
Annie Pootoogook was a Canadian Inuk artist known for her pen and coloured pencil drawings. In her art, Pootoogook often portrayed the experiences of those in her community of Kinngait, in northern Canada, and memories and events from her own life.
Inuit art, also known as Eskimo art, refers to artwork produced by Inuit, that is, the people of the Arctic previously known as Eskimos, a term that is now often considered offensive. Historically, their preferred medium was walrus ivory, but since the establishment of southern markets for Inuit art in 1945, prints and figurative works carved in relatively soft stone such as soapstone, serpentinite, or argillite have also become popular.
Kananginak Pootoogook was an Inuk sculptor and printmaker who lived in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, in Canada. He died as a result of complications related to surgery for lung cancer.
Ningiukulu (Ningeokuluk) Teevee is a Canadian Inuk writer and visual artist.
Janet Kigusiuq was an Inuk artist.
Pitaloosie Saila was a Canadian Inuk graphic artist who predominantly made drawings and lithograph prints. Saila's work often explores themes such as family, shamanism, birds, and her personal life experiences as an Inuk woman. Her work has been displayed in over 150 exhibitions nationally and internationally, such as in the acclaimed Isumavut exhibition called "The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women". In 2004, Pitaloosie Saila and her well-known husband and sculptor Pauta Saila were both inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Sheila Butler is an American-Canadian visual artist and retired professor, now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a founding member of Mentoring Artists for Women's Art in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the Sanavik Inuit Cooperative in Baker Lake, Nunavut. She is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Napachie Pootoogook was a Canadian Inuk graphic artist.
Timootee "Tim" Pitsiulak was an Inuk artist and hunter based in Nunavut, Canada, best known for his large coloured-pencil drawings of Arctic scenery, wildlife, and Inuit culture.
Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts is an arts centre that was established by the Uqqurmiut Inuit Artists Association in 1990, in Pangnirtung, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Centre includes a Tapestry Studio, a Craft Gallery, and a Print Shop. In spite of its remote location and small population, numerous Inuit from Pangnirtung have successfully marketed their prints, carvings, sculptures, and textile arts, such as woven wall hangings, to southern collectors. Starting in the 1970s, limited edition prints from the original Print Shop were published annually as the Pangnirtung Prints Collection through the then-Eskimo Co-operative. In 1970 a weaving studio was established and over time the tapestries attracted an international market.
Luke Anguhadluq was a Canadian Inuk artist in Baker Lake.
Ikayukta Tunnillie was an Inuk artist in the fields of printmaking and drawing. Tunnillie was born in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, now Kinngait, Nunavut and travelled for much of her life. Tunnillie's work in drawing and printmaking focused on animals and life in the Arctic. She was one of the oldest printmakers to work with the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative.
Ohotaq (Oqutaq) Mikkigak was a Cape Dorset based Inuk artist from southern Baffin Island. Mikkigak was involved with Cape Dorset printmaking in the program's early years, providing drawn designs for printing. Many of his works were printed and featured in the studio's annual collections, including Eskimo Fox Trapper and three pieces used in the Cape Dorset Studio's 40th anniversary collection. Mikkigak's work has also been included in of over twenty group exhibitions and was the subject of multiple solo exhibitions, including a show held by Feheley Fine Arts called Ohotaq Mikkigak: Imagined Landscapes.
Siassie Kenneally was an Inuk artist based in Cape Dorset (Kinngait), Northwest Territories. Kenneally was known for her pencil-crayon drawings depicting traditional Inuit lifestyles.
Mayureak Ashoona is an Inuk artist, known for her works on paper.
Nicotye Samayualie is a Canadian Inuk artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Samayualie specializes in drawings of still lifes and landscapes. She often uses large-format drawings to create expansive images of Cape Dorset landscapes.
Aqjangajuk Shaa was an Inuk artist. He was born at Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
Sharni Pootoogook (1922–2003) was an Inuit printmaker from Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
Akesuk Tudlik, commonly known simply as Tudlik (1890–1966), was an Inuk printmaker and carver from Cape Dorset, Canada. He is best known for his stylized carvings of animals, particularly birds with round eyes.
