Maudie Rachel Okittuq

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Maudie Rachel Okittuq
Born1944 (age 7980)
Thom Bay, Kitikmeot (Nunavut) [1]

Maudie Rachel Okittuq (born 1944) is an Inuk sculptor known for her works in whalebone and soapstone. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Okittuq was born in Ikpik (Thom Bay), Nunavut and moved to Talurjuaq in the mid-1960s. [3] By 1968 she was one of the first in her community to begin carving. [2] [3]

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [1] and the National Gallery of Canada [5]

Okittiuq's work was included in Kakiniit Hivonighijotaa: Inuit Embodied Practices and Meanings, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2022. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Okittuq, Maudie Rachel". Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN   9781135638894 via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 "Maudie Okittuq". Inuit Art Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. "Artist: Maudie Rachel Okittuq". Katilvik. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. "Maudie Rachel Okittuq". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  6. Zoratti, Jen (21 April 2022). "Body Language: Traditional Inuit tattooing a sacred practice that tells a personal story" . Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.