Maureen Gruben

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Maureen Gruben is a Canadian Inuvialuk artist who works in sculpture, installation and public art.

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Biography

Gruben was born in Tuktoyaktuk. [1] She received a Diploma in Fine Arts from Okanagan College, Kelowna in 1990. [2] In 2012 she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Victoria. [3] In May 2021 it was announced that Gruben was on the long list for the annual Sobey Art Award, one of five artists from the "Prairies and North". [4] In 2021 the National Gallery of Canada lifted its "40-and-under" age restriction allowing for the inclusion of Gruben and other artists. [5]

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  4. ↑ "2021 Sobey Art Award Announces the 25 Longlist Artists from Across Canada". National Gallery of Canada. Newswire Canada. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Kate (5 May 2021). "We need to rethink our definition of 'emerging' artists". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  6. ↑ ""Àbadakone" Creates Community".
  7. ↑ Clément, Éric (December 30, 2019). "Àbadakone | Feu continuel: embrasser le postcolonialisme". La Presse.
  8. ↑ "Indigenous World-Building at the Vancouver Art Gallery".
  9. ↑ "Breathing Hole". 2019-11-30.
  10. ↑ Luschinski, Justin (2019-12-09). "WAG unveils two new galleries". Winnipeg Free Press.
  11. ↑ Bundy, Art Sleuth by Jean (7 November 2018). "An Arctic Perspective through the Walrus and the Polar Bea". The Anchorage Press.
  12. ↑ "A Team of Curators Designs a System for Indigenous Artists to Thrive In". Hyperallergic. September 25, 2019.
  13. ↑ Burnham, Clint (2018). "Maureen Gruben. QULLIQ: In Darkness, Light". Espace Sculpture (120): 86–87.
  14. ↑ http://uvac.uvic.ca/gallery/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/catalogue-WEB.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  18. ↑ "An Arctic Installation Marks the End of an Era". 2017-08-17.
  19. ↑ "Stitching My Landscape, NYU Gallatin".
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