List of Greenlandic artists
This is a list of Greenlandic artists who were born in or who live in Greenland.
A[]
- Ivalo Abelsen (born 1971), Nuuk[1]
- Naja Abelsen (born 1964), painter, illustrator, stamp designer
- , Nuuk[1]
- Aron of Kangeq (Inuit, 1822–1869), Kangeq, watercolors, woodcuts[2]
- Pia Arke (1958–2007), photography, photocollage, installation[3][4]
- (French), Uummannaq[1]
B[]
- (1923–1990), Nuuk, painter, and Greenlandic flag contestant
- (1933-2009), sculpture[5]
- (1889–1954), woodcarving[5]
- (born 1967)[6]
- (born 1955), Nuuk[1]
C[]
- (), Copenhagen, Denmark, fashion design, printmaking
- (1890-1956), photography[7]
- Thue Christiansen (born 1940), painting, sculpture, designed the flag of Greenland in 1985[2][8]
D[]
- (, Danish–Inuit, c. 1769–1843), Ritenbenk, painting[5]
- (born 1888 , Disko Island, died 1938, Qeqertarsuaq), watercolors of hunting culture of north Greenland[9]
F[]
- (born 1975) (), filmmaker[6]
G[]
- (born 1970), drawing, painting
- (Greenlandic Inuit, 1804–57), watercolors[5]
H[]
- Julie Edel Hardenberg (born 1971),[10] installation, photography, conceptual art[3][6]
- (, born 1962), sculpture[2][6][11]
- Aka Høegh (born 1947), Qaqortoq, drawing, public art, sculpture[1][12][13]
- (born 1956), Nuuk, printmaking, collage[1][2][3][14]
- (Danish–Inuit, born 1981), Denmark, painting, installation, conceptual art[1][3][6]
- Inuk Silis Høegh (Danish–Inuit, born 1972), Nuuk, sculpture, installation, performance, graphic arts, film[1][3][6]
- Anne-Birthe Hove (1951–2012), printmaking[3][15]
J[]
- Hans Jacobi (1905–1995)[5]
- (born 1965), Denmark,[1] digital photocollages, sculpture, assemblage[3][16]
K[]
- Bodil Kaalund (1930-2016) ()[1]
- (born 1981), Nuuk[1]
- (Danish–Inuit, born 1980), Nuuk, painting, drawing, photography, film, video, jewelry, sculpture[17][18]
- (born 1959), dance, performance art, installation, painting[3][6][19][20]
- (1828–1899), illustration, painting[5]
- (1862–1940), woodcarving[5]
- , Kangaatsiaq[1]
- (1898-1983) (fl. 1940s), Kangaamiut, ivory sculpture[21]
- (born 1952), stone carving, painting[5][22]
- , Nuuk[1]
- , painting[23]
- (1933–1990), sculpture[5]
- (fl. 1880s), wooden map carving
- (), painting[24]
L[]
- (1931-1994), stone carving[25]
- (born 1960), Nuuk[1]
- Henrik Lund (Intel'eraq, 1875–1948), painter, lyricist
- (1944-2017)[5]
- , stone carving[26]
- (1867–1929)
- Hans Lynge (1906–1988) known as the founder of modern art in Greenland, impressionist painter, founder of the [2][5]
- [6]
- (born 1978), film[6]
M[]
- , Nuuk[1]
- (fl. 1905), Ammassalik, shaman (angakoq), wooden tupilait[27]
- (born 1965), visual art, ceramics[3]
- (19th century), landscape lithography[3][5]
- (1882–1909), landscape lithography, son of Lars Møller[5]
- , also (, born 1969)[6][28]
- Angu Motzfeldt (born 1976), musician, photography[6]
N[]
- (born 1984)[6]
- Camilla Nielsen (born 1972), Nuuk[1][3]
O[]
P[]
- (born 1968), Nuuk, drawing, painting, mixed media[1][29]
- (, born 1955), , painting[1][2]
- , sculpture, member of [30]
R[]
- , printmaking, collage[3][31]
- (1942-2018)[32]
- Jens Rosing (1925–2008), zoological studies[2]
- (), Nuuk, photography[33]
- (1911–1974), graphics[5]
- (1871–1938), woodcarving[5]
- (1892–1965), lithography, brother of Otto Rosing[5]
- Otto Rosing (1896–1966), lithography, brother of Peter Rosing[5]
- , Nuuk[1]
S[]
- , designer, graphic designer[34]
- (born 1944), photography, videography[35]
- (born 1989), Sisimiut, photography[36]
- [3]
- , stone carving[37]
T[]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Members." KIMIK. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Thisted, Kirsten. "Greenlandic Art: A Brief History". Bryggen Art. Accessed December 6, 2012
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Exhibition the Red Snowmobile." Greenland. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 114-119
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Grønland - billedkunst." Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Accessed December 12, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Exhibition: KUUK." Greenland. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Jørgen Chemnitz." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ "Thue Christiansen." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ "Jakob Danielsen." Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Qeqertarsuaq Museum." Accessed December 6, 2012.
- ^ Julie Edel Hardenberg. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 100-103
- ^ Aka Høegh. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 74-7
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 108-9, 111
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 78-81
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 87-93
- ^ Maria P. Kjaerulff. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Maria Panínguak` Kjærulff." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ Thisted, Kirsten. "Kleeman, Jessie." The History of Nordic Women's Literature. Accessed December 6, 2012.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 94-99
- ^ "Greenland Ivory Carvings on View at the Arctic Museum." Bowdoin College. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 71-73
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 83-85
- ^ "Frederik Kristensen Kunngi." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 67
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 68
- ^ Nacheva, Velina. "An average artistic day in Greenland." The Sofia Echo. November 29, 2001. Accessed December 6, 2012.
- ^ "Iben Mondrup." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ "Hjem." Julia Pars. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ "KATRINE DIRCKINCK-HOLMFELD, HUMPHREY POLEPOLE & IVAAQ POULSEN in collaboration with INUIT YOUTH INTERNATIONAL." Rethinking Nordic Colonialism. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Linda Riber." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 104-107
- ^ "Jukke Rosing (Angiuk Rosing)." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ Inuk Design
- ^ "C.V." Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Ivars Silis. (in Danish) Accessed 03 Mar 2015.
- ^ "Inuuuteq Storch." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland." (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
- ^ Staffan and Jensen 69
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Exhibition: A love letter". Katuaq (in Danish). Retrieved 4 January 2017.
References[]
- Staffan, Carlen and Marianne Jensen, intro. Den Flyvende Kajak/The Flying Kayak/Qajaq Silaannakkoortoq (Contemporary Art from Greenland). Nordic Arts Centre, 1989. ISBN 978-9518955422.
Further reading[]
- Goodnow, Katherine and Haci Akman. Scandinavian Museums and Cultural Diversity. Berghahn Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1845455774.
- Kaalund, Bodil (Danish). The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0520048409.
External links[]
- KIMIK: Association of Artists in Greenland
- Nordic Institute in Greenland
- "Visions of Greenland appear in Venice", 2012
- "Greenland National Art Gallery", 2011
- "Jessie Kleemann & Iben Mondrup", Horizonic: Unfolding Space through Sound Art
- "South Greenland Culture Centre in Qaqortoq"
Categories:
- Greenlandic artists
- Lists of artists by nationality
- Lists of Greenlandic people