Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq
Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 80–81) Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut, Canada |
| Occupation | Artist |
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| Relatives | Victoria Mamnguqsualuk (sister) Janet Kigusiuq (sister) William Noah (brother) |
Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq (born 1940) is a Canadian Inuit artist known for her sculptures, drawings, and textile art.[1][2] Her work draws from Inuit mythology and features Western spatial perspective.
Early life[]
Born in the Chantrey Inlet area of what is now the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq is the daughter of noted Inuit artist Jessie Oonark; among her siblings are the artists Victoria Mamnguqsualuk, Josiah Nuilaalik, Janet Kigusiuq, Mary Yuusipik Singaqti, Miriam Nanurluk, and William Noah. In childhood, she lived the traditional nomadic Inuit life, but the difficult winter of 1958 led to the family's resettlement in the community of Baker Lake, where shortly thereafter she married.[3]
Career[]
With encouragement from her mother and her sister Victoria, she began carving in 1962; her first drawings followed in 1969. She also works in fabric. Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq's work draws heavily on Inuit mythology, and includes depictions of Kiviuq and . Unlike older Inuit artists, her work shows a knowledge of Western spatial perspective. Her art was first exhibited in 1974 at a showing of Baker Lake sculpture in Montreal, and in 1976 she had her first solo show, at the Upstairs Gallery in Winnipeg. She has continued to exhibit both in Canada and internationally. Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq's work is in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, and the Art Gallery of Ontario.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq". MutualArt. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Canadian women sculptors
- Canadian textile artists
- Inuit sculptors
- Inuit textile artists
- 20th-century Canadian sculptors
- 20th-century Canadian women artists
- 21st-century Canadian sculptors
- 21st-century Canadian women artists
- People from Baker Lake
- Canadian Inuit women
- Artists from Nunavut
- 20th-century women textile artists
- 20th-century textile artists
- Inuit from the Northwest Territories
- Inuit from Nunavut
- Oonark family
- 21st-century women textile artists
- 21st-century textile artists