Ronald Senungetuk
Ronald Senungetuk | |
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| Born | 1933 |
| Died | (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Iñupiaq |
| Education | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Known for | sculpture, jewelry, painting |
| Movement | Alaska Native art |
| Awards | Fulbright Fellowship |
Ronald Senungetuk (/səˈnʌŋɡɛtˌʌk/ sə-NUNG-ɡet-uk;[1] 1933 – January 21, 2020)[2] (last name pronounced Sinuŋituk in Iñupiaq) was an Iñupiaq artist originally from Wales, Alaska, who worked primarily in wood and metal.[3]
Career[]
He was a sculptor and silversmith and was known for his abstractions of animal figures. He trained at the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology and in Oslo, Norway, on a Fulbright Fellowship at Statens Håndværks og Kunstindustriskole. He and his wife, Turid, an accomplished silversmith, lived in Homer.[4]
Senungetuk started the University of Alaska Fairbanks' metalsmithing program and served as director of its Native Art Center.[5] He received the Rasmuson Foundation's 2007 Distinguished Artist Award,[6] and received many other awards and recognitions for his work.
Awards and recognition[]
- 2008 Denali National Park Artist-in-Residence[7]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ "Ron Senungetuk -- Panel Carving". YouTube. October 14, 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ Gustafson, Kathleen. "Artist Ron Senungetuk dies at 87". www.kbbi.org. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- ^ "Ronald Senungetuk." Museum of Art and Design. Retrieved 9 Dec 2013.
- ^ Armstrong, Michael. "Art: It's all in family for Senungetuks." Homer News. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 9 Dec 2013.
- ^ History of the Native Arts Program of the UAF Art Department
- ^ Ron Senungetuk Receives $25,000 Distinguished Artist Award
- ^ Alaska Geographic artists-in-residence participants
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