Animal Power: Images in Contemporary Inuit Art

The Marion Scott Gallery is pleased to announce Animal Power: Images in Contemporary Inuit Art, a group exhibition that explores the use of animal imagery by Inuit artists from across the Canadian Arctic.  With examples dating from the early 1950s through to the present, Animal Power will reveal the extraordinary diversity of artistic approaches and expressive sensibilities that has characterized Inuit art in the modern period.

Luke Anguhadluq

September Caribou, 1973, stonecut & stencil, 12 x 19 in. (paper)

Kenojuak Ashevak

Six-Part Harmony, 2011 stonecut & stencil, 24.5 x 39.25 in. (paper)

Qaqaq Ashoona

standing bear, 1992, Baffin Island marble, 22.5 x 10 x 3.5 in.

Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq

The Wolf Sees His Shadow, 2007, stonecut & stencil, 24.5 x 39 in. (paper)

Central Arctic School

tern, 1960, whalebone, caribou antler & muskox horn, 2.5 x 5.25 x 2.5 in.

Historic Period

40. cribbage board, early 1900s, ivory & wood, 3.25 x 25.5 x 3.5 in.

Luke Airut

muskox, 1970s, stone, 3.25 x 6.5 x 2.25 in.

Luke Iksiktaaryuk

The Herd, 1972, stonecut, 29.5 x 39.5 in. (paper)

Osuitok Ipeelee

running caribou, 1982, stone & caribou antler, 17.5 x 22.25 x 10.5 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

polar bear, late 1970s, stone & colouring, 3.5 x 4.5 x 2.75 in.

Osuitok Ipeelee

owl, 1985, stone, 13 x 9.5 x 5.5 in.

Jacoposie Oopakak

polar bear totem, circa 1988, walrus tusk ivory & stone, 13 x 4 x 3.75 in.

Itee Pootoogook

Cutting Whale, 2012, coloured pencil on paper, 25.5 x 19.5 in.

Itee Pootoogook

Cutting Bowhead Whale, 2012, coloured pencil on paper, 25.5 x 19.5 in.

Kananginak Pootoogook

untitled (owl), 1991/1992, ink & coloured pencil on paper, 19.5 x 26 in.

Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq

untitled (caribou & arctic foxes), circa 1990, pencil crayon on paper, 11.5 x 15 in.

Annie Taipana

untitled (animals & humans), late 1970s, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 34.5 x 28.75 in.

Jimmy Taipana

seal, 1982, stone, 1.25 x 6.25 x 2 in.

Jamasie Teevee

Animals Acrobats, 1971, etching, 15 x 13 in. (paper)

Jamasie Teevee

Hunters on Sea Ice, 1976, lithograph, 22.25 x 28 in. (paper)

Olive Mamak Innakatsik

seal/bear with human face, 1970s, stone, 1.5 x 3.5 x 1.25 in.

Mark Tungilik

muskox, late 1960s, stone & caribou antler, 7 x 11 x 3.75 in.

Jessie Oonark

untitled (humans, fish & birds), 1970s, coloured pencil on paper, 12.75 x 25.5 in.

Miriam Nanurluk Qiyuk

untitled (owls), 2011, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 15.5 x 47 in.