Arctic Visions: Inuit Drawings from Northern Canada
Contemporary artists of Inuit ancestry have been making drawings in the Canadian Arctic since at least the early 1960s. But while these works have not gone unnoticed, they have usually received less attention than sculptures and prints produced during the same period.
Arctic Visions: Inuit Drawings from Northern Canada is the first exhibition in nearly two decades to show the full range of this important yet often overlooked form. Consisting of bodies of work by six artists from three different regions, and with over 100 images dating from the early 1970s to the present, the exhibition captures the rich diversity of Inuit drawing while bringing focused attention to the featured artists, arguably the foremost in this field.
Janet Kigusiuq
untitled (birds & fish), circa 1978, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 20 x 26 in.
Janet Kigusiuq
untitled (bird spirit & people ), circa 1985, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 22 x 30 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (ministers & Inuk), 1996, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 26 x 20 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (priest pulling tooth from Inuk), 1996, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 26 x 20 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (white man & Inuk drinking), 1996, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 20 x 26 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (mountie photographing Inuk with polar bear), 1997, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 20 x 26 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (crying Inuk with dog & policeman), 1997, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 20 x 26 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (priest inside igloo), 2000, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 20 x 26 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (white man filming Inuk), 2002, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 20 x 26 in.
Kananginak Pootoogook
untitled (hunter & caribou), 1997, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 20 x 26 in.
Lucy Qinnuayuak
untitled (landscape with people & rainbow), 1977, watercolour & ink on paper, 20.5 x 26 in.
Lucy Qinnuayuak
untitled (house, trees & birds), 1978/1979, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 15.5 x 20 in.
Lucy Qinnuayuak
untitled (people playing ball game), 1979/1980, coloured pencil & ink on paper, 20.5 x 26 in.
Lucy Qinnuayuak
untitled (three birds), 1980/1981, coloured pencil & felt-tip pen on paper, 20 x 26.25 in.
Françoise Oklaga
untitled (woman’s head with bird heads protruding), 1978, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 30 x 22.25 in.
Françoise Oklaga
untitled (human head with amalgamated animals & spirit), 1978, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 22.25 x 30 in.
Françoise Oklaga
untitled (human & animal forms), circa 1978, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 22.25 x 30.25 in.
