Outsiders: Inuit Masters

Marion Scott Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring the expressions of six artists from three different northern Canadian communities. Outsiders: Inuit Masters brings together works in a range of two- and three-dimensional media by some of the Arctic’s most distinguished artists. Although well known to the Inuit art world, the six featured artists—Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq, John Kavik, Thomassie Kudluk, Elizabeth Nutaraaluk, Françoise Oklaga and Annie Taipanak—developed practices whose expressions challenged and defied the expectations of the southern marketplace for Inuit art. The historical exhibition aims to provoke a reevaluation of their work, offering viewers an altered lens through which to experience these singular contemporary expressions.

John Kavik

seated figure, circa 1965, stone, 4.75 x 3.25 x 3 in.

John Kavik

figure with crossed arm, circa 1975, stone, 10.5 x 5.5 x 4.75 in.

John Kavik

standing figure, circa 1978, stone, 6.25 x 3.75 x 2 in.

John Kavik

standing figure, circa 1970, stone, 9 x 5 x 3 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

Playing With Its Pet, 1978, stone, 2.25 x 5.5 x 1.5 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

hunter, 1978, stone, 5.25 x 4.75 x 1.25 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

Taking Their Shirt Off, 1978, stone, 5.25 x 5.25 x 4.75 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

female spirit, 1979, stone & colouring, 6.5 x 3.25 x 2 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

harpooned beluga & avataq, late 1970s, stone & colouring, 4.75 x 8.5 x 3.75 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

Arctic Fox, late 1970s, stone & colouring, 2.5 x 4.75 x 3 in., LIST $1,000, SALE $650

Thomassie Kudluk

hunter crawling with rifle, late 1970s, stone & colouring, 4 x 4.5 x 2 in.

Thomassie Kudluk

unhappy figure, late 1970s, stone, 3.75 x 6.25 x 2.75 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

woman, 1993, stone, 6.25 x 3.75 x 5.25 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

woman, late 1990s, stone, 6.75 x 3.5 x 2.25 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

woman, late 1990s, stone, 8.75 x 7.5 x 3.5 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

face, 1980s, stone, 4.75 x 7.25 x 4 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

woman, circa 1990s, stone, 7.5 x 7 x 3 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

woman, circa 1990s, stone, 6.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

mother & child, circa 1990, stone, 8.5 x 9.25 x 1 in.

Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut

Mother & Child, ca. 1990, stone, 8.25 x 8.5 x 4 in., $2,600

Françoise Oklaga

untitled (human & animal transformation), 1979, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 15 x 22 in.

Françoise Oklaga

untitled (human & animal transformation), 1979, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 15 x 22 in.

Françoise Oklaga

untitled (human & animal transformation), 1979, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 15 x 22 in.

Françoise Oklaga

untitled (human & animal transformation), 1979, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 15 x 22 in.

Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq

untitled (generations of Inuks), circa 1985, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 22.25 x 30.25 in.

Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq

untitled (Inuks hunting bear with dog), 1986, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 11 x 15 in.

Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq

untitled (family), 1987, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 15 x 22.25 in.

Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq

untitled (men fighting over woman), 1987, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 15 x 22.25 in.

Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq

untitled (married couple), circa 1987, coloured pencil & graphite on paper, 14 x 11 in.

Bessie Scottie Iquginnaaq

untitled (dogs chasing bears), circa 1990, coloured pencil on paper, 8.5 x 11 in.

Annie Taipana

untitled (human & animal composition), 1981, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 36 x 38 in.

Annie Taipana

untitled (human & animal composition), 1981, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 36 x 38 in.

Annie Taipana

untitled (human & animal composition), 1981, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 54.5 x 30 in.

Annie Taipana

Life on the Land, 2006, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 78 x 53 in.