Irene Avaalaaqiaq, The Wolf Sees His Shadow
Irene Avaalaaqiaq
1941-
Inuit/Baker Lake
Alternative Name
Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq
Date
2007
Medium Specific
Stonecut/Stencil
Edition / State
9/20
Classification
Print
Dimensions
24 1/2 x 39 in. (62.2 x 99.1 cm)
Accession Number
2017.35.20.77
Credit
Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan
Biography
Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (b. 1941) is one of Canada's most renowned Inuit artists. Her work is rooted in her lived experience, often dealing with themes of being an orphan and Inuit stories her grandmother told her. Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq is noted for her drawings, prints, and wall hangings. Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq began her art career between 1969 and 1970 with small soapstone carvings, often of animals with human heads.
Her works are part of the collections at the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre and the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Avaalaaqiaq_Tiktaalaaq
Her works are part of the collections at the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre and the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Avaalaaqiaq_Tiktaalaaq
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