Stylized drawing of seated person in black parka with orange trim playing with blue hoop and stick

Peter Aliknak Banksland, Untitled (Ice Fishing)

Peter Aliknak Banksland
1928-1998
Inuit, Ulukhaktok
Alternative Name
Peter Aliknak, Alex Banksland, Alec Banksland, Aliknok, Apiknok
Date
c.1970
Medium Specific
Stonecut print on rice paper
Edition / State
Stonecut Miniprints Series from Holman, N.W.T. (series of 6 prints)
Classification
Print
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 7 in. (26.7 x 17.8 cm.)
Accession Number
2026.35.20.07
Credit
Gift of Joyce & Frank Margolis
Memo / Artist Statement
Banksland was a prolific artist, with his prints selected for the Holman Annual Print Collection from 1967–1994. His work has been widely included in exhibitions and collections nationally and internationally including the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON, and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.
Biography
Peter Aliknak Banksland was a carver and printmaker born in Utkraluk (Baillie Island), NT. From an artistic family, his sister is noted graphic artist Agnes Nanogak Goose (1925–2001). Banksland moved to Ulukhaqtuuq, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT, in 1934, where he was a founding artist for the Holman Printmaking program with Father Henri Tardy and prominent artist Helen Kalvak (1901–1984). Banksland devoted the majority of his practice to printmaking, experimenting with different techniques and technologies, including stonecut, lithography, and etching. Banksland depicted a traditional way of life at a time when change was sweeping across the arctic, with families moving from living on the land into settlements. With traditional Inuit practices changing within a generation, Banksland’s work provides a record of daily life.
(https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Alec-Aliknak-Banksland)
Date of Bio
Inscription
Aliknak (lc)