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Andy
Miki
Photo: Andy Miki
Credit: Claude Grenier
Andy
Miki
Medium:
sculpture/carving
Artistic Community:
Arviat, NU
Date of Birth:
Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.
Near Harvaqtuuq (Kazan River), NU
1918
Date of Death:
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1983
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Work
Andy Miki
(Arviat)
Arctic Hare (1972)
Credit: Courtesy Marion Scott Gallery
Biography
Andy Miki was a carver from Arviat, NU who was renowned for his abstract, simplified sculptures. He distinguished himself from his contemporaries with his depictions of animal rather than human figures. Miki was featured in numerous exhibitions, including The Williamson Collection of Inuit Sculpture (1987) held at the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, SK. His works are held in the collections of prominent artistic institutions, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg, MB and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON.
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Publications
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Title
Year
Author
Two Thousand Years of Inuit Art Goes on Display at the Frieze Masters Art Fair
September 22, 2017
Hrag Vartanian
Subtle Form and Sensitive Line: The Sculpture of Arviat
Spring 2017
Norman Zepp
Collecting Trends: Kivalliq Sculpture
2017
Maryse Saraux
Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
Two Thousand Years of Inuit Art
Oct 5 - 8, 2017
Donald Ellis Gallery
Nanuk’s Journey
May - Sept 2017
Stratford Perth Museum
Arctic Expression: 40 Years of Inuit Sculpture
2014
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, ON, Canada
Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, QC, Canada
Dennos Museum Centre
Traverse City, MI, United States
Edit History
March 7, 2018
Created by: Rebecca Gray
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