Happy Nunavut Day! In honour of the 25th anniversary of the land claims agreement that initiated the establishment of the territory, we’re celebrating by bringing you a selection of work by artists from Nunavut including Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Alethea Aggiuq Arnaquq-Baril, Tim Pitsiulak, Jesse Tungilik, Andrew Qappik, Jessie Oonark, Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, Kenojuak Ashevak and Hinaani Design.
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory,Kiinamit kiinamut (Face to Face) film still, 2016Photo Jamie Griffiths
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Angry Inuk (still), 2016, film, 85 min
Tim Pitsiulak, EET-EEPOW, the legend, 2014, coloured pencil and graphite, 76.2 x 111.8 cm Courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario
Andrew Qappik, The Coat of Arms Nunavut, 1999Courtesy Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Jessie Oonark, Inuk Flag, c.1979, coloured pencil, 38.2 x 56.5 cm Courtesy National Gallery of Canada, Public Trustee of Nunvavut, Estate of Jessie Oonark
Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, An Inuit Family, n.d., stone, 7.6 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm Courtesy Waddington’s
Kenojuak Ashevak, Nunavut (Our Land), 1992, lithograph, 230 x 370.5 cm Reproduced with Permission Dorset Fine Arts
Hinaani Design, Nunavut T-Shirt