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IAF Celebrates Nunavut Day

Jul 09, 2018
by IAQ

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.  

WilliamsonBathoryLaakkulukKiinamitKiinamut(FaceToFace)Still
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory,Kiinamit kiinamut (Face to Face) film still, 2016Photo Jamie Griffiths

ArnaquqBarilAletheaAngryInukStill

Alethea Arnaquq-BarilAngry Inuk (still), 2016, film, 85 min

PitsiulakTimEET-EEPOWTheLegend

Tim Pitsiulak
EET-EEPOW, the legend, 2014, coloured pencil and graphite, 76.2 x 111.8 cm
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario

QappikAndrewTheCoatOfArmsNunavutAndrew QappikThe Coat of Arms Nunavut, 1999Courtesy Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

OonarkJessieInukFlag
Jessie OonarkInuk Flag, c.1979, coloured pencil, 38.2 x 56.5 cm Courtesy National Gallery of Canada, Public Trustee of Nunvavut, Estate of Jessie Oonark

TutsweetokLucyTasseorAnInuitFamilyLucy Tasseor TutsweetokAn Inuit Family, n.d., stone, 7.6 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm Courtesy Waddington’s

AshevakKenojuakNunavut(OurLand)

Kenojuak AshevakNunavut (Our Land), 1992, lithograph, 230 x 370.5 cm Reproduced with Permission Dorset Fine Arts

HinaaniDesignNunavutTShirtHinaani DesignNunavut T-Shirt