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Helen
Kalvak
, OC, RCA
Photo: Helen Kalvak
Helen
Kalvak
, OC, RCA
Medium:
drawing, printmaking, textile
Artistic Community:
Ulukhaktok (Holman), NT
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.
Kitikmeot, NT
1901
Date of Death:
Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.
1984
Work
Helen Kalvak
(Ulukhaktok (Holman))
Shaman with Man and Bear 1971
Credit: Winnipeg Art Gallery
Biography
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Publications
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Title
Year
Author
Inuit art showcased at National Arts Centre exhibit
November 13, 2019
Kahlan Miron
30 Artists to Know: Helen Kalvak
Fall 2017
Julia Manoyok Ekpakohak
Helen Kalvak
2008
Bernadette Driscoll
Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
Breaking Ground: Freda Diesing, Helen Kalvak, Janet Kigusiuq, Rita Letendre
September–November 2019
National Arts Centre, in partnership with Carleton University Art Gallery
Shifting Geographies
September 19 - October 26, 2019
University of Alberta Museums
Holman: Forty Years of Graphic Art
2001
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Achievements
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Achievement
Year
Organization
Silver for One of a Kind Storytelling
2018
National Magazine Awards
Holman Annual Print Collection
1985
Ulukhaktok Arts Centre
Holman Annual Print Collection
1984
Ulukhaktok Arts Centre
Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Fort Worth, TX, United States
Anchorage Museum
Anchorage, AK, United States
Art Gallery of Sudbury
Sudbury, ON, Canada
Edit History
December 13, 2017
Updated By: Lera Kotsyuba
September 12, 2017
Created by: Gabriel Chevalier Updated by: Inuit Art Foundation
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