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Jaco
Ishulutaq
Photo: Jaco Ishulutaq
Credit: Museum of Inuit Art
Jaco
Ishulutaq
Medium:
stone
Artistic Community:
Pangnirtung, 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.
1951
Work
Jaco Ishulutaq
(Pangnirtung)
Mother with Pail and Child in Amauti (n.d.)
Credit: Waddington's
Biography
Encouraged by his mother, well-known graphic artist Elisapee Ishulutaq, Jaco Ishulutaq began making art at the age of 16, learning to carve by observing his grandfather. Based in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), NU, Ishulutaq sculpts in a variety of materials, such as antler, ivory, whalebone and soapstone, and has also experimented with graphic art. Over the course of his career, many of his drawings have been turned into tapestries and prints by artists at the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts in Panniqtuuq, Nunavut. Considered one of the most well-known artists in his community, Ishulutaq had a landmark solo show at the Museum of Inuit Art in Toronto in 2012, and was awarded the Nunavut Commissioner’s Arts Award in 2018 in recognition of his contributions to the region’s visual arts.
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Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
Summertime
September - October 2011
Puffin Gallery
Rhythm and Drum Dance
February 2011
Kulik Art Inuit
Inuit Sculptures and Drawings
November - December 2010
Canadian Guild of Crafts
Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection
Ada, MI, United States
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre
Sudbury, ON, Canada
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A.
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