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Judas
Ullulaq

Photo: Judas Ullulaq
Judas
Ullulaq

Medium:

sculpture/carving

Artistic Community:

Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven), 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.


1937

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.

1999

Work

Biography

Judas Ullulaq was a sculptor who worked primarily in stone using mixed-media accents such as whalebone, ivory, antler, bone, sinew and musk-ox horn. Originally from Talurjuaq (Taloyoak), NU, who later moved to Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven), NU. Ullulaq created figures characterized by expressive faces with staring, inlaid eyes or flaring nostrils and gaping mouths, a style also embodied in the works of his nephew Karoo Ashevak. These elements give Ullulaq’s art a strong expressive and emotional presence. His work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally in over 90 solo and group shows and are represented in many permanent collections including the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Manitoba, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC, the National Gallery in Ottawa, ON, and the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, BC.View Long Biography and Citations

Publications

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Title Year Author
News Roundup: Millions in Art Sales Hammered Down at Canada’s Fall Auctions November 21, 2019 Canadian Art
Choice: Judas Ullulaq, Inuruutuq Spring 2018 Darlene Coward Wight
Judas Ullulaq: An Interview by Simeonie Kunuk with Additional Questions by Janet McGrath Summer 1995 Judas Ullulaq and Simeonie Kunnuk

Exhibitions

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Name Year Gallery
Inuit Sculpture: Classic Works Dec 2, 2017 - Jan 6, 2018 Marion Scott Gallery
Ijurnaqtut: Whimsy, Wit and Humour in Inuit Art Nov 22, 2010 - Jan 30, 2011 Carleton University Art Gallery
Art from the Top of the World: The Story of the Inuit at 360 June - Aug 1997 Isaacs/Inuit Gallery

Achievements

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Achievement Year Organization
Cover of the Inuit Art Quarterly Summer 1998
Cover of the Inuit Art Quarterly Summer 1995
Cover of Up Here Magazine October/November 1991

Public Collections

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Collection Location
Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection Ada, MI, United States
Art Gallery of Guelph Guelph, ON, Canada