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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
Judas Ullulaq
(Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven))
Inuruutuq (Shaman’s Transformation), 1988
Credit: Courtesy Winnipeg Art Gallery
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.
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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
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