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Kaajuk Kablalik

Biography

Kaajuk Kablalik is a multidisciplinary artist from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut Canada. He has been practicing his art since 2009, and full time since 2016. Kaajuk uses fused glass, soft metals and natural materials such as ivory, baleen, muskox horn and walrus whiskers to create jewelry and art that reflect inuusiq. He is a graduate of Nunavut Arctic College Jewelry and Metal work program and winner of the 2010 BMO First Arts! Award. He is one of three artists who created the public art exhibition SIVUINKSATTINU, currently hosted by the Ottawa Hospital. Kaajuk is an active member of the urban Inuit community in Ontario, volunteering and advocating for Inuit-specific programs and resources. He is currently based in the Ottawa Valley.

Artist Work

About Kaajuk Kablalik

Medium:

Jewellery, Sculpture

Artistic Community:

Ottawa, ON

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.

1979
Publication

Ottawa Hospital pays homage to Inuit with ornate glass-panelled qajaq, 2020

Exhibition

Perth Studio Tour, 2019

Achievement

BMO 1st Art! Award, 2010

Public Collection

Museum of Contemporary Art