Victoria Mamnguqsualuk

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk
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Biography

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk spent her childhood in the Back River area of the Northwest Territories and moved to Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake), NU, in 1963. She is one of the best-known Inuit artists of her generation [1]. Mamnguqsualuk practiced her art in many forms including drawing, printing, textiles and sculpture. She was one of artist Jessie Oonark's (1906–1985) children, many of whom became well-known artists including Janet Kigusiuq, Nancy Pukingrak, Peggy Qablunaaq Aittauq, Mary Yuusipik Singaqti, Joshua Nuilaalik, Miriam Marealik Qiyuk and William Noah [2].

As a child Mamnguqsualuk learned to sew by watching her grandmother make caribou clothing, and by sewing slippers and the sleeves of parkas. Once Mamnguqsualuk settled in Qamani'tuaq, NU, she became involved with the artist co-op where she learned to sew wall hangings as well as carve and draw [3]. Mamnguqsualuk is best known for her wall hangings but was dedicated to expanding her artistic practice, actively learning new styles or techniques in graphic arts and textiles [4]. Eight of her prints were a part of the first Baker Lake Print Collection in 1970 and her pieces have appeared in many collections since then. In 1997 she graduated from the drawing and printmaking program at Nunavut Arctic College.

Mamnguqsualuk's works have appeared in nearly 100 exhibitions in Canada, the US and internationally. Her art can be found in permanent collections in Canada and the US in institutions such as the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Manitoba, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, AB, and many more.



This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk a passé son enfance dans la région de Back River, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, puis elle a déménagé à Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake), au Nunavut, en 1963. Elle figure parmi les artistes inuites les mieux connues de sa génération. Mamnguqsualuk a pratiqué les nombreuses formes de son art, y compris le dessin, la gravure de reproduction, la fabrication de textiles et la sculpture. Elle était une des enfants de l’artiste Jessie Oonark (1906-1985), dont plusieurs sont devenus des artistes bien connus, notamment Janet Kigusiuq, Nancy Pukingrak, Peggy Qablunaaq Aittauq, Mary Yuusipik Singaqti, Joshua Nuilaalik, Miriam Marealik Qiyuk et William Noah. Enfant, Mamnguqsualuk a appris à coudre en observant sa grand-mère qui fabriquait des vêtements en peau de caribou et en cousant des pantoufles et des manches de parkas. Une fois installée à Qamani’tuaq, au Nunavut, Mamnguqsualuk est entrée en contact avec la coopérative d’artistes où elle a appris à coudre des pièces murales, à sculpter et à dessiner. Bien que surtout reconnue pour ses pièces murales, Mamnguqsualuk s’est consacrée au développement de sa pratique artistique, s’étant activement engagée à apprendre de nouveaux styles et de nouvelles techniques en arts graphiques et en fabrication de textiles. En 1970, huit de ses gravures ont été illustrées dans le catalogue de la première collection de gravures de Baker Lake et, depuis ce temps, ses œuvres ont figuré dans plusieurs collections. Les œuvres de Mamnguqsualuk ont fait partie de près de 100 expositions au Canada, aux États-Unis et à l’étranger. Ses œuvres se trouvent dans des collections permanentes au Canada et aux États-Unis dans des institutions telles que le Musée des beaux-arts de Winnipeg, au Manitoba, le Musée canadien de l’histoire à Gatineau, au Québec, le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada à Ottawa, en Ontario, le Glenbow Museum à Calgary, en Alberta, et bien d’autres.
ᕕᒃᑐᐊᓕᐊ ᒪᒻᖑᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᕆᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ 1963. ᐅᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ. ᒪᒻᖑᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐅᖅᓴᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᖢᓂ, ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᒥᖅᓱᐊᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᖢᓂ. ᐅᓇ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎ ᔭᓯ ᐆᓇᖅ (1906-1985) ᓄᑕᖃᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᔮᓂᑦ ᑭᒍᓯᐊᖅ, ᓈᓐᓯ ᐳᑭᖕᕋᒃ, ᐸᒋ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅ ᐊᐃᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᒥᐊᓕ ᔫᓯᐱᒃ ᓯᖓᖅᑎ, ᔮᓱᐊ ᓄᐃᓚᓕᒃ, ᒥᐊᓕᐊᒻ ᒪᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᕿᔪᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒍᐃᓕᐊᒻ ᓄᐊ. ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᒻᖑᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᒍ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᓂ ᑐᒃᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᒥᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᒥᓛᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓕᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᐃᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓗ ᒪᒻᖑᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᓴᐃᓕᒐᒥ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᑭᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᖢᓂ. ᒪᒻᖑᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᒡᓗ ᐊᑭᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓪᓗᓂ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓗᓂ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔾᔪᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓲᖑᓂᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᖅᓱᕆᐊᓕᑦ. 8-ᖑᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 1970 ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᖓᓂᑦ. ᒪᒻᖑᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔮᓂ 100 ᑕᑯᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᔪᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᓯᑕᐃᑦᔅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ. ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔪᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᓯᑕᐃᑦᔅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᕕᓂᐲᒃ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑕᓂᒃ ᑳᑦᑎᓄ, ᑯᐸᐃᒃ, ᑲᓇᑕ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓ ᐋᑐᕚ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᐅ, ᒋᓕᓐᐸᐅ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓ ᑳᑯᓕ, ᐊᐃᐳᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ.

Artist Work

About Victoria Mamnguqsualuk

Medium:

Graphic Arts, Sculpture, Textile

Artistic Community:

Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), 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.

1930

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.

2016