Irene Kataq Angutitok
Irene Kataq Angutitok | |
|---|---|
| Born | Irene Kataq 1914 Nunavut, Canada |
| Died | 1971 (aged 56–57) Naujaat, Canada |
| Nationality | Inuit |
| Known for | Sculptor |
| Spouse |
Athanasie Angutitaq (m. 1929) |
Irene Kataq Angutitok (1914 – 1971) was an Inuit sculptor. Her name also appears as Katak Angutitaq.[1]
Background
[edit]She was born Irene Kataq in Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut. She married Athanasie Angutitaq in 1929; the couple lived in Naujaat.[2] Their daughter Bernadette Iguptark Tongelik (b.1931) was also a notable artist.[3]
Kataq died in Naujaat in 1971.[4]
Work
[edit]Angutitok used soapstone, ivory and whalebone in her art. Some of her sculptures portray scenes from the Bible; she was encouraged by Father Bernie Franzen. She also created sculptures of female figures.[1]
In 2002, Canada Post created a Christmas stamp based on her sculpture Mary and Child.[2][5]
Collections
[edit]Her works are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Winnipeg Art Gallery,[1] among other institutions.[3]
List of Exhibitions
[edit]Source:[6]
- Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of Inuit Art (Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies)
- The Bessie Busman Collection (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
- Repulse Bay (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
- The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
- Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (Canadian Eskimo Arts Council and Vancouver Art Gallery)[7]
- The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina)
- The Abbott Collection of Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
- Eskimo Sculpture (Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building)
- Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
- Images of the Far North (Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Angutitok, Irene Kataq". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ^ a b "Aboriginal art Christmas stamps". Canada Post. November 4, 2002.
- ^ a b "Irene Kataq Angutitok". Inuit.net - Aboriginart Galleries. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Angutitok, Irene Kataq". McMaster Museum of Art.
- ^ "Mary and Child | Postage Stamp | Canada". www.canadianpostagestamps.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Irene Kataq Angutitok". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Touring of Sculpture-Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic | Historica Canada". www.historicacanada.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- 1914 births
- 1971 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian sculptors
- 20th-century indigenous artists of the Americas
- 20th-century indigenous women of the Americas
- 20th-century Canadian women sculptors
- Inuit sculptors
- Artists from Nunavut
- People from Kitikmeot Region
- Canadian Inuit women
- Inuit from the Northwest Territories
- People from Naujaat