Aqjangajuk Shaa (17 March 1937 – 2019) was an Inuk artist.[1] He was born at Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset, Nunavut.[1]
Aqjangajuk Shaa | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 17, 1937 |
| Died | 2019 (aged 81–82) |
He is known for his stone carvings, including a pink granite inuksuk that currently stands at the Scott Polar Research Institute.[2][3] He also made one print, Wounded Caribou, in 1961.[1][4] His brother Kavavaow Mannomee (born 1958) is also an artist.[5]
He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2003.[6]
His work is held in a variety of museums, including the Portland Art Museum[7] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[8] the University of Lethbridge Art Collection,[1] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,[4] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[9]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 Jean Blodgett (August 20, 2019). Aqjangajuk Shaa. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ↑ Cambridge Scott Polar Inuit 'muffin top' sculpture fixed (2 June 2019). BBC.
- ↑ The Inukshuk is Back!. Scott Polar Research Institute, accessed 22 December 2020.
- 1 2 Wounded Caribou. Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ↑ KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE. ABoriginArt Galleries, accessed 6 January 2021.
- ↑ Aqjangajuk Shaa. Inuit Art Foundation, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Aqjangajuk Shaa. Portland Art Museum, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Ulu. UMMA, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Stone Bird. The Met, accessed 22 December 2020.
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