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Aqjangajuk Shaa

Aqjangajuk Shaa
Born(1937-03-17)March 17, 1937
Died2019(2019-00-00) (aged 81–82)

Aqjangajuk Shaa (17 March 1937 – 2019) was an Inuk artist.[1] He was born at Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset, Nunavut.[1]

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 1967.[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

  1. ^ a b c d Jean Blodgett (August 20, 2019). Aqjangajuk Shaa. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ Cambridge Scott Polar Inuit 'muffin top' sculpture fixed (2 June 2019). BBC.
  3. ^ The Inukshuk is Back!. Scott Polar Research Institute, accessed 22 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b Wounded Caribou. Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, accessed 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE. ABoriginArt Galleries, accessed 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ Aqjangajuk Shaa. Inuit Art Foundation, accessed 22 December 2020.
  7. ^ Aqjangajuk Shaa. Portland Art Museum, accessed 22 December 2020.
  8. ^ Ulu. UMMA, accessed 22 December 2020.
  9. ^ Stone Bird. The Met, accessed 22 December 2020.
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