Aqjangajuk Shaa

Aqjangajuk Shaa (17 March 1937 – 2019) was an Inuit 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. 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. 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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