Nick Sikkuark

Nick Sikkuark (21 May 1943 – 19 December 2013)[1][2] was an Inuit artist from Kugaaruk, Nunavut.

Life

Born at Garry Lake, Nunavut (then part of the Keewatin), Sikkuark was orphaned at a young age. He was then taken in by the Oblate Fathers. As a young man he studied for the clergy in Winnipeg and Ottawa before settling in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, then called Pelly Bay. It was there that he began to work as an artist full-time.

Work

His works are mainly in whale bone, caribou antler, and walrus ivory, and are characterized by "droll, macabre wit."[3]

In 2023, the National Gallery of Canada held his retrospective, titled Nick Sikkuark: Humour and Horror ᓂᑯᓚ ᓯᑯᐊ. ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᑦ[4]

His work is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[5]

References
  1. Spirit Wrestler Gallery
  2. National Gallery of Canada
  3. Hessel, Ingo (2002). Inuit Art: an Introduction. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre. p. 119. ISBN 1-55054-829-8.
  4. "Nick Sikkuark: Humour and Horror". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  5. "Collection". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

Further reading
  • Kardosh, Robert (2003). The Art of Nick Sikkuark: Sculpture and Drawings. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery. ISBN 0-921634-38-2.


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