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ESHULUTAK, Eleesapee
- Naissance
- Baffin Island, Nunavut, 1925
- Décès
- Pangnirtun, Nunavut, 2018
- Notice biographique
- Inuit artist Eleesapee Eshulutak (Eleeseepee/ Elisapee/ Eshulutaq/ Ishulutaq/ Ishulutak) was born at Kanirterjuak on Baffin Island. Eshulutak began to develop her artistic skills when she moved to the settlement of Pangnirtung at the age of forty-five. She was encouraged to draw and produce prints for the Pangnirtung Print Shop annual collections between 1975 and 1987. In 1973, Eshulutak received an award of merit from the California College of Arts and Crafts. The artist's prints, many of which were transferred into beautifully woven tapestries, were inspired by stories she heard as a child. Many of the works depict human figures and animals engaged in traditional Inuit culture, such as hunting, games, and the domestic environment. Eshulutak's use of intuitive perspective and colorful designs gave her work a unique aesthetic sensibility. In 1989, the Eskimo Art Gallery in Montreal held a solo exhibition of Eshulutak's works. More recently, Eshulutak began to work in oil, painting large-scale colorful canvases that explored the culture and lifestyle of Pangnirtung. Since the introduction of the oil medium to Pangnirtung, Eshulutak created monumental contemporary works, such as "Nunagah (My Home Place)," a five-by-thirty foot oil on paper drawing that reflects on memories of childhood. These later works were exhibited in "Drawn 2010," a Vancouver-based annual festival that explored drawing practices across Canada. Through the course of her lifetime, Eshulutak's oeuvre was shown in museums and galleries across Canada, the United States, and in Rome, Italy. Eshulutak's prints, drawings and tapestries can be found in several Museum collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museum of History, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. In 2014, she was made a member of the Order of Canada. She was involved with the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts until her death in 2018.
- Médias
- Drawing
- Sculpture
- Textiles
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Canadian Museum of Civilization Archives, QC
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
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