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KANAYUK, Yvonne
- Naissance
- Baker Lake Area (?), Nunavut, 1920
- Décès
- Baker Lake, Nunavut., 1998?
- Notice biographique
- Inuit artist Yvonne Kanayuk (Arnakyuinak/Arnakuinak/Kunneryuk/Kanayuq) is believed to have been born in the Baker Lake area in Nunavut. Recognized for her large basalt sculptures, Kanayuk often depicted the theme of mother and child. She participated in several exhibitions throughout Canada, including the "Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art" at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1978. Her work is in the collections of the Canadian Museum of History, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, the Klamer Family Collection, and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in Ottawa.
- Médias
- Sculpture
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Documents sur l'artiste- "janet kgukiuk" katilvik.com 2023
http://katilvik.com/browse/artists/517--janet-kigusiuk. - "Yvonne Kanayuq Arnakyuinak" katilvik.com 2023
http://katilvik.com/browse/artists/451-yvonne-kanayuk-arnakyuinak. - Bouchard, Marie. An Inuit Perspective - Baker Lake Sculpture: From the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Baker Lake, Nunavut: Itsarnittarkarvik: Inuit Heritage Centre, 2000.
- Canadian Eskimo Arts Council. Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1970.
- Gillmor, Alison. "Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art." Inuit Art Quarterly 10 (Winter 1995): 28-29.
- Winnipeg Art Gallery. The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1976.
- Winnipeg Art Gallery. The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.
