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OKLAGA, Françoise
- Born
- Coral Harbour, Nunavut, 1924
- Died
- Baker Lake, Nunavut, 1991
- Biography synopsis
- Oklaga was adopted at an early age by a family in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. In 1975 she moved to Baker Lake where she became an active member of the community of artists. Oklaga often used bold primary colours to create works that focused on human faces which were surrounded by clusters of animals and hybrid creatures. In the 1980s a number of her works on paper were rendered in prints for the annual Baker Lake print collection. Her work can now be found in the collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
- Media used
- Drawing
- File & Archive locations
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Katilvik.com 2011
http://www.katilvik.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 - "The Woman Who Went to the Moon." Inuktituk 70.1 (1989): 26-33
- Auger, Emily Elisabeth. The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History In and Beyond the Arctic Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2005
- Crandall, Richard C. Inuit Art: A History Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2000
- Crandall, Richard C. and Susan M. Crandall. An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2001
- Duke, David Gordon. "Northern Lights: Inuit Art I A Group of Artists Show a Wide Range of Talent put to Paper." Vancouver Sun 24 July 2004: F1
- Gibson, Jennifer. Qiviuq: A Legend in Art Ottawa: Carleton University Art Gallery, 1996
- Hunchuck, S. Holyck, et al. Patiently I Sing: Selections from the Tyler/Brooks Collection of Inuit Art Ottawa: Carleton University Art Gallery, 1994
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Inuit Art Bibliography Ottawa: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1992
- Jackson, Marion E. & Judith Nasby. Contemporary Inuit Drawings Guelph, Ontario: MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, 1987
- Nasby, Judith; William Noah; Marion E. Jackson; Peter Millar. Qamanittuaq (Where the River Widens): Drawings by Baker Lake Artists From the Collection of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1998
- Pelaudeix, Cécil. Art inuit: formes de l'âme et representations de l'être Grenoble, France: Éd. de Pise, 2007
- Sanavik Co-Operative. Baker Lake 1986 Prints Canada: Sanavik Co-Operative, 1986
- Sanavik Co-Operative. Baker Lake 1987 Prints Canada: Sanavik Co-Operative, 1987
- Sanavik Co-Operative. Baker Lake Prints 1988 Canada: Sanavik Co-Operative, 1988
- Sanavik Co-Operative. Baker Lake Prints/Estampes 1981 Canada: Sanavik Co-Operative, 1981
- Sikkuart, Nick. Arctic Visions: Inuit Drawings From Northern Canada: 24 July - August 30, 2004 Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 2004
