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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

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