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QAYUARYUK, Mary
- Born
- Amadjuak, NWT (now Nunavut), 1908
- Died
- Cape Dorset (Kingait), NWT (now Nunavut), 1982
- Biography synopsis
- Mary Qayuaryuk was an Inuit artist who lived a traditional lifestyle until she and her husband Kopapik ‘A’ settled in Cape Dorset in 1966. Working with the Cape Dorset Print Cooperative, between 1966 and 1982, Qayuaryuk produced eleven prints based on her drawings. Qayuaryuk also played a significant role in her community as the first woman to be elected to the Cape Dorset Community Council; she was also a midwife and healer. Her works can be found in many private and public collections across Canada, including the Canadian Museum of History, the McMichael Canadian Art Gallery, and the National Gallery of Canada.
- Media used
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- File & Archive locations
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Blodgett, Jean. In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1991
- Crandall, Richard C. Inuit Art: A History Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2000
- MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
