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Aqjangajuk Shaa

Aqjangajuk Shaa

Inuit artist (1937–2019)

Aqjangajuk Shaa (17 March 1937 – 2019) was an Inuit artist.[1] He was born at Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset, Nunavut.[1]

He is known for his stone carvings, including a pink granite inuksuk that currently stands at the Scott Polar Research Institute.[2][3] He also made one print, Wounded Caribou, in 1967.[1][4] His brother Kavavaow Mannomee (born 1958) is also an artist.[5]

He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2003.[6]

His work is held in a variety of museums, including the Portland Art Museum[7] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[8] the University of Lethbridge Art Collection,[1] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,[4] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    Jean Blodgett (August 20, 2019). Aqjangajuk Shaa. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. [2]
    Cambridge Scott Polar Inuit 'muffin top' sculpture fixed (2 June 2019). BBC.
  3. [3]
    The Inukshuk is Back!. Scott Polar Research Institute, accessed 22 December 2020.
  4. [4]
    Wounded Caribou. Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, accessed 22 December 2020.
  5. [5]
    KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE. ABoriginArt Galleries, accessed 6 January 2021.
  6. [6]
    Aqjangajuk Shaa. Inuit Art Foundation, accessed 22 December 2020.
  7. [7]
    Aqjangajuk Shaa. Portland Art Museum, accessed 22 December 2020.
  8. [8]
    Ulu. UMMA, accessed 22 December 2020.
  9. [9]
    Stone Bird. The Met, accessed 22 December 2020.
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