Nick Sikkuark

Nick Sikkuark (born 1943) is an Inuit artist from Kugaaruk, Nunavut. His works are mainly in whale bone, caribou antler, and walrus ivory, and are characterized by "droll, macabre wit"^[1]

Biography

Born in Garry Lake, Nunavut (then part of the Keewatin), Sikkuark was orphaned at a young age. He was then taken in by the Oblate Fathers. As a young man he studied for the clergy in Winnipeg and Ottawa before settling in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, then called Pelly Bay. It was there that he began to work as an artist full-time.

Citations

1. ^ (Hessel 2002, p. 119)

External links

• Photograph of the artist and selection of works from spiritwrestler.com

References

• Hessel, Ingo (2002). Inuit Art: an Introduction. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre. ISBN 1550548298. 
• Kardosh, Robert (2003). The Art of Nick Sikkuark: Sculpture and Drawings. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery. ISBN 0-921634-38-2. 

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