| Birth Date: | 17 March 1937 |
Aqjangajuk Shaa (17 March 1937 - 2019) was an Inuit artist.[1] He was born at Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
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.[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, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[9]