Eliyakota Samualie Explained

Birth Date:	9 May 1939
Birth Place:	Kinngait, Nunavut

Eliyakota Samualie (May 9, 1939–November 1987)^{[1] [2]} was a Canadian Inuit graphic artist and sculptor.^[3]

Early life and education

Samualie was born near Cape Dorset. Her father died when she was young, and she was raised by her maternal grandparents.

Career

Samualie began drawing in the 1960s. The imagery in her work frequently included bird forms.

Her work is held in several museums worldwide, including the National Gallery of Canada,^[4] the Cape Breton University Art Gallery Collection,^[5] the University of Delaware,^[6] the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Art Gallery of Toronto, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.^[7]

Personal life

Samualie never married, but raised one adopted child.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eliyakota Samualie. 2021-01-20. www.gallery.ca. en.
2. Book: Crandall, Richard C.. Inuit Art: A History. 2000. McFarland. 978-0-7864-0711-8. 287. en.
3. Book: Heller. Jules. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Heller. Nancy G.. 2013-12-19. Routledge. 978-1-135-63889-4. en.
4. Web site: Composition of Human Mask and Birds. 2021-01-20. www.gallery.ca. en.
5. Web site: Cape Breton University: Object: Kanayou and Timiat [1998.09.08.A]]. 2021-01-20. 64.15.147.38.
6. Web site: Reciprocity Indigenous Art and Arctic Ecology. 2021-01-20. en-US.
7. Web site: Exchange: King Eider. 2021-01-20. exchange.umma.umich.edu.