Janet Kigusiuq Explained

Janet Kigusiuq
Birth Place:Putuqsuqniq (now in Nunavut), Canada
Death Place:Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Field:Printmaking, Drawing
Spouse:Mark Uqayuittuq

Janet Kigusiuq (b. 1926 Putuqsuqniq camp, near Garry Lake, then in Northwest Territories now in Nunavut; d. February 27, 2005 Baker Lake, Nunavut) was an Inuk artist. [1]

Kigusiuq came from a large family of artists: she was the eldest daughter of Jessie Oonark, her siblings included artists Victoria Mamnguqsualuk, Nancy Pukingrnak, Peggy Qablunaaq Aittauq, Mary Yuusipik Singaqti, Josiah Nuilaalik, Miriam Marealik Qiyuk, and William Noah, and she was married to Mark Uqayuittuq, son of Luke Anguhadluq, themselves both artists.

Biography

Kigusiuq's family were relocated to Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake)[2] [3] She was married at the age of 11.

In 1967, Kigusiuq began to draw to supplement her family's income after encouragement from her mother.[4]

Work

Kigusiuq's bright, bold and graphic work focused on camp life activities like hunting and fishing and supernatural forms inspired by Inuit spirituality and stories.[5] The source of these motifs are principally drawn from childhood experiences at the family camp, Kitikat in the Back River region.

Throughout her career she experimented with many artistic mediums, including drawing, print, textiles, wall hangings. She adopted printmaking following the family's move to Baker Lake and between 1970 and 1988 she contributed to the Baker Lake print collections.[6]

In 1984, Kigusiuq delivered a copy of her mother's work Giver of Life to Pope John Paul II in Ottawa, Ontario as a gift from the Canadian Inuit.[7]

Her mature work saw the development of pencil crayon colour fields and collage techniques, the latter prompted by the onset of arthritis.

Selected exhibitions

Collections

Her work can be found in a number of museum and gallery permanent collections[12] such as:

References

Bibliography

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KATILVIK - Artist: Janet Kigusiuq - ᔭᓇ ᑭᒍᓯᐊ - E2-71 . 2023-10-08 . www.katilvik.com.
  2. Web site: Janet Kigusiuq at Textile Museum of Canada . 2023-10-08 . Toronto Biennial of Art . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2004-08-05 . Tradition's New Line . 2023-10-08 . The Georgia Straight . en.
  4. Book: Heller, Jules . North American women artists of the twentieth century : a biographical dictionary . Heller . Nancy . Routledge . 1995 . 9780824060497.
  5. Web site: Janet Kigusiuq Inuit Art Foundation Artist Database. Foundation. Inuit Art. Inuit Art Foundation. en. 2020-01-18.
  6. Book: Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection. 2010. Art Gallery of Ontario. McMaster. Gerald. Toronto. 234.
  7. Web site: 'Giver of Life' by Jessie Oonark - Inuit Art Native Canadian Arts . 2023-10-08 . DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts . en-US.
  8. Book: Waye. Cynthia. The Urge to Abstraction: The Graphic Art of Janet Kigusiuq. Toronto. Museum of Inuit Art. 2008.
  9. Web site: New Lines exhibition page. Art Gallery of Alberta. 2020-01-18.
  10. Web site: Janet Kigusiuq exhibition page. Art Gallery of Ontario. 2020-01-18.
  11. Web site: Breaking Ground: Freda Diesing, Helen Kalvak, Janet Kigusiuq, Rita Letendre exhibition page. National Arts Center. 2020-01-18.
  12. Web site: Full list of Janet Kigusiuq work in Public Collections. Inuit Art Foundation. 2020-01-18.
  13. Web site: Janet Kigusiuq collection page - National Gallery of Canada. 2020-01-18.
  14. Web site: Janet Kigusiuq collection page. Winnipeg Art Gallery. 2020-01-18.
  15. Web site: Janet Kigusiuq collection page. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. 2020-01-18.
  16. Web site: Janet Kigusiuq Canadian Inuit Artist Feheley Fine Arts. Feheley Fine Arts - Inuit Art Gallery. en-US. 2020-03-03.

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