Lucy Meeko Explained

Lucy Meeko
Death Place:Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec, Canada
Known For:Sculpture, printmaking, basketry, sewing

Lucy Meeko (1929-2004) was an Inuit artist known for her multidisciplinary work in sculpture,[1] printmaking,[2] basketry and sewing.[3] [4] Meeko was born in Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec. Her career as a sculptor began in the 1950s; in the 1970s, together with her husband Noah, she created engravings for the Kuujjuarapic Cooperative.

Meeko's work was featured in Keeping our Stories Alive: The Sculpture of Canada's Inuit along with the work of Ovilu Tunnillie and Uriash Puqiqnak.[5]

Her work is included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[6] the Winnipeg Art Gallery,[7] the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec,[8] the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art[9] and the McCord Museum, Montreal.[10]

Meeko died in 2004 from smoke inhalation, while attempting to rescue her husband Noah from a house fire in Kuujjuaraapik.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Image inuit du Nouveau-Québec. 9782762114355. 1988. Saucier. Céline. Kedl. Eugen. Fides.
  2. Book: North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 9781135638894. Heller. Jules. Heller. Nancy G.. 2013-12-19. Routledge .
  3. Book: Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing. 9780774841894. Issenman. Betty Kobayashi. 2011-11-01. UBC Press .
  4. Web site: MEEKO, Lucy (1929–2004). Espace Art Actuel.
  5. Web site: MEEKO, Lucy (1929–2004). Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle.
  6. Web site: Lucy Meeko . 2019-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180121123912/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/lucy-meeko . 2018-01-21 . live .
  7. Web site: Art Search. Winnipeg Art Gallery.
  8. Web site: [Dépeçage]]. BAnQ numérique. fr.
  9. Web site: A Frightened Man. art.nelson-atkins.org.
  10. Web site: ME988.127.1 | Amauti. McCord Museum. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704230826/http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/ME988.127.1/. 2020-07-04.
  11. Web site: Passings. 8 January 2005. Nunatsiaq News. 13 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130070032/http://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/passings1/. 30 November 2018. live.
  12. Web site: Artist Profiles - Lucy Meeko. Nunavik Art Alive. art.avataq.qc.ca.

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