Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik Explained

Birth Place:Kazan River area in Nunavut
Nationality:Canadian Inuit
Known For:Graphic arts, music

Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik (born 1934) is a Qaernermiut Inuk artist graphic artist and musician.[1] Tulurialik was born near the Kazan River area in Nunavut but relocated to Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), Nunavut with her adoptive parents when she was few months old.[2] [3]

She began to draw in 1970 at the Sanavik Cooperative in Qamani'tuaq. A year later she became a regular contributor of annual Baker Lake print series.

Tulurialik's work is featured in 1986 the book Qikaaluktut: Images of Inuit Life which she wrote with author David Pelly.

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[4] the Portland Museum of Art,[5] the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia,[6] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,[7] the National Museum of the American Indian,[8] the McMichael Canadian Art Collection[9] and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Evalaurjuk . Deborah . 1986 . Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik's Tour . Inuktitut . Fall 1986 . 52–55.
  2. Web site: Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik - Inuit Art Foundation - Artist Database. Inuit Art. Foundation. iad.inuitartfoundation.org.
  3. Book: Booth. All Over the World. 18 August 1997. Harcourt School Publishers. 978-0-03-927206-7.
  4. Web site: Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik. www.gallery.ca.
  5. Web site: Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik. 2021-01-05. portlandartmuseum.us.
  6. Web site: Collection Online Museum of Anthropology at UBC. 2021-01-05. collection-online.moa.ubc.ca.
  7. Web site: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
  8. Web site: Marble Island National Museum of American Indian. 2021-01-05. americanindian.si.edu.
  9. Web site: Works – Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik – People – McMichael Canadian Art Collection. collections.mcmichael.com.
  10. Web site: Inuit Art - Winnipeg Art Gallery. www.wag.ca.