Victoria Mamnguqsualuk Explained

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk
Native Name:Inuktitut: ᕕᐃᑎᕋᐊ ᒪᒍᓯᐊᓗ
Birth Date:1930
Spouse:Samson Kayuryuk
Children:Paul Aglakuaq Kayuryuk
Mother:Jessie Oonark
Relatives:Janet Kigusiuq
Nancy Pukingrnak Aupaluktuq
Peggy Qablunaaq Aittauq
Mary Yuusipik Singaqti
Josiah Nuilaalik
Miriam Marealik Qiyuk
William Noah

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk (sometimes Mamnguksualuk) (Inuktitut syllabics: Inuktitut: ᕕᐃᑎᕋᐊ ᒪᒍᓯᐊᓗ) (1930-2016) was one of the best-known Canadian Inuit artists of her generation.

Early life

Born near Garry Lake, Mamnguqsualuk passed a nomadic youth until her thirties, when in 1963, to avoid starvation, her family moved to Baker Lake. Mamnguqsualuk is one of noted Inuit artist Jessie Oonark's eight artistically gifted children;[1] among her siblings are the artists Nancy Pukingrnak, Josiah Nuilaalik, Janet Kigusiuq, Mary Yuusipik Singaqti, Miriam Nanurluk, and William Noah.[2] Her husband, Samson Kayuryuk, and son, Paul Aglakuaq Kayuryuk, are also artists.[3] Her granddaughter Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona is also an artist.[4]

Work

She is best known for her silkscreen and stencil, prints, but has worked in sculpture, drawings, and fabrics as well. Mamnguqsualuk's bold depictions of Inuit myth have been widely praised.[5] Like her mother, she moves easily between the realms of graphic arts and textiles. Eight of her prints were part of the first print edition from Baker Lake, in 1970, and her pieces have appeared in many collections since then. Her work is informed by some of the stylistic tropes of European art. In her painting Shaman Caribou, Mamnguqsualuk has created a complex composition that illustrates many aspects of the Inuit Shaman's world.[6]

Collections

Mamnguqsualuk's work is in the collections of:

Notes and References

  1. Berlo. Janet Catherine. 1989. Inuit Women and Graphic Arts: Female Creativity and its Cultural Context. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. IX, 2. 293–315.
  2. Book: Jules Heller. Nancy G. Heller. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 19 December 2013. Routledge. 978-1-135-63882-5.
  3. Web site: Victoria Mamnguqsualuk (1930-2016), Inuit artist biography and portfolio. 15 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091656/http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?artists_id=97. Mar 27, 2019.
  4. Gayle Uyagaqi . Kabloona . Oct 20, 2021 . How I Choose to Carry on My Family’s Artistic Legacy . Inuit Art Quarterly . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705072839/https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/iaq-online/how-i-choose-to-carry-on-my-family-s-artistic-legacy . Jul 5, 2022.
  5. Book: Moore, Charles. Keeveeok Awake! Mamnguqsualuk and the Rebirth of Legend at Baker Lake. Occasional Publications Series. 1986. 978-0919058347. Edmonton, Alberta. registration.
  6. Book: Broder, Patricia Janis. Earth Songs Moon Dreams. St. Martin's Press. 1999. 978-0312205348. New York City, New York. 243.
  7. Web site: Art Search - Winnipeg Art Gallery. www.wag.ca.
  8. Web site: Victoria Mamnguqsualuk. www.gallery.ca.