Josie Pamiutu Papialuk (surname variously spelled as Papialook and Paperk)
(1918–1996) was an Inuit artist who lived in
Puvirnituq
Puvirnituq ( iu, ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,128 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Of all oth ...
, Quebec.
Early life
He was born in the Issuksiuvit Lake area of
Quebec.
Career
He worked in printmaking (including in the Povungnituk print shop),
and sculpted as well.
His work is held in a variety of museums, including the
National Gallery of Canada,
the
British Museum, the
University of Michigan Museum of Art,
the
Canadian Museum of History
The Canadian Museum of History (french: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of C ...
, the
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec ( en, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park and is a complex consisting of four bui ...
, the
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the
McMaster Museum of Art.
References
1918 births
1996 deaths
Inuit printmakers
Inuit sculptors
20th-century Canadian sculptors
Canadian printmakers
Sculptors from Quebec
Inuit from Quebec
People from Nunavik
20th-century Canadian printmakers
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