This map shows a sample of our many incredible Inuit artists, with ways to find out more about them online.
You may search by an artist’s name, location or medium if you are familiar with them already, or zoom into a region and discover the artists listed in that area!
Tunnganarniq is an Inuktitut word meaning welcoming and inclusive. Tunnganarniq Live is a welcoming, inclusive and collaborative live TV platform, to give people access and engagement with Inuit art by Inuit artists sharing live TV content.… Read more
Lucy Tulugarjuk interviews Inuk opera singer Deantha Edmunds - "My dream is to use my voice to share some of Nunatsiavut’s unique musical heritage, across Inuit Nunangat and beyond. My hope is to expand the tradition of classically oriented, Indigenously-grounded original music." (Original Broadcast - January 13, 2021). Produced by NITV.
Lazarus Qattalik is a young Inuk artist from Igloolik, Nunavut. He grew up drumming for the local church close to his house and became a drummer for the band "Kikkukiaq" which he was very involved in. Now with his own band, he released his first album "Iqippagit" (hugs) in 2017.
Bart Hanna Kappianaq is a renowned sculptor based in Igloolik, NU. Hanna Kappianaq was taught the basics of carving by his father when he was young and later pursued formal artistic training at Algonquin College in Ottawa, ON. He works with soapstone, serpentinite, alabaster, ivory and bone to create carvings that stay true to the nature of the material.… Read more
Born in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit). The youngest of Susan (Seamstress, Actor, Production Designer, Screen writer, Author) and Jacob (Carver) Avingaq. She was raised in Igloolik but because her dad worked at the school she would be out on the land late spring and summer when school was out.
Gabriel Koperqualuk is an Urban Inuk raised in Montreal. His mother is from Puvirnituq. He grew up speaking both English and French and is now slowly learning Inuktitut. He studied in Graphic Design and Commercial Photography, and recently did a year at Concordia in the Intermedia program.
