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Artist Biography ForInukInuk was born, raised and continues to live in the Northwest Territories (NT), Canada; she is of Eskimo (Inuvialuit) and German decent. When you meet her; it does not take long to hear her love and respect for her people, land and tradition(s) from the Northwest Territories and she shares this with the world thru her art work and designs.Inuk’s art journey began in the spring of 1990, when she surprised herself and others as well with her ‘natural ability to caribou hair tuft’. As any new artist Inuk was unsure of her ability to become a “Master Tufter”, but aspired to reach that level. Inuk comes from an artistic family, which may add to her artistic abilities: she believes that, “Learning to tuft on my own accord; helped me find, develop and hone my own techniques and in the end this brought out my own unique style of caribou hair tufting.”In the NT moose hair tufting is known as one of the traditional crafts from the Fort Providence area, which was dieing out. Then, Inuk came along reviving and successfully bringing tufting to new heights and into the fine art category, world wide, using caribou hair. She takes this fine art beyond the “norm”. Through the years she has taught thousands of people around the world, from all walks of life and ages. With each lesson and demonstration she is preserving a piece of the Northwest Territories heritage.Inuk’s teaching ability of this fine art is remarkable; you can see and hear her patience as she teaches it. She teaches all you need to know on how to tuft, whether it’s using moose, reindeer, and deer or caribou hair and helps bring out your own style. She knows that each student leaves with a new understanding, genuine knowledge and a new appreciation of and for tufting.Inuk knows there are no limits to the creations that can be done; especially with caribou hair tufting. As you view her art, you see her love of it and it show’s in every piece, you can see the utmost care in quality and originality; which you will enjoy for years to come. With continual perseverance, determination and hard work, Inuk has become and is a “Master Tufter”, in which she proudly, yet humbly accepts this acknowledgment with a smile.A note from Inuk:“It all starts with a dream. No matter what anyone may tell you or do to try and detour you from reaching your dream(s), go for it, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Add a whole bunch of faith, hard work, dedication and pure determination, and you will reach your dreams. Some said, “I would never become a good tufter, but I never listened, and literally with one stitch at a time I became the best Caribou Hair Tufter that I could be. All teachers should have patience and a true love of what they are doing because this will show in their lessons. The student(s) age and/or capability should not matter and if you’re going to teach, be a great teacher. I give each student credit because they tried and my heart sings when I see their smile at their own tufted creation and accomplishment. I will continue sharing this art with the world for as long as I can and I hope that one day; someone I have taught will carry on this fine art, which will be my ultimate success.”Accomplishments:1994 Presented to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on their Royal visit to Yellowknife, NWT and presented them with one of her Caribou Hair Tuftings of an Inukshuk 1997 One of ten Canadian Artists invited by the Canadian Consulate of LA on an Import/Export Mission to Mesa, Arizona, representing Canada 2003 Invited by DIAND of Ottawa on a Canadian Art Trade Mission to Siberia as a Canadian/NWT Ambassador on a seven person delegation, (which two were artists) 2005 Invited by the GNWT to be one of five artists to be Ambassadors at NWT week, in the VIP Section of the Canadian Pavilion at Expo in Aichi, Japan 2005 Being featured in the “Indian People” magazine, out of New Mexico, USA 2008 Graduate of a two year Fashion Apparel Technology Diploma Program at Olds CollegeArt Exhibits’, Demonstrations and WorkshopsThe Gallery of the Midnight Sun, Yellowknife, NT Canada Dream Speakers Festival, Edmonton, Alberta Canada The Great Northern Arts Festival (GNAF) in Inuvik, NT Canada South Slave Society TASS, in Ft Smith, NT Canada The Open Sky Festival in Fort Simpson, NT Canada Spruce Meadows, Calgary, Alberta CanadaAwards:1997 Peoples’ Choice Award @ GNAF 1997 Artists’ Choice Award @ GNAF 2005 Most Traditional Art Work @ GNAF.. .. .... ....
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