Germaine Arnaktauyok

Germaine Arnaktauyok
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Maniitsoq, Greenland
The Power of Tunniq, 2006, etching and aquatint. This print illustrates the supposed incredible strength of the Dorset People, who lived in the Canadian arctic before the arrival of the Inuit.

Germaine Arnaktauyok (born in Maniitsoq, Greenland in 1946)[1][2] is an Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer originating from the Igloolik area of Nunavut, then the Northwest Territories.[1] Arnaktauyok drew at an early age with any source of paper she could find.

The media she works with consists of lithographs, etchings, and serigraphs that illustrate Inuit myths and traditional ways of life from her past experiences and ancestral culture. Her designs are two-dimensional revealing expressive line work illustrations that indicate personal stories incorporated in the subject of past Inuit tales.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Arnaktauyok, Germaine". Inuit Art Alive. Inuit Art Foundation. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Arnaktauyok, Germaine | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. ^ Griffin, Kevin (September 20, 2008). "Inuit artist's visual insight makes myths human; Germaine Arnaktauyok was destined to transform stories into art that speaks a universal language -- with a touch of her own mystique". The Vancouver Sun. ProQuest 243835069.