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Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (b 1941) is an Inuit artist who was born at Princess Mary Lake near Baker Lake, Nunavut,Canada. She moved to Baker Lake in 1958 to give birth to one of her children.

Tiktaalaaq was raised on the land by her grandparents in the traditional Inuit style. Tiktaalaaq produced drawings, prints and was also noted for her wallhangings.

In 1999 Tiktaalaaq was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by the University of Guelph. Having never attended school, she was proud that her art was being recognized.

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Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (b 1941) is an Inuit artist known for her drawings, prints, sculptures and wall hangings. Her work often deals with themes of being an orphan and Inuit stories her grandmother told her.

Personal Life
Tiktaalaaq was born at Princess Mary Lake near Baker Lake, Nunavut,Canada. Her mother, Gualittuaq, died shortly after her birth and she was raised by her grandparents. Her father's name was Itiblui.

She is married to carver and printmaker David Tiktaalaaq.

She moved to Baker Lake in 1958 to give birth to one of her children.

Career
She began her art career in 1969 by making small soapstone carvings, often of animals with human heads.

In 1999 Tiktaalaaq was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by the University of Guelph. Having never attended school, she was proud that her art was being recognized.

Her works are part of the collections at the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre and the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

Exhibitions

 * 1972 at the Innuit Gallery in Toronto.
 * 1999 at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre at the University of Guelph

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She had her first solo exhibit in 1972 or 1973 at the Innuit Gallery in Toronto.

Her daughter's name is Siksigaq.

Reference List
http://www.worldcat.org/title/irene-avaalaaqiaq-myth-and-reality/oclc/49551255

http://www.inuitartalive.ca/index_e.php?p=146

http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/imagesGreenGold/Irene%20Avaalaaqiaq%20Tiktaalaaq%20and%20The%20Myth%20of%20Sedna.pdf

http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?artists_id=90

(part of Baltimore Museum of Art collection)

http://collection.artbma.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/tag@female%20artist/292/title-asc;jsessionid=26E791236C38F254B996EB7EF5CF9D82?t:state:flow=5991dbbe-f13f-43a3-a5e8-b6030ba38de3

https://www.erudit.org/revue/etudinuit/2004/v28/n1/012655ar.pdf

http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/archives/001316.html

http://ccca.concordia.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=1405

Exhibition Catalogues

1997 Thoughts of Birds, curated by Jean Blodgett, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 1995 Inuit Imagination: Art and Culture from the Canadian Arctic, curated by Darlene Wight, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Verona, Italy 1995 Qiviuq: A Legend in Art, curated by Jennifer Gibson, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, curated by Darlene Wight, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1991 Sojourns to Nunavut: Contemporary Inuit Art from Canada, curated by Jean Blodgett, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, and Rosa Ho, University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia, shown at Bunkamura Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1988-1989 In the Shadow of the Sun: Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada, curated by Odette Leroux, Gerald McMaster, et al, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Ontario 1987 Contemporary Inuit Drawings, curated by Judith Nasby and Mame Jackson, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario 1983 Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections form the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, curated by Jean Blodgett, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario 1983 The Arctic, UNESCO, Paris, France 1983 Baker Lake Prints and Print-Drawings: 1970-1976, curated by Bernadette Driscoll, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1977 The Inuit Print, curated by Helga Goetz of the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Ontario for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Gatineau, Quebec Included in Baker Lake Print Collections 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988

-Need to get the book

======================== == Myfanwy Ashmore

As well as being an international exhibiting artist,[citation needed] she currently teaches New Media in the Image Arts Program at Ryerson University in Toronto. She has received numerous grants as well as awards from various councils and artist-run centres.[citation needed] She was nominated and short listed for the prestigious 2003 K.M. Hunter award through the Ontario Arts Council.[1]