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Jade Nasogaluak Carpenter is an Inuvialuk artist and curator based in Calgary, Canada. They serve on the Indigenous Advisory Circle at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. They create soap stone carvings of every day and unexpected items to challenge the traditional ideas of Inuit art.

Early Life
Jade Nasogaluak Carpenter was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Their mother is from Tuktoyaktuk and their father is from Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories.

Education
Nasogaluak Carpenter holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing from the Alberta University of the Arts and a diploma in Fine Art from MacEwan University. In 2018, completed the Indigenous Curatorial Research Practicum at the Banff Centre.

Accomplishments
In 2018, Jade Nasogaluak Carpenter was awarded the inaugural Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires Emerging Artist Award. Their soap stone carvings were displayed at Art Mûr in Montreal, Canada as part of the 4th edition of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial and their photographic work featured as part of Resilience: The National Billboard Exhibition Project, a billboard exhibition in response to Call to Action #79 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report.

They were also selected to participate in the Canadian Art TD North/South Artist Exchange.