Kiakshuk was a Canadian Inuk artist who worked both in sculpture and printmaking.
10 Facts About Kiakshuk
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Kiakshuk was born in 1886 in the north of Baffin Island in Nunavut and moved with his family to the south of Baffin Island to Cape Dorset around 1900.
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In 1920, Kiakshuk had a dispute with Ohotok, the husband of both of his sisters Ekateelik and Napatchies.
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In 1958, Kiakshuk appeared in the film The Living Stone, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
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Multiple members of Kiakshuk's family became visual artists, including his son Lukta Qiatsuq, daughters Ishuhungitok Pootoogook and Paunichea, and his cousin Pitseolak Ashoona.
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Kiakshuk learned printmaking from James Houston, an artist who was hired by Canadian federal government to develop Inuit art and craft production in the far North.
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Houston was working in the South Baffin Island region, Kiakshuk's home, beginning in 1956.
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In 1963 Kiakshuk produced three inukshuks, or monumental stone sculptures, for Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
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Kiakshuk sold his drawings and prints for use in book publication, such as Eskimo Songs and Stories, published 1974.
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In 1979 one of Kiakshuk's prints was featured on a Canadian postage stamp.