Tuna Iquliq was born in 1935 near Baker Lake, where he currently lives and works. Tuna's wife Sarah is a carver and textile artist, and their children, Johnny, Louie, and daughter Camille, are well known carvers as well.
He is a carver with a wide range of expression. His sculptures include depictions of isolated rounded figures and people, but he is probably best known for his images of polar birds. While Iquliq’s early work was quite representational, however his worked evolved into more abstract forms by the 1980s. These abstract works are often free of surface details and feature multiple figures in a jointed single form.
He has been carving for over 40 years and his works can be found in major collections such as those of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the National Gallery of Canada. Since the 1960s, Tuna has taken part in many exhibitions in North America and across Europe, in Belgium, France, Germany and England.
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Untitled by Iquliq, Tuna |
Selected Exhibitions
2010, Major Sculpture: Summer
The Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
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