Alice Sakitnak Akammak

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Alice Sakitnak Akammak
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Nunavut
Known forstone carving, bead work

Alice Sakitnak Akammak (born 1940 in Nunavut)[1] is an Inuit artist.[2]

Exhibitions[edit]

  • 1992 Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver[2]
  • 1993 The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver[2]
  • 2015 Dressing It Up: Beadwork in Northern Communities, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum[3]

Collections[edit]

Her work is included in the collections of the Winnipeg Art Gallery,[4] the Canadian Museum of History,[5] Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[1] the Art Gallery of Guelph[6] and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection[7]

Akammak also has work in stone, fibers, skin and beads in the collection of the University of Saskatchewan,[8][9] and a work in carved stone and glass beads in the collection of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Akammak, Alice Sakitnak". Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Alice Sakitnak Akammak". Katilvik. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Exhibitions: Dressing It Up: Beadwork in Northern Communities". Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. Bowdoin College. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ Akammak, Alice Sakitnak (1960). "Standing Mother and Child". Winnipeg Art Gallery. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  5. ^ Akammak, Alice Sakitnak (1988). "Wall Hanging". Canadian Museum of History. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  6. ^ "Alice Akammak". Art Gallery of Guelph. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Alice Sakitnak Akammak". McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Man Wearing Parka". Sask Collections. Museum Association of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Woman Wearing Parka". Sask Collections. Museums Association of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Woman with Beads". Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. Bowdoin College. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2021.