Agnes Nanogak Goose

Agnes Nanogak Goose
Courtesy IAF Photo John Paekievich

Biography

Agnes Nanogak Goose was a graphic artist and printmaker from Ulukhaktok, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT. Her work was first introduced in the 1967 Holman Print Collection and she later became one of the most prolific artists out of Ulukhaktok along with artists such as Helen Kalvak, CM, RCA (1901–1984). Nanogak Goose was known for creating dynamic works that captured the activity and movement of her community.

Mural (1971-1972) is a large-scale work that Nanogak Goose originally created for the Northern Images store in Yellowknife, NT and is now part of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s permanent collection. The work contains several small scenes each containing two or three figures involved in an activity such as fishing, hunting or playing games. Each activity within the scene tells a different story and taken together create a sense of her community involvement.

Nanogak Goose also translated oral storytelling and memories into visual scenes. Some of her work was used as a visual accompaniment to written stories such as in John MacDonald’s “Tauvijjuaq: The Great Darkness,” written for the Summer 1993 issue of Inuit Art Quarterly.
Nanogak Goose also produced two books, Tales from the Igloo (1972) and More Tales from the Igloo (1986).

Nanogak Goose’s work was included in every Holman Print Collection between 1966 and the 1990s, with her producing over 200 prints in her lifetime. Her work was exhibited extensively across Canada and abroad and is housed in many major collections and institutions worldwide such as the National Art Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX, USA. In 1985, Nanogak Goose received an honorary degree from Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS for her contribution to the arts. Her work appeared in many publications including numerous times in the Inuit Art Quarterly.



This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

 

Agnes Nanogak Goose (1925–2001) était une graphiste et graveuse basée à Ulukhaktok, dans la région désignée des Inuvialuit, NT, dont les œuvres ont été présentées pour la première fois dans la collection d’estampes de Holman de 1967. Nanogak Goose était l’une des artistes les plus prolifiques d’Ulukhaktok, ses œuvres étant incluses dans toutes les collections d’estampes de Holman entre la fin des années 1960 et les années 1990. Ses œuvres ont été largement exposées au Canada et à l’étranger.
ᐊᖕᖏᔅ ᓇᓄᕋᖅ ᒎᔅ (1925-2001) ᐅᓗᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᓅᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ - ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ 1967 ᐆᒪᓐ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᓇᓄᕋᖅ ᒎᔅ ᐊᒥᓲᓛᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᓗᒃᕼᐊᖅᑑᒥᑦ, ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᕼᐆᒪᓐ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᕙᑖᓂ ᐊᑖᓂ 1960ᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 1990ᓂ. ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ.

Artist Work

About Agnes Nanogak Goose

Medium:

Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Artistic Community:

Ulukhaktok, NT

Date of Birth:

Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.

1925

Date of Death:

Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.

2001