Andy Mamgark

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Biography

Andy Mamgark was born in 1930 near Dawson Inlet on the west coast of Hudson Bay. His family lived in the Whale Cove area and later moved to Arviat, NU, but it was in Rankin Inlet in 1959 where Mamgark first learned the art of carving. He would continue to hone his work particularly after he moved back to Arviat in 1965. Andy was a talented carver surrounded by artistic peers; his wife Eva Seuteruk Mamgark, and three children, Susan Pauppa Mamgark, Johnny Kopanuak, and Martha Katuak Mamgark are also all artists in Arviat. 

Mamgark’s carvings featured various arctic animals, hunters with bows and arrows, and the classic mother and child motifs of the 1950s and 1960s and his work is still popular today at auctions all over the world. 


This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada. 
Andy Mamgark est né en 1930 près de Dawson Inlet, sur la côte ouest de la baie d’Hudson. Avant de déménager à Arviat, au Nunavut, sa famille vivait dans la région de Whale Cove, mais c’est en 1959 à Rankin Inlet que Mamgark a d’abord appris les techniques de la sculpture. Il a continué de perfectionner ses œuvres, surtout après son retour à Arviat en 1965. Andy était un artisan sculpteur de talent, entouré de ses pairs artistiques; son épouse Eva Seuteruk Mamgark et ses trois enfants Susan Pauppa Mamgark, Johnny Kopanuak et Martha Katuak Mamgark travaillent également comme artistes à Arviat. Les sculptures de Mamgark représentaient des animaux de l’Arctique, des chasseurs armés d’arcs et de flèches et des motifs classiques de la mère et de l’enfant des années 1950 et 1960; ses œuvres sont encore populaires aujourd’hui dans les ventes aux enchères à travers le monde.
ᐋᓐᑎ ᒪᒻᒐᖅ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 1930 ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᑖᓴᓐ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᒃ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᐊᓚᐅᑐᖅ 1959 ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᒪᒻᒐᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᑲᔪᓯᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᓴᓇᔭᓂ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᑎᕋᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ 1965-ᒥ. ᐋᓐᑎ ᐊᔪᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎ ᐊᕙᓗᔭᐅᓯᒪᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᐋᓗᖕᓂᑦ; ᓄᓕᐊᖓ ᐃᕙ ᓯᐅᑐᕈᒃ ᒪᒻᒐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖏᑦ, ᓲᓴᓐ ᐸᐅᑉᐸ ᒪᒻᒐᖅ, ᔮᓂ ᖁᐸᓄᐊᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒫᑕ ᑲᐅᑕᖅ ᒪᒻᒐᖅ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂᑦ. ᒪᒻᒐᖅ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖏᑦ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦ ᐱᓯᒃᓯᓕᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓈᓇᖑᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᑕᕋᖑᐊᑦ ᐱᐅᓴᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 1950-ᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 1960-ᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕿᑦᑐᕋᐅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ.

Artist Work

About Andy Mamgark

Medium:

Sculpture

Artistic Community:

Arviat, Nunavut, Inuit Nunangat

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.

1930

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.

1997