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Kupapik Ningeocheak

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Biography

Kupapik Ningeocheak is a stone-carver who has worked in communities across Nunavut. Born in 1970 in Salliq, Ningeocheak began carving in the mid-1990s and learned techniques from artists Alex Alikasuak and George Arluk whom he met in Winnipeg. Learning from the elder artists known for their abstract compositions, he developed his own unique, abstract carvings of figures and animals, unlike any other artist of his generation. 

Ningeocheak became known for fantastic transformation scenes with part human, part animal features. He had his first solo exhibition at the Albers Gallery in San Francisco in 1997 and in 1999 was commissioned by the National Hockey League (NHL) to produce a work for the Visions of Hockey Collection. His Inuk Player was well received and became a subject often revisited by the artist. 

Ningeocheak has produced carvings in Sanikiluaq and Kangiqliniq but currently resides in Salliq. His works are in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.

 

Artist Work

About Kupapik Ningeocheak

Medium:

Sculpture, Visual Arts

Artistic Community:

Salliq (Coral Harbour), 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.

1970
Publication

20 Carvers to Know in 2020: Kupapik Ningeocheak, 2020

Exhibition

N/A, 2000

Achievement

"Visions of Hockey" Collection Carving Commission, 2000

Public Collection

Musée des beaux-arts Montréal