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Logan Tyi Ruben

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Biography

Logan “Umiligaaluk” Ruben is a painter and sculptor from Paulatuk, NT, currently based in Cranbrook, BC who descends from a long lineage of carvers.  Through painting, Ruben crafts the landscapes of Paulatuk,  memorializing the rich lands he hails from on canvas through bright colours and geometric shapes.  Each painting brings him closer to the land where hunting, fishing, and camping were a part of his ordinary life. Ruben combats homesickness and reconnects to his roots in the land he grew by growing up picking berries and putting brush to canvas. By mixing landscapes and places with camping locations by memory, Ruben shares stories of his northern home with his audience as well as his children. 

Aside from his colourful tributes to his homelands, Ruben is also a sculptor and uses a variety of clay and metal wire to craft his works which are frequently figures of arctic animals such as narwhals and bears. [1]



This Profile was made possible through support from the RBC Foundation’s Emerging Artists Project.
 

Artist Work

About Logan Tyi Ruben

Medium:

Painting, Sculpture

Artistic Community:

Paulatuuq, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, 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.

1995
Publication

Thank You, 2022