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Jan 30, 2008 · George Arluk, artist (b in the Keewatin region, NWT 5 May 1949). An Inuit sculptor now living in Arviat, Nunavut, Arluk began to teach himself how to carve soapstone at age nine. Black Soapstone by George Arluk, Baker Lake (University of Lethbridge Art Collection). In the 1960s he was influenced by sculptors Tiktak and Kavik and John Pangnark.
- Pangnark
Represented in the Sculpture/Inuit exhibition of 1971 to...
- Pangnark
George Arluk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 5, 1949. The fourth child of a family of seven he was the only one of his siblings to become full-time artist. His brother, Charlie Panigoniak, would also carve but would choose music as his artistic expression. Arluk taught himself to carve at age nine. His early works are influenced by the ...
GEORGE ARLUK (AIYARANI; ARLOO; ARLOOK; ARLU; ARLOOQ) Born: May 5, 1949 Male E3-1049 Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba Resides: Arviat; also lived in Baker Lake, Rankin Inlet Sculpture The sculpture of George Arlook appears non-traditional in many ways. As one of the foremost Inuit artists in the Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories, Arlook works in a highly formalized abstract expression, a ...
1991 George presented a carving demonstration at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in July. 1993 The Inuit Galerie of Mannheim, Germany, features reproductions of Arluk’s sculpture in their 1993 calender. 1993 Attended Greater Columbus Arts Festival in Ohio (June 2-6, 1993) to give a carving demonstration.
GEORGE ARLUK (AIYARANI; ARLOO; ARLOOK; ARLU; ARLOOQ) B orn: May 5, 1949 Male E3-1049 Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba Resides: Arviat; also lived in Baker Lake, Rankin Inlet Sculpture. The sculpture of George Arlook appears non-traditional in many ways. As one of the foremost Inuit artists in the Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories, Arlook ...
Artist: George Arluk An important Canadian Inuit (Eskimo) sculptor and carver, George Arluk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, raised in Eskimo Point, Keewatin [now Arviat, Nunavut] (c.1949 to 1956) and Rankin Inlet, Keewatin [now Rankin Inlet, Nunavut] (c.1956 to 1975).
An admirer of the master sculptors around him, George Arluk began his carving career from a very young age by emulating Tiktak, and later Pangnark and Lucy Tasseor. As Arluk matured, so too did his art and his own distinct style. Many will point to his sense of dynamic movement and abstract forms as hallmarks of a work by Arluk.
