Charlie Inukpuk

{{short description|Canadian Inuk carver}} '''Charlie Inukpuk''' is an Inuk carver from Nunavik.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Jeff|title=Group brings Arctic art and culture to Corning|url=https://www.stargazette.com/story/news/2017/10/24/group-brings-arctic-art-and-culture-corning/793594001/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Star-Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life and education == He was born in 1941, in Kotak, north of Inukjuak.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Inukjuak Art History|url=https://www.communitystories.ca/v1/pm_v2.php?id=story_line&lg=English&fl=0&ex=440&sl=4254&pos=1|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.communitystories.ca}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Nunavik Art Alive - Artist Profiles - Charlie Inukpuk|url=http://art.avataq.qc.ca/artists/profile/charlie-inukpuk|access-date=2021-01-20|website=art.avataq.qc.ca}}</ref> His father Johnny Inukpuk was an artist; Charlie was the eldest son.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Mother with Child Stretching Boot|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/43664/view|access-date=2021-01-20|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}</ref> He learned to carve as a teenager, from watching his father and other local artists.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Career == His sculptures are often of local animals (including bears), kayaks, and mothers with children.<ref name=":1" /> He also carved heads for dolls that his wife, Elisapee Inukpuk, would make.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Female doll {{!}} National Museum of the American Indian|url=https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/objects/NMAI_410514?destination=edan_searchtab?edan_q=%252A%253A%252A&edan_fq%255B0%255D=set_name%253A%2522Games%252C%2520Toys%252C%2520Gambling%255C%253A%2520Dolls%2522&edan_fq%255B1%255D=metadata_usage%253A%2522CC0%2522&edan_fq%255B2%255D=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.nmaiculture_archeol_1%253A%2522Inuit%2520%2528Canadian%2520Eskimo%2529%2522&edan_fq%255B3%255D=name%253A%2522Inukpuk%252C%2520Charlie%2522|access-date=2021-01-20|website=americanindian.si.edu}}</ref>

His work is held in many institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Anthropology at UBC,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collection Online {{!}} Museum of Anthropology at UBC|url=http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?person%5B0%5D=1325&row=0|access-date=2021-01-20|website=collection-online.moa.ubc.ca}}</ref> the University of Michigan Museum of Art,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Feeding Goose|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/43618/view|access-date=2021-01-20|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}</ref> the Penn Museum,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carving - 2012-25-20 {{!}} Collections - Penn Museum|url=https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/455432|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.penn.museum}}</ref> the National Gallery of Canada,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Woman Who Killed a Bear with a Mitten|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/the-woman-who-killed-a-bear-with-a-mitten|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.gallery.ca|language=en}}</ref> the National Museum of the American Indian,<ref name=":2" /> the University of Saskatchewan,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenderdine : Artifact : Hunter [2009.003.010]|url=https://saskcollections.org/kenderdine/Detail/objects/4979|access-date=2021-01-20|website=saskcollections.org}}</ref> and the Iowa State University Museums.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iowa State Collections - Iowa State University|url=https://umsm003.its.iastate.edu/view/objects/asitem/People@3820/0?t:state:flow=7a1671e6-9696-4838-a1fe-e2c53bdcdd35|access-date=2021-01-20|website=umsm003.its.iastate.edu}}</ref>

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