Germaine Arnaktauyok: New Prints
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Inuit Gallery of Vancouver 120 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7M 0G7
Germaine Arnaktauyok, "Hand/Arm Tattoo," 2020
lithograph, 18” x 25”, Edition 6/20
Germaine Arnaktauyok: New Prints
Congratulations to Germaine Arnaktauyok on receiving the 2021 Governor General’s Visual and Media Arts Artistic Achievement Award, an annual award given for outstanding contributions to Canadian art.
Born just outside of Igloolik in 1946, Germaine’s early years were spent living a traditional life on the land. Much of her work explores the myths, legends and stories of the arctic. The new prints we are presenting were created for her Iqaluit exhibition that celebrates Inuit femininity through traditional Inuit tattoos and ivory combs. After years of disavowing the practice, young Inuit women are rediscovering the practice of tattooing which marked the stages of a woman’s life such as entering adolescence, marriage, and childbirth. Among the prints available are her lovely Tattoo Woman II which shows a woman with face, arm and thigh tattooing, or Germaine’s beautiful image of traditional ivory combs.
All works are available immediately.
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