Nick Sikkuark

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Nick Sikkuark (born 1943) is an Inuit artist from Kugaaruk, Nunavut. His works are mainly in whale bone, caribou antler, and walrus ivory, and are characterized by "droll, macabre wit."^[1]

Born in Garry Lake, Nunavut (then part of the Keewatin), Sikkuark was orphaned at a young age. He was then taken in by the Oblate Fathers. As a young man he studied for the clergy in Winnipeg and Ottawa before settling in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, then called Pelly Bay. It was there that he began to work as an artist full-time.

References

↑ Hessel, Ingo (2002). Inuit Art: an Introduction. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre. p. 119. ISBN 1-55054-829-8.

Kardosh, Robert (2003). The Art of Nick Sikkuark: Sculpture and Drawings. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery. ISBN 0-921634-38-2.

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Name	Sikkuark, Nick
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Short description	Canadian artist
Date of birth	1943
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