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Andy Miki

Andy Miki (1918–1982) was an Inuk artist from Arviat, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).[1]

Early life edit

Miki was born in 1918 near the Kazan River.[2]

Career edit

His works are mainly in soapstone, and are often geometric abstractions.

While the abstract work of John Pangnark focused on the human figure, Miki's work is minimalist abstracted animals.[3][4][5] This is partly because the stone available near Arviat is hard and difficult to work with, which necessitates simple designs.[6] Animals depicted in his work include arctic hares,[7] caribou,[8] polar bears,[9] muskox,[10] birds,[11] and dogs.[12]

His work is held by a variety of museums, including the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[13] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,[14] the Art Gallery of Guelph,[15] the Canadian Museum of History,[16] the Lowe Art Museum,[17] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,[18] and the Penn Museum.[19]

His disc number was E1-436.[2]

Miki died in December 1982.[20][21]

Works edit

  • Mating Polar Bears, 1967. Sold for 27,600 dollars Canadian in 2006.[22][4]

Citations edit

  1. ^ Foundation, Inuit Art. "Andy Miki | Inuit Art Foundation | Artist Database". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  2. ^ a b "KATILVIK - Artist: Andy Miki - ᒥᑭ - E1-436". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  3. ^ "The Who's Who of Canadian Heritage Inuit Art". Langford Gallery. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  4. ^ a b "If it's old, it sells". Nunatsiaq News. 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  5. ^ "NORTHERN GRACE | Maclean's | APRIL 12, 1999". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  6. ^ "KATILVIK - Artist: Andy Miki - ᒥᑭ - E1-436". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  7. ^ "KATILVIK - Artwork ARCTIC HARE by Andy Miki". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  8. ^ "KATILVIK - Artwork CARIBOU by Andy Miki". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  9. ^ "KATILVIK - Artwork POLAR BEAR by Andy Miki". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  10. ^ "KATILVIK - Artwork MUSK OX by Andy Miki". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  11. ^ "KATILVIK - Artwork BIRD by Andy Miki". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  12. ^ "KATILVIK - Artwork DOG by Andy Miki". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  13. ^ "Exchange: Animal". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  14. ^ "Andy Miki: Untitled (Muskox)". Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
  15. ^ "Art Gallery of Guelph". Art Gallery of Guelph. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  16. ^ "Search the Collections | Canadian Museum of History". Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  17. ^ "Animal". emuseum1.as.miami.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  18. ^ "Untitled (Seated Animal)". www.mbam.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  19. ^ "Carving - 2012-25-119 | Collections - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  20. ^ Crandall, Richard C.; Crandall, Susan M. (2015-07-25). An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art. McFarland. p. 453. ISBN 978-1-4766-0743-6.
  21. ^ Crandall, Richard C. (2000). Inuit Art: A History. McFarland. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-7864-0711-8.
  22. ^ "Nunatsiaq News". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-07-18.

References edit

  • Hessel, Ingo (2002). Inuit Art: an Introduction. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre. ISBN 1-55054-829-8.
  • Swinton, George (1999). Sculpture of the Inuit, third edition. Toronto: McClelland and Stuart. ISBN 978-0-7710-8366-2.


 

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