Andy Miki

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

Early life

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

Career

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

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

Citations

  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

  • 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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