Marion Tuu'luq

Marion Tuu'luq
Born1910 (1910)
Chantrey Inlet/Back River area of the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut
Died2002 (aged 91–92)
Known forInuk artist
Spousesecond husband Luke Anguhadluq

Marion Tuu'luq RCA LL.D (1910–2002), also known as Anguhadluq, Tudluq, Tuuluq, and Toodlook,[1] was an Inuk artist in mixed media and textiles. She "drew upon vivid colors, symmetry, and anthropomorphic imagery, to create vibrant tapestries which depict stories, legends, and personal experiences."[2]

Early life

Tuu'luq was born in 1910 in the Chantrey Inlet/Back River area of the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut, north-west of Hudson Bay. In the 1960s, she was part of a semi-nomadic group of Inuit who, facing the threat of starvation, were forced to change their nomadic lifestyle and move to the settlement of Baker Lake.[3] While she was relieved to escape hardship, she expressed sorrow at the loss of her nomadic lifestyle. Her personal history emerges in her work as she attends to the significance of land and family in contemporary Inuit life.[4] Tuu'luq's "A Story of Starvation," as told to Susan Tagoona, shares her experience growing up in the Arctic and her struggle for survival.[5] She was married twice and had 16 children, four of whom outlived her.[6] Her second husband, the celebrated Baker Lake artist Luke Anguhadluq died in 1982.[7]

Work

Tuu'luq used embroidery thread, felt, and dense woollen fabrics.[8] She was a part of a circle of northern fabric artists (including Jessie Oonark and Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq) who helped establish the contemporary art form of large-scale, two-dimensional, embroidered textile works.[9]

Tuu’luq’s works have been displayed nationally and internationally and collected by numerous private collectors and public institutions,[10] including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Edmonton Art Gallery, Museum London, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Artexte Information Gallery, Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, University of Manitoba Architecture and Fine Arts Library, the University of Saskatchewan Archives, the Winnipeg Art Gallery as well as the National Gallery of Canada. She was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and given an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Marion Tuu'luq (Anguhadluq, Tudluq, Tuuluq, and Toodlook)". Inuit Art. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Artist Database: Tuu'luq, Marion". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cho, Sung Eun (26 October 2022). "Art in Focus: 'Dismembered/Remembered' by Marion Tuu'luq". University of Alberta Museums. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Marion Tuu'luq - The Glorious Fabric of Art and Life". National Gallery of Canada. 8 October 2002. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. ^ A World of Local Voices: Poetry in English Today (PDF). Königshausen & Neumann. 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Marion Tuu'luuq". DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Marion Tuu'luq". Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ Hill, Miriam (27 September 2002). "A stitch in time". Nunatsiaq News. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Marion Tuu'luq, Organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada". Textile Museum of Canada. 2004. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Artist: Marion Tuu'Luuq". Katilvik. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.