Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok

Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok was born 1934 in Nunalla, Manitoba.[1][2] She was an Inuk artist. Known for her sculptures, Tasseor Tutsweetok worked principally with grey steatite, a hard stone local to Arviat on the Nunavut mainland, where the artist moved following the closing of the North Rankin Nickel Mine in 1962.[3] Always remaining close to the stone's original form and leaving its surface unpolished, her sculptures take maternal and family groupings as their principle themes.[2]

Notable exhibitions include: Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (1971–1973), In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada (1989–1991), and Indigena: Contemporary Native Perspectives in Canadian Art (1992),[3] and a solo exhibition, her first, at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2011).[4] In 1992, she completed a large sculpture for the Canadian Museum of Civilization.[4] Tasseor Tutsweetok's minimalist and semi-abstract approach to carving is accompanied by calculated drawings upon the stone's surface, she shares this approach with her contemporaries Andy Miki, John Panaruk, and Elizabeth Nutaluk.[5]

Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok died on April 12, 2012, in Arviat Nunavut.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Zepp, Norman (30 March 2017) [30 January 2008]. "Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 Chantal, Laura (17 January 2018) [18 October 2017]. "Artists: Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok". Inuit Art Foundation. Updated by Rebecca Gray. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 McMaster, Gerald, ed. Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2010. 244.
  4. 1 2 3 "Canada loses a great artist: Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok". Nunatsiaq News. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Artist: Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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