Maureen Gruben

Gruben, Maureen
Born1963 (age 62–63)
Tuktoyaktuk
CitizenshipInuvialuk and Canadian
EducationOkanagan College, Kelowna (1990) and University of Victoria (2012)
Websitewww.maureengruben.com

Maureen Gruben is an Inuvialuk artist from Canada, who works in sculpture, installation and public art.

Biography

Gruben was born in Tuktoyaktuk.[1] She received a Diploma in Fine Arts from Okanagan College, Kelowna in 1990.[2] In 2012 she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Victoria.[3]

In May 2021 it was announced that Gruben was on the long list for the annual Sobey Art Award, one of five artists from the "Prairies and North".[4]

In 2021 the National Gallery of Canada lifted its "40-and-under" age restriction allowing for the inclusion of Gruben and other artists.[5]

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Maureen Gruben's materiality: From polar bear bones to bubble wrap | Vancouver Sun". vancouversun. 2018-03-06.
  2. 1 2 "GG_Cat_Maureen_Unqalaq_2017_Web_01.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 9 April 2026. GG_Cat_Maureen_Unqalaq_2017_Web_01.pdf at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-08-20)
  3. 1 2 "Take a look at this Tuktoyaktuk artist's powerful work | CBC News".
  4. ↑ "2021 Sobey Art Award Announces the 25 Longlist Artists from Across Canada". National Gallery of Canada. Newswire Canada. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Kate (5 May 2021). "We need to rethink our definition of 'emerging' artists". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  6. ↑ ""Àbadakone" Creates Community".
  7. ↑ Clément, Éric (December 30, 2019). "Àbadakone | Feu continual: embrasser le postcolonialisme". La Presse.
  8. ↑ "Indigenous World-Building at the Vancouver Art Gallery".
  9. ↑ "Breathing Hole". 2019-11-30.
  10. ↑ Luschinski, Justin (2019-12-09). "WAG unveils two new galleries". Winnipeg Free Press.
  11. ↑ Bundy, Art Sleuth by Jean (7 November 2018). "An Arctic Perspective through the Walrus and the Polar Bea". The Anchorage Press.
  12. ↑ "A Team of Curators Designs a System for Indigenous Artists to Thrive In". Hyperallergic. September 25, 2019.
  13. ↑ Burnham, Clint (2018). "Maureen Gruben. QULLIQ: In Darkness, Light". Espace Sculpture (120): 86–87.
  14. ↑ "The time of things" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-22.
  15. ↑ "20170615" – via PressReader.
  16. ↑ "Visual arts review: A Sense of Site at the AGNS".
  17. ↑ "Maureen Gruben draws attention to a rapidly changing Arctic with Stitching My Landscape" – via PressReader.
  18. ↑ "An Arctic Installation Marks the End of an Era". 2017-08-17.
  19. ↑ "Stitching My Landscape, NYU Gallatin".