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John
Pangnark
Photo: John Pangnark
Credit: Courtesy of Ken Bell and Library and Archives Canada
John
Pangnark
Medium:
sculpture/carving
Artistic Community:
Arviat, NU
Date of Birth:
Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.
Windy Lake, NU
1920
Date of Death:
Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.
1980
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Work
John Pangnark
(Arviat)
Seated Figure (1968)
Credit: JERRY TWOMEY COLLECTION, WINNIPEG ART GALLERY
Biography
Born in Windy Lake, NU in 1920, John Pangnark was an active sculptor from the mid-1960s until his death in 1980. He lived on the land until the 1950s, when he settled in Arviat, NU. Pangnark became known for his abstract representations of human figures and minimalist style. He exhibited at Expo ‘70 in Osaka, Japan in 1970 and was included in the delegation of carvers sent to the exposition. During the same year, he was featured in the travelling exhibition “Oonark/Pangnark” hosted by the Canadian Museum of History, then the National Museum of Man. His work is held in the collections of the Canadian Museum of History and National Gallery of Canada, among several other prominent institutions.
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Publications
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Title
Year
Author
Inuit Art at Expo '70
Winter 2018
John Geoghegan
Winnipeg Art Gallery displays new collection of carvings by Inuit artists
August 28, 2012
Nunatsiaq News
If It's Old, It Sells: Work From Deceased Inuit Artists Fetches Highest Prices
November 17 2006
Jane George
Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
Modern Vision: Inuit Masterworks from the 1960s and 1970s
June - July 2012
Marion Scott Gallery
Pangnark
June - July 2006
Marion Scott Gallery
The Jerry Twomey Collection
2003
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Achievements
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Achievement
Year
Organization
Cover of the Inuit Art Quarterly
Spring 2006
Inuit Art Foundation
Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, ON, Canada
Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, QC, Canada
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Edit History
November 23, 2017
Edited by: Rebecca Gray
November 23, 2017
Created by: Concordia Student
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