Works of Inuit Art

As a virtual Inuit art gallery, we are honored to represent master carvers and great graphic artists from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada, as well as several leading artists from other centers in the Far North producing Eskimo art prints: Pangnirtung, Baker Lake and Holman, in the North West Territories.
 
Our original Inuit prints are signed by the artist, bear the printer's chop mark and show the edition number. Kenojuak Ashevak, Kananginak Pootoogook, Pitseolak and Shuvinai Ashoona, and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk Kayuryuk figure among the major print artists whose works we showcase.

Inuit sculptures are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, the famous Igloo or Eskimo Tag. Master carvers whose sculptures head our online inventory of Inuit or Eskimo art, as it used to be called, include Kiawak Ashoona, the renowned son of the great first-generation graphic artist Pitseolak, Ashevak Tunnillie, currently the foremost sculptor on the subject of the magnificent polar bear, and the extremely talented carver Toonoo Sharky. Sculptures demonstrating Ashevak Adla's versatility and Jutai Toonoo's modernistic style highlight the many other selections in our virtual Inuit art gallery.

Eskimo sculptures from Cape Dorset are executed in a rare, highly valued stone called serpentine. Mined locally in many shades of green, grey and black, and of an ideal density for carving purposes, once a rough piece of serpentine is completed as a sculpture, it can be brightly polished and is noteworthy for its visual beauty.