Maria Panínguak’ Kjærulff

Maria Panínguakʼ Kjærulff (born 1980) is a Greenlandic Inuk artist and actor.

Her art has been exhibited in the National Museum of Greenland and is on permanent display at the Nuuk Art Museum. Kjærulff has been commissioned to produce art for four Greenlandic postage stamps.

As an actor, she played a nurse in the 2009 film Nuummioq.

Early life and education Kjærulff was born 1980 in Copenhagen to a Greenlandic Inuk mother and a Danish father. She moved to Greenland at the age of six.

Career Kjærulff is primarily known for her painting and her style of using broad and expressive brush strokes. She has also worked as an actor, playing a nurse in the 2009 Greenlandic film Nuummioq.

Her first solo exhibition was held in 2006 at the National Museum of Greenland entitled Tingerlaaq (English: First Flight). Proceeds of the sale of the stamp benefited the Salvation Army.