About Nalenik Temela
Lived 1939 – 2003 (aged 63–64). Nalenik Temela was a Canadian sculptor.
Nalenik Temela (1939–May 7, 2003) was an Inuk sculptor from Kimmirut.
Career Temela carved using soapstone and serpentine.
His work is held in several museums worldwide, including the Penn Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
The North West Company gave Prince Charles and Princess Diana one of Temela's carvings as a wedding gift in 1982.
Later life Temela died of cancer at age 64. He was survived by his wife, Itee, and their six children.
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Who was Nalenik Temela?
Canadian sculptor
When was Nalenik Temela born?
Nalenik Temela was born in 1939 in Kimmirut.
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Nalenik Temela died on 7 May 2003 in Nunavut.
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Nalenik Temela was a sculptor.
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Nalenik Temela was Canadian.
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