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Ruth Qaulluaryuk

b. 1932

Canadian Inuit textile artist (born 1932)

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Born 1932. Ruth Qaulluaryuk is a Canadian textile artist.

Ruth Qaulluaryuk (born 1932) is a Canadian Inuk textile artist, also known for her drawings.

Qaulluaryuk is a native of the Back River area of the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, formerly the Keewatin Region of the Northwest Territories. She is the daughter of graphic artist Luke Anguhadluq and the spouse of artist Josiah Nuilaalik.

Like many Inuit, she lived a nomadic existence until the 1950s when a shortage of food led to a starvation crisis. As a result, she and her family moved to the settlement of Baker Lake in the early 1970s to find stability and to enable her children to go to school. They were among the last families to make the move. the Canadian Museum of History, the National Museum of the American Indian, the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (Art Gallery of Guelph), the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, and the Simon Fraser Gallery at Simon Fraser University. Qaulluaryuk is the daughter of artist Luke Anguhadluq and the wife of artist Josiah Nuilaalik, son of artist Jessie Oonark with whom she has seven children.

Qaulluaryuk's work was included in the Winnipeg Art Gallery's inaugural exhibition, INUA, at the Gallery's new Inuit art centre, Qaumajuq in 2021.

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Canadian Inuit textile artist (born 1932)

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Ruth Qaulluaryuk was born in 1932.

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Ruth Qaulluaryuk is a textile artist.

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Ruth Qaulluaryuk is Canadian.

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· Wikidata: Q28341287

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