Lucy Meeko (1929-2004) was an Inuit artist known for her multidisciplinary work in sculpture,[1] printmaking,[2] basketry and sewing.[3][4] Meeko was born in Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec.[5] Her career as a sculptor began in the 1950s; in the 1970s, together with her husband Noah, she created engravings for the Kuujjuarapic Cooperative.[5]
Lucy Meeko | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 2004 (aged 74–75) Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec, Canada |
| Known for | Sculpture, printmaking, basketry, sewing |
Meeko's work was featured in Keeping our Stories Alive: The Sculpture of Canada's Inuit along with the work of Ovilu Tunnillie and Uriash Puqiqnak.[6][5]
Her work is included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[7] the Winnipeg Art Gallery,[8] the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec,[9] the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art[10] and the McCord Museum, Montreal.[11]
Meeko died in 2004 from smoke inhalation, while attempting to rescue her husband Noah from a house fire in Kuujjuaraapik.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ Saucier, Céline; Kedl, Eugen (1988). Image inuit du Nouveau-Québec. Fides. ISBN 9782762114355.
- ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 9781135638894.
- ^ Issenman, Betty Kobayashi (November 1, 2011). Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774841894.
- ^ "MEEKO, Lucy (1929–2004)". Espace Art Actuel.
- ^ a b c "MEEKO, Lucy (1929–2004)". Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle.
- ^ Denise Withers (1993), Keeping our Stories Alive: The Sculpture of Canada's Inuit, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- ^ "Lucy Meeko". Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ "Art Search". Winnipeg Art Gallery.
- ^ "[Dépeçage]" (in French). BAnQ numérique.
- ^ "A Frightened Man". art.nelson-atkins.org.
- ^ "ME988.127.1 | Amauti". McCord Museum. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Passings". Nunatsiaq News. January 8, 2005. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ "Artist Profiles - Lucy Meeko". art.avataq.qc.ca. Nunavik Art Alive.
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