Lucy Meeko
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]
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. (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 9781135638894.
- ^ Issenman, Betty Kobayashi (2011-11-01). Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774841894.
- ^ "MEEKO, Lucy (1929–2004)".
- ^ a b c "MEEKO, Lucy (1929–2004)". Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle.
- ^ Withers, Denise (writer & director) (1993), Keeping our Stories Alive: The Sculpture of Canada's Inuit, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- ^ "Lucy Meeko". Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
- ^ "Art Search | Winnipeg Art Gallery".
- ^ "BAnQ numérique".
- ^ "A Frightened Man". art.nelson-atkins.org.
- ^ "ME988.127.1 | Amauti | McCord Museum".
- ^ News, Nunatsiaq (8 January 2005). "Passings". Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Nunavik Art Alive - Artist Profiles - Lucy Meeko". art.avataq.qc.ca.
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