Germaine Arnaktauyok

Germaine Arnaktauyok (born in Maniitsoq, Greenland in 1946)[1][2] is an Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer originating from the Igloolik area of Nunavut, then the Northwest Territories.

The media she works with consists of lithographs, etchings, and serigraphs that illustrate Inuit myths and traditional ways of life from her past experiences and ancestral culture.

Her designs are two-dimensional revealing expressive line work illustrations that indicate personal stories incorporated in the subject of past Inuit tales.

Therese Nattok and Isidore Iytok, the mother and father of Germaine Arnaktauyok, are talented carvers that contributed to the Inuit style of art.

Priests were available in the towns and occasionally visited the camps in order to listen to the community's confessions and provide spiritual support.

[11] She created some animations for the 2018 drama film Tia and Piujuq, which also featured a book of her art as a plot point within the story.

Since then, Germaine Arnaktauyok has been actively engaged in creating drawings and etchings that reflect her personal life in historical Inuit narratives.

The Power of Tunniq , 2006, etching and aquatint . This print illustrates the supposed incredible strength of the Dorset People , who lived in the Canadian arctic before the arrival of the Inuit.