Pierre Aupilardjuk (born 1965) is a Canadian ceramic artist who lives and works in Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet), Nunavut.
[1] He has been involved in the Matchbox Gallery studios since their inception,[2] as a student, assistant manager of the ceramics workshop (until 2001), and teacher.
Sculpture and vessel merge in many of Aupilardjuk's works, where he applies fully three-dimensional figures to the outside of his pots.
These sculptural forms are carefully cut in half, scooped hollow, and put back together before they are applied to the exterior of the pot.
[4] In an Inuit Art Quarterly feature where he and Shary Boyle talk about their collaboration, he says, “My father told me about the way people should work together, to get along together, and everything will be better.