Background
Tuu'luq was born in 1910 in the Chantrey Inlet / Back River area of Nunavut, north-west of Hudson Bay.
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She "drew upon vivid colors, symmetry, and anthropomorphic imagery, to create vibrant tapestries which depict stories, legends, and personal experiences."
In the 1960s, she was part of a semi-nomadic group of Inuit who, facing the threat of starvation, were forced to change their nomadic lifestyle and move to the settlement of Baker Lake, Nunavut. While she was relieved to escape hardship, she expressed sorrow at the loss of her nomadic lifestyle. Her personal history emerges in her work as she attends to the significance of land and family in contemporary Inuit life.
Tuu'luq's "A Story of Starvation," as told to Susan Tagoona, shares her experience growing up in Nunavut and her struggle for survival. Her second husband, the celebrated Baker Lake artist Luke Anguhadluq died in 1982.
Membership
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
