Innukjuakju Pudlat
(1913–)
(–1972)
Innukjuakju Pudlat
1913–1972
Innukjuakju Pudlat (1913–1972) was a graphic artist who worked primarily in drawing and printmaking from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut. Her work focused on rendering playful depictions of animals, as well as scenes of hunting, fishing, and singing. A number of her prints were included in the Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection in 1960, 1964/65, 1966, and 1968.
Innukjuakju was widowed by her first husband and married graphic artist Pudlo Pudlat in 1950. Together they had six children. In 1957, Innukjuakju and Pudlo moved to Kinngait after Pudlo injured his arm in a hunting accident and later contracted tuberculosis. In Kinngait, Innukjuakju and Pudlo began to experiment with drawing. Innukjuakju continued to draw and produce prints until she fell ill in 1970.
Her prints and drawings have been included in a number of exhibitions in Canada, the United States, and Europe, such as The Inuit Print/L’estampe inuit, a travelling exhibition on view from 1977 to 1982 organized by the Canadian Museum of History and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Her work can be found in public and private collections at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, among others.