Annie Mikpiga
{{Short description|Canadian Inuk artist (1900–1984)}}
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Annie Mikpiga (1900–1984) was an Inuk artist who lived in Nunavik, Quebec. Her prints can be found in a number of public galleries and museums in Canada.
Biography
Mikpiga was born in 1900 in Akua, near Puvirnituq in Nunavik.{{Cite web|title=MIKPIGA, Annie|url=https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5470|date=2012|website=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative {{!}} Concordia University|access-date=2020-05-28}} She lived there until her death in 1984.{{Cite book|last=Hessel|first=Ingo|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/868964311|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century : a Biographical Dictionary.|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-306-37471-2|editor-last=Heller|editor-first=Jules|pages=379–380|chapter=Mikpiga, Annie (Nuvalinga) (1900–1984)|oclc=868964311|editor-last2=Heller|editor-first2=Nancy G.}}
Mikpiga was recognized as one of the first Inuit artists to experiment with printmaking. From the 1960s to early 1970s, she created about 60 stone-cut pieces. In 1973 she was the oldest participant in a batik workshop held at Puvirnituq. Her works are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,{{Cite web|title=Walrus|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/walrus|last=Mikpiga|first=Annie|date=1963|website=National Gallery of Canada|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26}} the Canadian Museum of History,{{Cite web|title=Seal Hunter Reaching Home|url=https://www.historymuseum.ca/collections/artifact/32981/|last=Mikpiga|first=Annie|date=1962|website=Canadian Museum of History|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-26}} the Winnipeg Art Gallery,{{Cite web|title=Man|url=https://wag.ca/art/collections/artwork/g-76-764-man-annie-mikpiga-nuvalinga/|last=Mikpiga|first=Annie|date=1967|website=Winnipeg Art Gallery|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-05-28}} the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,{{Cite web|title=Chasse à l'oie|url=http://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600032802|last=Mikpiga|first=Annie|date=1962|website=Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec|access-date=2020-05-31}} the Musée de la civilisation{{Cite web|title=Caribou|url=https://collections.mcq.org/|last=Mikpiga|first=Annie|date=1965|website=Collections - Musée de la civilisation|access-date=2020-05-26}} and [http://www.museumcerny.ch Museum Cerny] in Bern, Switzerland.
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Category:Canadian Inuit women artists
Category:20th-century Inuit artists
Category:20th-century Canadian printmakers
Category:20th-century Canadian women artists
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