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Pudlat, Aoudla

Pudlat, Aoudla

Kinngait (Cape Dorset)

(1951–2006)

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Pudlat, Aoudla

(1951–2006)

Aoudla Pudlat was a prolific and versatile artist from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, who became renowned as both a lithographer and illustrator. Although he began as a sculptor in the 1960s, by the 1970s Pudlat had begun drawing starting an apprenticeship at Kinngait Studios. With a graphic style that varied from photorealistic to fantastical, birds were a favoured and frequent subject for the artist–many of which found their way into the communities annual print collections. Pudlat’s work first appeared in the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection in 1980 and continued to appear in subsequently, alongside lithographs he had produced of other artists' works. His works can be found in the collections of numerous institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON.

Pudlat, Aoudla

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Head with Multiple Faces

n.d.
stone
8.8 x 5 x 5.8 cm

Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Gift of George Swinton and his daughters
G-98-416