Skip to main content

Up Front: Inuit Public Art at Onsite Gallery

2 handmade stuffed dolls, one in flurry pink and one in pink and white polka dot

Project Description

About Up Front: Inuit Public Art at Onsite Gallery

In partnership with the Inuit Art Foundation (IAF), Onsite Gallery presents Up Front, a new series of commissioned digital murals by Inuit artists. Onsite Gallery recognizes the important contributions of the Inuit art sector and is pleased to work with the IAF to support Inuit art and artists in the public realm. This new series of public art murals of digital art will be displayed on the exterior façade of the gallery. Produced in vinyl, four Inuit artists will be commissioned over two years to create these public digital art pieces. Curated by Ryan Rice, the first mural will be installed in April 2022.

The Inuit Art Foundation (IAF) is the only national organization supporting Inuit artists in all medias and geographic areas. It empowers and supports Inuit artists’ self-expression and self-determination through its many platforms, including the Inuit Art Quarterly (IAQ), Canada’s largest art magazine, the IAQ Profiles, artist services, awards, scholarships and mentorship opportunities.

Headshot of Kablusiak - a person with long black hair wearing a white t-shirt

Kablusiak

Artist Biography

Kablusiak is an Inuvialuk artist/curator who uses Inuk ingenuity to create work in a variety of mediums including, but not limited to, lingerie, soapstone, Sharpies, bedsheets, felt, and words.

Their work explores the dis / connections between existence in Inuit diaspora while maintaining family and community ties, the impacts of colonization on Inuit gender and sexuality expressions, as well as on health, wellbeing, and the everyday.

Kablusiak holds a BFA from Alberta University of Arts in Mohkinstsis, where they are currently based. Their work can be found in the collections of the Indigenous Art Centre, the Art Gallery of Alberta, and Global Affairs Visual Art Collection among others.

To learn more about Kablusiak and their work, visit their website: https://norberghall.com/portfolio/kablusiak/

logo - Onsite Gallery & IAF