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Niap

Beauty in Our Lines

Artist

Niap
1986- Inuk from Nunavik Active in Kuujjuaq and Montreal

Title

Beauty in Our Lines

Date

2019

Materials

Watercolour and ink over traces of graphite, thread embroidery

Dimensions

56.5 x 39.5 cm

Credits

Purchase, Serge Desroches Bequest, inv. 2019.142

Collection

Graphic Arts

Meaning in our kakiniit markings is made through tradition and personal ideas, making them a beautiful composition of personal identity grounded in community.

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