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Canadian sculptor

Nalenik Temela (1939–May 7, 2003) was an Inuk sculptor from Kimmirut.

Career

Temela carved using soapstone and serpentine.

His work is held in several museums worldwide, including the Penn Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit, the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

The North West Company gave Prince Charles and Princess Diana one of Temela's carvings as a wedding gift in 1982.

His work was part of the traveling 2005 exhibition "Masters of the Arctic."

Later life

Temela died of cancer at age 64. He was survived by his wife, Itee, and their six children.

References

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  2. Foundation, Inuit Art. "Nalenik Temela | Inuit Art Foundation | Artist Database". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. Loewen, James W. (2019-04-23). Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong. The New Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-62097-485-8.
  4. "Carving - 2012-25-87 | Collections - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  5. "Exchange: Narwhal (Tusk)". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  6. "Ours en équilibre - Temela, Nalenik". Collections | MNBAQ. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  7. ^ "Kimmirut carver was a quiet, gentle leader". Nunatsiaq News. 2003-05-17. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  8. Yanajin33 (2013-12-27), 日本語: 国立民族学博物館（大阪） 石彫像「ホッキョクグマ」（カナダ、イヌイット族、制作者：ナレニク・テメラ、年代：1960年-1980年代制作）, retrieved 2021-01-25{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "Snarling Bear | Agnes Etherington Art Centre". agnes.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  10. "AN ART ODYSSEY". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2021-01-25.


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