Karoo ashevak biography of william shakespeare

Karoo Ashevak (also known as Mungnelli) was born in 1940 in the Kitimeot, central Arctic region, of what is now known as Nunavut.

Karoo ashevak biography of william shakespeare

He lived in the community of Taloyoak, near Spence Bay. He grew up following the traditional Inuit lifestyle and beliefs. In 1968, he and his wife Doris settled in Taloyoak. At the time, stone and other carving media were scarce.

Whalebone, being lighter than stone, was imported for the artists by charter plane from nearby areas of the Arctic, explaining Karoo's extensive use of whalebone for his sculpture.

"In the short span of an artistic career that lasted only about four years before his death in 1974, Karoo Ashevak established himself as one of the major contemporary Inuit sculptors.

Working primarily in whalebone, using stone, antler, ivory and baleen mostly for insets and