List of Greenlandic artists

This is a list of Greenlandic artists who were born in or who live in Greenland.

A

B

  • Peter Jens Ville Berthelsen (1923–1990), Nuuk, painter, and Greenlandic flag contestant
  • Aron Berthelsen (1933-2009), sculpture[5]
  • Esra Bertelsen (1889–1954), woodcarving[5]
  • Kelly Berthelsen (born 1967)[6]
  • Ivan Burkal (born 1955), Nuuk[1]

C

D

  • Mathias Ferslev Dalager (Mathias Fersløv Dalager, Danish–Inuit, c. 1769–1843), Ritenbenk, painting[5]
  • Jakob Danielsen (born 1888 Sioraq, Disko Island, died 1938, Qeqertarsuaq), watercolors of hunting culture of north Greenland[9]

F

  • Ivalo Frank (born 1975) (Danish-Greenlander), filmmaker[6]

G

  • Nuka K. Godtfredsen (born 1970), drawing, painting
  • Israil Nikodemus Gormansen (Greenlandic Inuit, 1804–57), watercolors[5]

H

J

  • Hans Jacobi (Greenlandic artist) (1905–1995)[5]
  • Miki Jacobsen (born 1965), Denmark,[1] digital photocollages, sculpture, assemblage[3][16]

K

  • Bodil Kaalund (1930-2016) (Danish-Greenlander)[1]
  • Lisbeth Karline (born 1981), Nuuk[1]
  • Maria Panínguak` Kjærulff (Danish–Inuit, born 1980), Nuuk, painting, drawing, photography, film, video, jewellery, sculpture[17][18]
  • Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), dance, performance art, installation, painting[3][6][19][20]
  • Jens Kreutzmann (1828–1899), illustration, painting[5]
  • Johannes Kreutzmann (1862–1940), woodcarving[5]
  • Lisa Kreutzmann, Kangaatsiaq[1]
  • Ole Kreutzmann (1898-1983) (fl. 1940s), Kangaamiut, ivory sculpture[21]
  • Frederik Kristensen (born 1952), stone carving, painting[5][22]
  • Peter Kujooq Kristiansen, Nuuk[1]
  • Harriet Kristoffersen, painting[23]
  • Simon Kristoffersen (1933–1990), sculpture[5]
  • Anna Kûitse Thastum (1942–2012), drum dancer[24]
  • Kunit of Umiivik (fl. 1880s), wooden map carving
  • Kunngi (Frederik Kristensen), painting[25]

L

  • Jens Leibhardt (1931-1994), stone carving[26]
  • Anne-Lise Løvstrøm (born 1960), Nuuk[1]
  • Henrik Lund (Intel'eraq, 1875–1948), painter, lyricist
  • Kistat Lund (1944-2017)[5]
  • Dine Lyberth, stone carving[27]
  • Gerth Lyberth (1867–1929)
  • Hans Lynge (1906–1988) known as the founder of modern art in Greenland, impressionist painter, founder of the Nuuk School of Art[2][5]
  • Aviaaja Egede Lynge[6]
  • Mikisoq H. Lynge (born 1978), film[6]

M

  • Linda Milne, Nuuk[1]
  • Mitsivarniannga (fl. 1905), Ammassalik, shaman (angakoq), wooden tupilait[28]
  • Gukki Willsen Møller (born 1965), visual art, ceramics[3]
  • Lars Møller (19th century), landscape lithography[3][5]
  • Steffen Møller (1882–1909), landscape lithography, son of Lars Møller[5]
  • Iben Mondrup, also Iben Mondrup Salto (Danish-Greenlander, born 1969)[6][29]
  • Angu Motzfeldt (born 1976), musician, photography[6]

N

  • Nanna Ánike Nikolajsen (born 1984)[6]
  • Camilla Nielsen (Greenlandic sculptor) (born 1972), Nuuk[1][3]

O

  • Kristian Olsen aaju (1942-2015), painting, writing[2][5]

P

  • Julia Pars (born 1968), Nuuk, drawing, painting, mixed media[1][30]
  • Buuti Pedersen (Bodil Pedersen, born 1955), Qaqotoq, painting[1][2]
  • Ivaaq Poulsen, sculpture, member of Inuit Youth International[31]

R

  • Linda Riber, printmaking, collage[3][32]
  • Ina Rosing (1942-2018)[33]
  • Jens Rosing (1925–2008), zoological studies[2]
  • Jukke Rosing (Angiuk Rosing), Nuuk, photography[34]
  • Kale Rosing (1911–1974), graphics[5]
  • Peter Rosing (1871–1938), woodcarving[5]
  • Peter Rosing (1892–1965), lithography, brother of Otto Rosing[5]
  • Otto Rosing (1896–1966), lithography, brother of Peter Rosing[5]
  • Naja Rosing-Advid, Nuuk[1]

S

  • Liss Stender, designer, graphic designer[35]
  • Ivars Silis (born 1944), photography, videography[36]
  • Inuuteq Storch (born 1989), Sisimiut, photography[37]
  • Arnajaraq Støvlbæk[3]
  • Kitora Sukuvara, stone carving[38]

T

  • Christian Thygesen (Danish), painter[39]
  • Malene Guldager Thygesen (Danish-Kalaalleq), painter, sculptor[39]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Members." KIMIK. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Thisted, Kirsten. "Greenlandic Art: A Brief History". Bryggen Art. Accessed December 6, 2012
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Exhibition the Red Snowmobile." Greenland. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  4. ^ Staffan and Jensen 114-119
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Grønland - billedkunst." Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Accessed December 12, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Exhibition: KUUK." Greenland. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  7. ^ "Jørgen Chemnitz." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  8. ^ "Thue Christiansen." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  9. ^ "Jakob Danielsen." Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Qeqertarsuaq Museum. Accessed December 6, 2012.
  10. ^ Julie Edel Hardenberg. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  11. ^ Staffan and Jensen 100-103
  12. ^ Aka Høegh. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  13. ^ Staffan and Jensen 74-7
  14. ^ Staffan and Jensen 108-9, 111
  15. ^ Staffan and Jensen 78-81
  16. ^ Staffan and Jensen 87-93
  17. ^ Maria P. Kjaerulff. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  18. ^ "Maria Panínguak` Kjærulff." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  19. ^ Thisted, Kirsten. "Kleeman, Jessie." The History of Nordic Women's Literature. Accessed December 6, 2012.
  20. ^ Staffan and Jensen 94-99
  21. ^ "Greenland Ivory Carvings on View at the Arctic Museum." Bowdoin College. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  22. ^ Staffan and Jensen 71-73
  23. ^ Staffan and Jensen 83-85
  24. ^ Langhoff, Rune (13 July 2012). "Anna Kûitse Thastum er død" [Anna Kûitse Thastum is dead]. Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Frederik Kristensen Kunngi." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  26. ^ Staffan and Jensen 67
  27. ^ Staffan and Jensen 68
  28. ^ Nacheva, Velina. "An average artistic day in Greenland." The Sofia Echo. November 29, 2001. Accessed December 6, 2012.
  29. ^ "Iben Mondrup." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  30. ^ "Hjem." Julia Pars. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  31. ^ "KATRINE DIRCKINCK-HOLMFELD, HUMPHREY POLEPOLE & IVAAQ POULSEN in collaboration with INUIT YOUTH INTERNATIONAL." Rethinking Nordic Colonialism. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  32. ^ "Linda Riber." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  33. ^ Staffan and Jensen 104-107
  34. ^ "Jukke Rosing (Angiuk Rosing)." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  35. ^ Inuk Design
  36. ^ "C.V." Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Ivars Silis. (in Danish) Accessed 03 Mar 2015.
  37. ^ "Inuuuteq Storch." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  38. ^ Staffan and Jensen 69
  39. ^ a b "Exhibition: A love letter". Katuaq (in Danish). Retrieved 4 January 2017.

References

  • Staffan, Carlen and Marianne Jensen, intro. Den Flyvende Kajak/The Flying Kayak/Qajaq Silaannakkoortoq (Contemporary Art from Greenland). Nordic Arts Centre, 1989. ISBN 978-9518955422.

Further reading

  • Goodnow, Katherine and Haci Akman. Scandinavian Museums and Cultural Diversity. Berghahn Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1845455774.
  • Kaalund, Bodil (Danish). The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0520048409.

External links

  • KIMIK: Association of Artists in Greenland
  • Nordic Institute in Greenland
  • "Visions of Greenland appear in Venice", 2012
  • "Greenland National Art Gallery", 2011
  • "Jessie Kleemann & Iben Mondrup", Horizonic: Unfolding Space through Sound Art
  • "South Greenland Culture Centre in Qaqortoq"
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