Andy Mamgark

Andy Mamgark
Spirit Wrestler Gallery

Biography

Andy Mamgark was born in 1930 near Dawson Inlet on the west coast of Hudson Bay. His family lived in the Whale Cove area and later moved to Arviat, NU, but it was in Rankin Inlet in 1959 where Mamgark first learned the art of carving. He would continue to hone his work particularly after he moved back to Arviat in 1965. Andy was a talented carver surrounded by artistic peers; his wife Eva Seuteruk Mamgark, and three children, Susan Pauppa Mamgark, Johnny Kopanuak, and Martha Katuak Mamgark are also all artists in Arviat. 

Mamgark’s carvings featured various arctic animals, hunters with bows and arrows, and the classic mother and child motifs of the 1950s and 1960s and his work is still popular today at auctions all over the world. 

 

Artist Work

About Andy Mamgark

Medium:

Sculpture

Artistic Community:

Arviat, Nunavut, Inuit Nunangat

Date of Birth:

Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.

1930

Date of Death:

Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.

1997