Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA)

Raised on the land in a traditional Netsilik lifestyle, Nick Sikkuark was orphaned as a young boy and cared for briefly by an older brother before being taken into the care of Oblate missionaries. Groomed for priesthood, Sikkuark finally left a seminary in Ottawa and returned north i 1965, pursuing work as a carpentewr. Sikkuark's work in both sculpture and drawig blends surrealistic, often bizarre subject matter with realistic detail. Already a leadng light in the "Kitikmeot School" of sculpture for 10 years, Sikkuark accepted an invitation to attend the first "Inuit Artists' College" carving workshop by the Inuit Art Foundation at the Ottawa School of Art in 1991. First Arts Catalogue: December 2022, #167