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Martha Tickiq

Settlement: Baker Lake / Qamani’tuaq

(1939-2015) — E2-128

Alternative Names: Tickiq Tickiq, Martha Tickiq, Tickie Tickiq, Teekilk Tickiq, Ticiq Tickiq, Tukie Tickiq, Tikiq Tickiq, Teekilik Tickiq

Martha Tickiq is a multidisciplinary artist from Baker Lake. She creates both carvings and wall hangings. Tickiq is one of the only female Inuit sculptors working with the hard basalt stone found in the Baker Lake area after learning to carve at a young age from her grandfather. She is best known for her depictions of Muskoxen and scenes depicting mothers with their children. 

Tickiq has exhibited her work across Canada and the United States.


Exhibitions

  • An Enduring Tradition: Inuit Carving from Arctic Quebec, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
  • Arctic Expressions, Nizhoni Dream Catchers
  • Baker Lake Wallhangings 1980, Snow Goose Associates
  • Baker Lake Wallhangings 1980, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
  • Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
  • Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo, Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College
  • Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
  • Inuit Masterworks, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
  • Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
  • Major/Minor, Marion Scott Gallery
  • People of the Caribou, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
  • Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Artistry
  • Salon International Europ'art '92, presented by Galerie Saint Merri
  • Six Women of Baker Lake, The Upstairs Gallery
  • Three Artists of Baker Lake, Image of the Inuit
  • Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic, Marion Scott Gallery

Collections

  • Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
  • Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
  • Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Artwork

Title Last Sold At Auction
FAMILY 2010-01 (January 2010)
FIGURE IN A HAMMOCK 2012-04 (April 2012)
FOOTBALL PLAYER 2008-11 (November 2008)
GRABBING THE MISBEHAVED 2012-05 (May 2012)
KNEELING FIGURE 2009-11 (November 2009)
MOTHER AND CHILD 2018-03 (March 2018)
MOTHER WITH CHILD IN AMAUT 2021-05 (May 2021)
MOTHER WITH CHILDREN 2010-11 (November 2010)
MUSK OX 2020-08 (August 2020)
SHOULDER RIDE 2015-01 (January 2015)
WHITE MAN IN HAT 2014-01 (January 2014)

Recent Auction Results

MOTHER WITH CHILD IN AMAUT
Estimate: 400 — 600
Sold: May 2021 — Sold For: $390
MUSK OX
Estimate: 300 — 500
Sold: Aug 2020 — Sold For: $264
MOTHER AND CHILD
Estimate: 300 — 500
Sold: Mar 2018 — Sold For: $276
SHOULDER RIDE
Estimate: 200 — 400
Sold: Jan 2015 — Sold For: $168
WHITE MAN IN HAT
Estimate: 300 — 500
Sold: Jan 2014 — Sold For: $252
GRABBING THE MISBEHAVED
Estimate: 400 — 600
Sold: May 2012 — Sold For: $276

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