Floyd Kuptana
Settlement: Paulatuk
(1964-2021)
Born in Paulatuuq, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Inuit Nunangat in 1964, Floyd Kuptana is known for his multimedia approach to humour and horror in Inuit myths and Southern Canadian life. His artistic education was encouraged by his family through his apprenticeship with his cousin, Francis Ruben.
Most of Kuptana’s early works are made of whalebone and muskox horn. In the 1990s, he moved to Toronto and focused on increasingly complex forms in his sculpture. Later in Kuptana’s career, he began working with collage as well as painting to depict spiritual-physical transformations in Inuit myths, blending playfulness and grotesque elements to create a style that is distinctly his own.
Kuptana held exhibitions in Canada, the United States, and Europe, and has pieces in institutional collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada), Cerny Inuit Collection (Bern, Switzerland), and the Winnipeg Art Gallery (Winnipeg, Canada). Kuptana sadly passed away in Toronto in 2021.
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-10 (October 2023) | ||
| UNTITLED (THE WOLFMAN) | 2020-03 (March 2020) | |
| ANIMAL | 2020-03 (March 2020) | |
| BEAR IN UMIAK, 2011 | 2024-06 (June 2024) | |
| BEAR SHAMAN, 2002 | 2025-11 (November 2025) | |
| BEAR SPIRIT DANCER | 2018-08 (August 2018) | |
| BEAR SPIRIT, 2000 | 2025-02 (February 2025) | |
| BIRD | 2013-06 (June 2013) | |
| BIRD SHAMAN IN FLIGHT | 2016-09 (September 2016) | |
| BIRD SHAMAN, 1999 | 2025-06 (June 2025) | |
| BIRDMAN | 2008-02 (February 2008) | |
| CARIBOU SPIRIT, 2000 | 2025-02 (February 2025) | |
| DRUM DANCER | 2020-03 (March 2020) | |
| FACE OF A SHAMAN | 2017-06 (June 2017) | |
| FACES | 2022-02 (February 2022) | |
| FOOTBALL ON BASE | 2012-05 (May 2012) | |
| GRIMACING FACE SHAMAN'S MASK | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| HOWLING MOTHER AND MISCHIEVOUS SPIRIT, 1997 | 2024-11 (November 2024) | |
| HUMAN AND SPIRIT MASK, 2000 | 2025-10 (October 2025) | |
| HUNTING BEAR, 2003 | 2026-02 (February 2026) | |
| MASK | 2020-02 (February 2020) | |
| NEW YEARS EVE BEAR, 2003 | 2024-11 (November 2024) | |
| PAIR OF GRIMACING FACE SHAMAN'S MASKS | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| PLAYFUL WOLF | 2022-02 (February 2022) | |
| SEDNA, 2000 | 2025-11 (November 2025) | |
| SEDNA; TRANSFORMATION | 2012-02 (February 2012) | |
| SHAMAN AND CONSORT, 2005 | 2025-11 (November 2025) | |
| SHAMAN TOTEM | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| SPIRIT | 2025-10 (October 2025) | |
| SPIRIT DOG | 2020-11 (November 2020) | |
| SPIRIT TOTEM | 2008-05 (May 2008) | |
| STALKING BEAR, 1997 | 2025-05 (May 2025) | |
| SWIMMING BEAR, 2003 | 2026-02 (February 2026) | |
| SWIMMING NARWHAL ON BASE | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| SWIMMING WHALE ON BASE | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| SWIMMING WHALE WITH INSET EYES | 2017-02 (February 2017) | |
| THE DEMANDS OF MOTHERHOOD | 2020-02 (February 2020) | |
| THE MASK | 2016-06 (June 2016) | |
| TRANSFORMATION | 2012-05 (May 2012) | |
| TRANSFORMATION MAN | 2011-12 (December 2011) | |
| TRANSFORMATION MASK ON BASE | 2012-05 (May 2012) | |
| TRANSFORMATION ON BASE | 2012-02 (February 2012) | |
| TRANSFORMING SHAMAN, 2000 | 2024-03 (March 2024) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2025-04 (April 2025) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2025-02 (February 2025) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-08 (August 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-08 (August 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-08 (August 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-08 (August 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2025-04 (April 2025) | |
| UNTITLED | 2025-02 (February 2025) | |
| UNTITLED | 2025-05 (May 2025) | |
| UNTITLED | 2020-12 (December 2020) | |
| UNTITLED | 2020-12 (December 2020) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2025-05 (May 2025) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED | 2020-12 (December 2020) | |
| UNTITLED | 2024-05 (May 2024) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2024-05 (May 2024) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED ( TWO - HEADED DRUMMER) | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (ANGRY BIRD) | 2020-07 (July 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (ARCTIC MOON RIDERS) | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (BALANCING ACT) | 2022-02 (February 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (BIRD IN FLIGHT) | 2024-04 (April 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (BIRD OF PREY) | 2022-11 (November 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (BLACK RIDER) | 2023-10 (October 2023) | |
| UNTITLED (BLACK TIE) | 2024-02 (February 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (BLACK WOLF) | 2025-08 (August 2025) | |
| UNTITLED (BLUE RIDER) | 2024-04 (April 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (BUFFALO MAN) | 2024-04 (April 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (CREATURES OF THE NIGHT) | 2024-03 (March 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (CREATURES) | 2024-06 (June 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (CYCLOPES) | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (DANCING DOG) | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (DANCING WHITE WOLF) | 2021-09 (September 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (DANCING WOLF WITH WINGS) | 2024-09 (September 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (DANCING WOLF) | 2022-11 (November 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (DRUM DANCER) | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (DUAL RIDERS ON BEACH) | 2022-02 (February 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (DUAL RIDERS) | 2021-09 (September 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (EASY RIDER) | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (EVENING RIDER) | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (FAMILY) | 2022-02 (February 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (FIDDLER DANCING ON IGLOO) | 2021-11 (November 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (FLIGHT OVER TORONTO) | 2022-11 (November 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (FULL MOON) | 2021-01 (January 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (GHOST RIDER) | 2021-06 (June 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (GRAY WOLF) | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (INUKSHUK WITH WOLF HEAD) | 2025-10 (October 2025) | |
| UNTITLED (JOLLY RIDER) | 2020-10 (October 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (MIDNIGHT PROWLER) | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (MOON DANCER ON RED ROOF) | 2020-11 (November 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (MOON DANCER WITH INUKSHUK) | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (MOON DANCERS) | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (MOON GAZING) | 2025-10 (October 2025) | |
| UNTITLED (MOON SPINS) | 2020-10 (October 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (MOONLIGHT BATTLE) | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (MUSICIANS) | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (NIGHT RIDER) | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (ORANGE RIDER) | 2022-02 (February 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (PINK RIDER) | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (RED CREATURE) | 2021-09 (September 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (RED RIDER) | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (RED WOLF MUSICIAN) | 2023-10 (October 2023) | |
| UNTITLED (RED WOLF) | 2024-02 (February 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (RIDER ON TWO HEADED WOLF) | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (RIDER ON TWO-HEADED WOLF) | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (RIDER WITH SUN AND INUKSHUK) | 2025-11 (November 2025) | |
| UNTITLED (RIDERS ON THE BEACH) | 2022-05 (May 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (SAD EYES) | 2023-12 (December 2023) | |
| UNTITLED (SELF PORTRAIT) | 2022-05 (May 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (SLEIGH TEAM) | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (SMILEY FACE) | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (SPIRITS WITH INUKSHUK) | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (THE BATTLE) | 2022-04 (April 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (THE CHASE) | 2021-04 (April 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (THE CROSS) | 2022-02 (February 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (THE DANCER) | 2020-08 (August 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (THE PHANTOM) | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (THE RIDER) | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (THE WARRIOR) | 2020-08 (August 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (THUNDERBIRD) | 2020-08 (August 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO HEADED WOLF WITH CREATURES) | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO HEADED WOLF) | 2024-03 (March 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED FIDDLER PLAYER) | 2023-12 (December 2023) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED GREY WOLF DANCING) | 2024-11 (November 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED GUARDIAN) | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED MUSICIAN) | 2022-05 (May 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED WHITE WOLF) | 2022-06 (June 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED WOLF WITH INUKSHUK) | 2025-09 (September 2025) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED WOLF WITH PUP) | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| UNTITLED (TWO-HEADED WOLF) | 2024-05 (May 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (WHITE WOLF RELAXING ON RED ROOF) | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (WHITE WOLF) | 2024-06 (June 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (WINGED SPIRIT) | 2021-09 (September 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (WOLF DRUMMER WITH IGLOO AND INUKSHUK) | 2024-07 (July 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (WOLF HEAD) | 2024-12 (December 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (WOLF HEAD/INUKSHUK/MOONLIGHT) | 2020-07 (July 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (WOLF RIDER) | 2020-05 (May 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (WOLF) | 2021-01 (January 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (WOLF/IGLOO) | 2024-12 (December 2024) | |
| UNTITLED (YELLOW BIRD) | 2021-01 (January 2021) | |
| UNTITLED (YOUNG WOMAN AND A MASK) | 2024-03 (March 2024) | |
| WALKING / STANDING BEAR | 2020-01 (January 2020) | |
| WALRUS SPIRIT, 2004 | 2024-12 (December 2024) | |
| WHITE WOLF | 2024-07 (July 2024) | |
| WOLF/FACE/CROSS | 2022-05 (May 2022) |
