Anirnik RageeHaving responded to the open invitation extended by the management and staff of the lithography studio, Arnirnik is a newcomer in her late 60's. Initially unsure of her skill at drawing, it was suggested that she start by writing on the lithography stone. She created her abstract word puzzle Field of Verse (04-02), engaging the other artists working in the studio in an attempt to figure out the message hidden in her random words.Arnirnik was married to Quppapik Ragee (now deceased), who used to carve regularly to supplement the family income. She has several children; her sons Taraqtaga and Siutiapik, although not prolific, show some potential as young carvers. Her parents were the late Jamasie and Angotigolu Teevee and both were involved in the media of drawing, printmaking, and sculpting. Her sisters, Parnee Peter and Nicotai Simigak, and her adopted brother, Simeonie Teevee, are Cape Dorset sculptors .-----www.dorsetfinearts.comNow in her late 60's, Anirnik is a newcomer to the Kinngait Studios, having responded to the open invitation extended by the management and staff of the lithography studio to come in and try something new. Initially unsure of her skill at drawing, it was suggested that she start by writing on the lithography stone. She created her abstract word puzzle entitled ÔField of Verse' (04-2), engaging the other artists working in the studio in an attempt to figure out the message hidden in her random words.Anirnik was born in November, 1935, and was married to Quppapik Ragee (now deceased), who used to carve regularly to supplement the family income. She has several children; her sons Taraqtaga and Siutiapik, although not prolific, have shown some potential as young carvers-------Anirnik RageeBorn: November 1935Community: Cape DorsetPrintsAnirnik's 2004 lithograph "Field Of Verse" is her first to be included in the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection at the age of 68.------Exhibitions1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit, CreARTion, Eppstein for the Assoc. of Canadian Studies, Grainau, Germany1991 Art Inuit, l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, Thonon, France1990 New Miniature Sculpture, Gallery Phillip, Don Mills, ON1990 A Woman's Vision, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, PA1988 Inuit Legends in Stone, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC1988 Arctic Forms-Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery, Richmond, VA

Exhibitions

• A Woman's Vision, Art Space Gallery
• Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation
• Inuit Legends in Stone, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Kunstwerke der Inuit, Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee
• Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie
• New Miniature Sculpture, Gallery Phillip
• Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts
• Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, McMichael Canadian Collection

Collections

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol
• Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon