Mathewsie Saviadjuk was born in 1950. He is known for his carvings depicting the natural world as well as legends from Inuit culture. He was elected to the Qikiqtani Inuit Association board in 2016 and was re-elected in 2020. He also served as the mayor of Kinngait.

Saviadjuk is the son of famed carver Joe Jaw. He learned to carve from his father alongside his brothers Pootoogook Jaw, Kingwatsiak Jaw, and Salomonie Jaw. 

Saviadjuk died in 2022.

Exhibitions

• Cape Dorset Sculpture, Eskimo Art Inc.
• Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters & the Next Generation, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories, University of Richmond
• Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing, Feheley Fine Arts
• New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• On the Land, The Arctic Circle
• Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists I, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
• The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50's and 60's, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• The Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery
• The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull

Publications

• TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS UGJUK — Interviewed by David Zimmerly in March 1985 in Rankin Inlet, N.W.T., Author: CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council], Publication: Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council in collabora-tion with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, and the National Film Board of Canada. (1985)