Human Bird with Friends Print

A print blending human and bird form, surrounded by companions, celebrating kinship of people and nature.

2002
Edition 21 of 35
Stencil
17 x 22"

Annie Kilabuk was born in 1932 in Qimmisuuq camp, Baffin Island. Her mother was Natanine from Kinngait (Cape Dorset). Annie was thirty-six when she settled in Panniqtuuq as one of the earliest permanent residents from among a group of elders who had spent their formative years in nomadic camps. 

In 1968, after settling in Panniqtuuq, Annie began drawing on paper, using coloured pencil, charcoal and felt-tipped pen. A self-taught artist, Annie noted that her approach to drawing was more like a process of storytelling. All of Annie’s works on paper depict different aspects of Inuit life, lore, tradition and imagination. 

Annie’s works have been used for prints that have been included in the annual Pangnirtung Print Collection and twenty-five of her drawings have been used for tapestries produced by the weavers who work in the Pangnirtung Tapestry Studio.