My Dream of Flying Print

Two figures are lifted into the sky by birds in this stenciled print - capturing a dream of freedom and call to nature.

2006
Edition 27 of 35
Stencil
18.5 x 21"

Artist - Annie Kilabuk

Print maker - Leetia Alivaktuk

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. 

Leetia Alivaktuk is a talented printmaker from Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), NU. Leetia debuted with the Pangnirtung Community Print Collection in 2001 and participated again in 2002. In 2002, she participated in a printmaking course offered in Pangnirtung through Nunavut Arctic College, where she acquired knowledge in the techniques of stencil printmaking and linocut.