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Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
[edit]Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (born in 1979) is an Indigenous Inuktitut artist based in Iqaluit, Nunavut[1].
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | |
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| Born | 1979 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian Inuktitut |
| Website | http://www.qaggiavuut.ca/en/artist/laakkuluk-williamson-bathory |
Biography
[edit]Born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1979, Williamson Bathory is of mixed Inuktitut and British ancestry[2]. She currently resides in Iqaluit, Nunavut with her husband and three children[3].
Artistic Career
[edit]WIlliamson Bathory is a performer of uaajeerneq, a traditional Greenlandic mask dance and form of storytelling and poetry[4]. She is a founding member of the Qaggiavuut! Society for a Nunavut Performing Arts Centre, an organization that supports Inuit artists[5]. Williamson Bathory frequently collaborates with Inuk recording artist Tanya Tagaq, including an appearance in Tagaq's 2016 music video for Retribution[6] and a performance for #callresponse, an interdisciplinary project centering Indigenous women artists[7][8].
Selected Performance Works
[edit]- Tulugak: Inuit Raven Stories, with Sylvia Cloutier, 2013[9]
- Retribution, with Tanya Tagaq, 2016[6][10]
- Kiviuq Returns, with Qaggiavuut! Society for a Nunavut Performing Arts Centre, 2017[11][12]
Selected Projects
[edit]- From the Moon to the Belly, with Maria Hupfield, 2012[13]
Selected Group Exhibitions
[edit]- The Fifth World, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2016[14]
- #callresponse, travelling exhibition opening at grunt gallery, 2016[7][15][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Incident Magazine". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Mask dancer and poet Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory". CBC News. September 26, 2012. Retrieved March 19,2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ "No English at home: Nunavut parents go to great lengths to teach children Inuktitut". CBC. September 6, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Tanya Tagaq teams up with Greenlandic mask dancer for 'incredibly intense' music video". CBC. November 6, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Qaggiavuut!". Qaggiavuut. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ a b Jordan, Darville (November 3, 2016). "Watch Tanya Tagaq's Music Video For "Retribution"". The Fader. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "#callresponse". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ a b Hogue, Tarah (February 3, 2016). "#callresponse: Situating Indigenous Women in re/conciliation". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ Stanley, Sarah Garton (April 15, 2013). "Tulugak means Raven". National Arts Centre. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ Mertens, Max (November 3, 2016). "Inuk Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq Demands "Retribution" in Aggressively Kinetic New Video". Thump. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Kiviuq Returns". National Arts Centre. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Kiviuq Returns". Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "From the Moon to the Belly". Fuse Magazine. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ Hill, Valerie (January 22, 2016). "Indigenous artists have much to say about the past and future in new exhibition". The Record. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ Momin, Anuhba (December 21, 2016). "This Iqaluit artist is using her body to pull stereotypes apart". CBC Arts. Retrieved March 19, 2017.