The vast majority of WAG-Qaumajuq’s Indigenous collection—just over 12,000 objects—are carvings, drawings, prints, and textile work by Inuit artists such as Kiugak Ashoona, Oviloo Tunnillie, and Abraham Anghik Ruben. Located on Treaty No. 1 Territory, the homeland of the Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininiwak, Dakota, Dene, and Métis peoples, WAG-Qaumajuq is focusing a growing collection of work by First Nations and Metis artists with strong ties to Manitoba, including Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, and Robert Houle. There is also increasing representation of younger generations of contemporary Indigenous artists from across Canada and beyond, such as Kent Monkman, K. C. Adams, Meryl McMaster, Ursula Johnson, Joi T. Arcand, and Jonathan Jones.
Works in the Collection
The Great Race
Colleen Cutschall, from the series Voice in the Blood, 1989 DetailsCircle of Animals
Unidentified artist, 1951 DetailsQiviuk's Animal Wives
Victoria Mamnguqsualuk Kayuryuk, 1981 DetailsBear Holding Fish (Ours tenant un poisson)
Mathew Aqiggaaq, 1980 DetailsMother and Children with Puppy
Ennutsiak, 1966 DetailsFamily with Fish
Unidentified artist, c. 1955 DetailsSkull of a hare
Unidentified artist, 1975 DetailsMan Carrying Pack
Unidentified artist, 1970 DetailsThe Two Old People and the Owl
Paul Ipiilun, 1962 DetailsMallard Ducks
Marjorie Esa, n.d. DetailsWhite Arctic Fox with Siksik
Unidentified artist, 1874–1892 DetailsTotem
Amidlak, attributed to, c. 1951 DetailsThe Prey
Victoria Mamnguqsualuk Kayuryuk, 1969 DetailsSnow Goose
Juda Taqtu, 1965 DetailsUntitled
Martha Tickiq, 1979 DetailsTo plan your visit, check out wag.ca/visit.