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Siasi Atitu (c. 1896–1983) was a Canadian Inuk artist known for her stonecut printmaking. She was active in the 1960s. And had many variations of name including Siasi Atitu Pamiu.

About

Siasi Atitu was born in 1896 in Ivujivik, Quebec, Canada. She later moved to the Puvirnituq settlement when she was married to Adam Amamartua, the settlement leader. With her husband, they raised ten children.

In 1961, Atitu was in her 60s, when she learned printmaking in the Puvirnituq settlement. Her subject matter for her printmaking imagery was different from the others, with murder scenes, cannibalism and more. Her work has a unique visual perspective, which appears to have been created in consideration of the edges of the stone used in the stone cutting process. Atitu's art works can be found in the permanent collection at Canadian Museum of History. The University of Alberta Art Collection and at the non-profit Avataq Cultural Institute in Quebec.

She died in 1983 in Quebec, Canada. Her son, Adamie Suppaki Amamartua (born 1930) is a known sculptor.

References

1. ^ "Artists: PAMIU, Siasi Atitu". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative, Artist Database. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
2. ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135638894 – via Google Books.
3. "Inuit Art Online Auction". Waddingtons.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
4. "Inuit Art and First Nations Art, #300 Siasi Atitu" (PDF). Walker's. 2013. p. 58. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
5. "Blocked in the Seal Hole, Atitu, Siasi". University of Alberta Art Collection. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
6. "Collection, works on paper, Pamiu Siasi Atitu". Avataq Cultural Institute.

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