List of Greenlandic artists

This is a list of Greenlandic artists who were born in or who live in Greenland.

A

B
  • Peter Jens Ville Berthelsen (1923–1990), Nuuk, painter, and Greenlandic flag contestant
  • Aron Berthelsen (born 1933), sculpture[5]
  • Esra Bertelsen (1889–1954), woodcarving[5]
  • Kelly Berthelsen (born 1967)[6]
  • Ivan Burkal, Nuuk[1]

C
  • Bibi Chemnitz (Danish-Greenlandic), Copenhagen, Denmark, fashion design, printmaking
  • Jørgen Chemnitz, photography[7]
  • Thue Christiansen (born 1940), painting, sculpture, designed the flag of Greenland in 1985[2][8]

D

F
  • Ivalo Frank (Danish-Greenlander), filmmaker[6]

G
  • Nuka K. Godtfredsen (born 1970), drawing, painting
  • Israil Nikodemus Gormansen (Greenlandic Inuit, 1804–57), watercolors[5]

H

J

K
  • Bodil Kaalund (Danish-Greenlander)[1]
  • Lisbeth Karline, Nuuk[1]
  • Maria Panínguak` Kjærulff (Danish–Inuit, born 1980), Nuuk, painting, drawing, photography, film, video, jewelry, sculpture[17][18]
  • Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), dance, performance art, installation, painting[3][6][19][20]
  • Jens Kreutzmann (1828–1899), illustration, painting[5]
  • Johannes Kreutzmann (1862–1940), woodcarving[5]
  • Lisa Kreutzmann, Kangaatsiaq[1]
  • Ole Kreutzmann (fl. 1940s), Kangaamiut, ivory sculpture[21]
  • Frederik Kristensen (born 1952), stone carving, painting[5][22]
  • Peter Kujooq Kristiansen, Nuuk[1]
  • Harriet Kristoffersen, painting[23]
  • Simon Kristoffersen (1933–1990), sculpture[5]
  • Kunit of Umiivik (fl. 1880s), wooden map carving
  • Kunngi (Frederik Kristensen), painting[24]

L
  • Jens Leibhardt, stone carving[25]
  • Anne-Lise Løvstrøm, Nuuk[1]
  • Henrik Lund (Intel'eraq, 1875–1948), painter, lyricist
  • Kistat Lund (born 1944)[5]
  • Dine Lyberth, stone carving[26]
  • Gerth Lyberth (1867–1929)
  • Hans Lynge (1906–1988) known as the founder of modern art in Greenland, impressionist painter, founder of the Nuuk School of Art[2][5]
  • Aviaaja Egede Lynge[6]
  • Mikisoq H. Lynge, film[6]

M
  • Linda Milne, Nuuk[1]
  • Mitsivarniannga (fl. 1905), Ammassalik, shaman (angakoq), wooden tupilait[27]
  • Gukki Willsen Møller (born 1965), visual art, ceramics[3]
  • Lars Møller (19th century), landscape lithography[3][5]
  • Steffen Møller (1882–1909), landscape lithography, son of Lars Møller[5]
  • Iben Mondrup, also Iben Mondrup Salto (Danish-Greenlander, born 1969)[6][28]
  • Angu Motzfeldt (born 1976), musician, photography[6]

N

O
  • Kristian Olsen aaju (born 1942), painting, writing[2][5]

P
  • Julia Pars (born 1968), Nuuk, drawing, painting, mixed media[1][29]
  • Buuti Pedersen (Bodil Pedersen, born 1955), Qaqotoq, painting[1][2]
  • Ivaaq Poulsen, sculpture, member of Inuit Youth International[30]

R
  • Linda Riber, printmaking, collage[3][31]
  • Ina Rosing[32]
  • Jens Rosing (1925–2008), zoological studies[2]
  • Jukke Rosing (Angiuk Rosing), Nuuk, photography[33]
  • Kale Rosing (1911–1974), graphics[5]
  • Peter Rosing (1871–1938), woodcarving[5]
  • Peter Rosing (1892–1965), lithography, brother of Otto Rosing[5]
  • Otto Rosing (1896–1966), lithography, brother of Peter Rosing[5]
  • Naja Rosing-Advid, Nuuk[1]

S
  • Liss Stender, designer, graphic designer[34]
  • Ivars Silis, photography, videography[35]
  • Inuuuteq Storch, Sisimiut, photography[36]
  • Arnajaraq Støvlbæk[3]
  • Kitora Sukuvara, stone carving[37]

T
  • Christian Thygesen (Danish), painter[38]
  • Malene Guldager Thygesen (Danish-Kalaalleq), painter, sculptor[38]

See also

Notes
  1. "Members." KIMIK. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  2. Thisted, Kirsten. "Greenlandic Art: A Brief History". Bryggen Art. Accessed December 6, 2012
  3. "Exhibition the Red Snowmobile." Greenland. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  4. Staffan and Jensen 114-119
  5. "Grønland - billedkunst." Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Accessed December 12, 2012.
  6. "Exhibition: KUUK." Greenland. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  7. "Jørgen Chemnitz." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  8. "Thue Christiansen." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  9. "Jakob Danielsen." Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Qeqertarsuaq Museum." Accessed December 6, 2012.
  10. Julie Edel Hardenberg. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  11. Staffan and Jensen 100-103
  12. Aka Høegh. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  13. Staffan and Jensen 74-7
  14. Staffan and Jensen 108-9, 111
  15. Staffan and Jensen 78-81
  16. Staffan and Jensen 87-93
  17. Maria P. Kjaerulff. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  18. "Maria Panínguak` Kjærulff." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  19. Thisted, Kirsten. "Kleeman, Jessie." The History of Nordic Women's Literature. Accessed December 6, 2012.
  20. Staffan and Jensen 94-99
  21. "Greenland Ivory Carvings on View at the Arctic Museum." Bowdoin College. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  22. Staffan and Jensen 71-73
  23. Staffan and Jensen 83-85
  24. "Frederik Kristensen Kunngi." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  25. Staffan and Jensen 67
  26. Staffan and Jensen 68
  27. Nacheva, Velina. "An average artistic day in Greenland." The Sofia Echo. November 29, 2001. Accessed December 6, 2012.
  28. "Iben Mondrup." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  29. "Hjem." Julia Pars. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  30. "KATRINE DIRCKINCK-HOLMFELD, HUMPHREY POLEPOLE & IVAAQ POULSEN in collaboration with INUIT YOUTH INTERNATIONAL." Rethinking Nordic Colonialism. Accessed December 5, 2012.
  31. "Linda Riber." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  32. Staffan and Jensen 104-107
  33. "Jukke Rosing (Angiuk Rosing)." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland. (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  34. Inuk Design
  35. "C.V." Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Ivars Silis. (in Danish) Accessed 03 Mar 2015.
  36. "Inuuuteq Storch." NAPA: Nordens Instituts i Grønland." (in Danish) Accessed 18 Jan 2013.
  37. Staffan and Jensen 69
  38. "Exhibition: A love letter". Katuaq (in Danish). Retrieved 4 January 2017.

References
  • Staffan, Carlen and Marianne Jensen, intro. Den Flyvende Kajak/The Flying Kayak/Qajaq Silaannakkoortoq (Contemporary Art from Greenland). Nordic Arts Centre, 1989. ISBN 978-9518955422.

Further reading
  • Goodnow, Katherine and Haci Akman. Scandinavian Museums and Cultural Diversity. Berghahn Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1845455774.
  • Kaalund, Bodil (Danish). The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0520048409.
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