Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik facts for kids

Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik (born 1934) is a Qaernermiut Inuk artist graphic artist and musician. Tulurialik was born near the Kazan River area in Nunavut but relocated to Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), Nunavut with her adoptive parents when she was few months old.

She began to draw in 1970 at the Sanavik Cooperative in Qamani'tuaq. A year later she became a regular contributor of annual Baker Lake print series.

Tulurialik's work is featured in 1986 the book Qikaaluktut: Images of Inuit Life which she wrote with author David Pelly.

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Portland Museum of Art, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of the American Indian, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.