“Art was like a therapy for me” — Canadian artist Manasie Akpaliapik reflects on work, life & his solo exhibition in Quebec City

Manasie Akpaliapik still remembers how he felt when he found out he’d be the first Inuk artist to have solo exhibition at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ).

By Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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“Manasie Akpaliapik is considered by many of his peers and by many collectors and museums as the most important Inuk sculptor in Canada.”

– Daniel Drouin, curator of the exhibition “Univers inuit” – solo retrospective of Manasie Akpaliapik’s work, currently on display at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ)