He grew up in the Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.Igloliorte draws heavily from both Labrador Inuit culture and urban culture in his work.Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture is a Canadian exhibition featuring everything from painting and drawings to installations by indigenous artists.
Currently showing in Montreal, Canada, Igloliorte’s works in the exhibition meld skateboarding culture with Inuit symbols and traditional games like the blanket toss.
On the opening day of Beat Nation in Montreal, Mark Igloliorte sat down with Eye on the Arctic’s Eilís Quinn to discuss his work and why urban culture and Inuit traditions may not be as far removed from each other as people think.
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