Ronald Senungetuk
| Ronald Senungetuk | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1933 Wales, Alaska |
| Nationality | Iñupiaq |
| Education | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Known for | sculpture, jewelry, painting |
| Movement | Alaska Native art |
| Awards | Fulbright Fellowship |
Ronald Senungetuk (born 1933) is an Iñupiaq artist originally from Wales, Alaska who works primarily in wood and metal.[1]
Career
He is a sculptor and silversmith and is known for his abstractions of animal figures. He trained at the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology and in Oslo, Norway, on a Fulbright Fellowship at Statens Håndværks og Kunstindustriskole. He and his wife, Turid, an accomplished silversmith, live in Homer.[2]
Senungetuk started the University of Alaska Fairbanks' metalsmithing program and served as director of its Native Art Center.[3] He received the Rasmuson Foundation's 2007 Distinguished Artist Award,[4] and has received many other awards and recognitions for his work.
Awards and recognition
- 2008 Denali National Park Artist-in-Residence[5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Ronald Senungetuk." Museum of Art and Design. Retrieved 9 Dec 2013.
- ↑ Armstrong, Michael. "Art: It's all in family for Senungetuks." Homer News. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 9 Dec 2013.
- ↑ History of the Native Arts Program of the UAF Art Department
- ↑ Ron Senungetuk Receives $25,000 Distinguished Artist Award
- ↑ Alaska Geographic artists-in-residence participants
External links
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