Mark Igloliorte is an Inuk artist living in Vancouver, BC whose Inuit ancestry comes from Nunatsiavut, NL. His artistic work, primarily painting and drawing, has been exhibited in group and solo shows across Canada. He has been the recipient of a number of awards and grants including the Lillian Vineberg Award in Painting and Drawing, The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Visual Arts Grant, and a Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Grant. In 2012 Igloliorte was long listed for the Sobey Art Award. Igloliorte teaches painting and drawing as an Assistant Professor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory and Region 4 of the Metis Nation of Alberta. We respect this as the traditional and contemporary land of diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Beaver Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Anishinaabe/Saulteaux/Ojibwe and Dene Peoples. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people who make Alberta their home today.