Judy Scott Kardosh
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| Born | 1939 |
| Died | 2014 |
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Judy Scott Kardosh (1939–2014) was a Canadian curator and arts administrator, known serving as the director of the Marion Scott Gallery in Vancouver, as well as her long-term working relationship with Inuit carver Ovilu Tunnillie.
Relationship to Tunnillie
Kardosh first encountered Tunnilliee's work in Fall of 1991, while researching potential work for a 1992 exhibition Women of the North: An Exhibition of Art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic.[1] In the catalogue, Kardosh described the artist's work This Has Touched My Life which was subsequently purchased by the Canadian Museum of History (then Civilization), remarking on its unconventional nature.[1] The Marion Scott Gallery hosted Tunnillee in Vancouver, during which Kardosh discussed the possibility of a future solo show.[1]
By 1994, Tunnillie had completed a large catalogue of work, and was prepared for a solo exhibition.[1] Kardosh selected a theme of feminine representation in the work, noting that traditional collectors opposed the idea of such a 'contemporary' indigenous art.[1] However the exhibition was commercially successful, and earned positive reviews from mainstream media.[1]
Following a second exhibition at Marion Scott Gallery in 1996, scholarly writings on Tunnillie were published by critics including Peter Millard and Robin Laurence in Inuit Art Quarterly and Border Crossings respectively.[1] In this period, Kardosh grew estranged from the artist, eventually reconnecting in 2006 following the death of Tunnillie's sister in Cape Dorset.[1]
Final Years and Death
Kardosh curated the final major exhibition of Tunnillie's work, Oviloo Tunnillie; Meditations on Womanhood, featuring many of the artist's most emotional carvings yet.[1] She passed away due to complications of diabetes in November 2014, less than 6 months after Tunnillie's own passing from cancer.[1]
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