Mary Paningajak

Mary Paningajak Alaku is a visual artist from Ivujivik, Nunavik. Multidisciplinary, she practices drawing, painting and printmaking as well as sculpture inspired by her environment, Inuit culture and the creativity of her people. Paningajak Alaku is part of the collective of artists who have developed a linocut workshop in Ivujivik, in collaboration with Qumaq Mangiok Iyaituk, Passa Mangiuk and Lyne Bastien. Her work has been presented at events such as the Biennale de Saint-Jean Port-Joli, Montreal’s Foire Papier and can be found in collections such as Avataq Cultural Institute, Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec and Kativik School Board. In 2023, Paningajak Alaku gave a lecture at Atelier Circulaire on the realities of printmaking in Nunavik and in May 2025, she completed a residency at their studio where she explored engraving alongside Paule Mainguy. Paningajak Alaku is the first artist to inaugurate the exhibition space at the new Sanaaq cultural, community centre in Montreal, with her solo exhibition Sikutsajaq, which opened on May 15, 2025.