Judas Ullulaq Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1937 - d. 1999

Judas Ullulaq (ooloolah) (born 1937, died January 9, 1999) was a Canadian Inuit artist recognized for his sculpture works that are mainly figural and zoomorphic.

Ullulaq's medium for sculpting is stone as well as other mixed medias such as ivory, antler, bone, sinew, and musk-ox horn, which he uses to create askewd, wide-eyed, open-mouthed faces, with abstract gestures.

Judas Ullulaq was born just northeast of Taloyoak, in a small town called Thom Bay. His records state that Ullulaq was born in July, however he has been told that he was actually born in the fall. When he was a small child Ullulaq left Thom Bay and moved to Fort Ross, where he spent the rest of his childhood and early adulthood. As a young man growing up near the northern Arctic Circle, Ullulaq would hunt caribou, muskox, seals, and polar bears.

He and his family lived at outpost camps and when he was in his early twenties, Ullulaq moved to Spense Bay. He would eventually marry and have children, five biological children and four adopted children, which prompted his move to Taloyoak in the late 1960s, so his children could attend school.