 Mattiusi Iyaituk - President
President Mattiusi Iyaituk, from Ivujivik, Nunavik, has been a full-time artist since 1979. He specializes in abstract stone forms, inlaid with materials such as caribou antler and various stones found in his community. Inuit artists, he says, should be able to work with any materials they want, without fear of being told the result is not really "Inuit" art.
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 Okpik Pitseolak - Vice-president
Vice-President Okpik Pitseolak, who currently resides in Iqaluit, Nunavut, began to carve in the 1960s. Inspired by her grandmother’s work, she has added beadwork details to some of her stone sculpture. She reminds us that, although most Inuit no longer use dog sleds, build igloos, or make kayaks, Inuit first became strong through making things.
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 Mathew Nuqingaq
Secretary and Treasurer Mathew Nuqingaq is a metalworker, jeweller, and carver. Born in Qikiqtarjuaq, he now lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut. He creates work in soapstone, silver, and gold, and has taught jewellery-making and metalwork at Nunavut Arctic College, an institution he once attended as a student.
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 Shirley Moorhouse - Secretary-Treasurer, Chair of the Editorial Advisory Committee
Shirley Moorhouse lives in Happy Valley Goose Bay, Labrador. She was taught to sew as a child by her grandmother and mother, but only later began working with textiles and found materials on black stroud backgrounds. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University and has taken numerous small business programs. She emphasizes that Inuit art is not only carved from stone, but includes such diverse media as dolls, paintings, photographs, and wall hangings.
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John Terriak - Chair of the Nominating Committee
A hunter as well as an artist, John Terriak is known by many in his community of Nain, Labrador, as a full-time carver and a jack-of-all-trades. He also owns one of the community’s few remaining dog-sled teams. For Inuit, he says, art is an important vehicle for passing on myths, legends, and knowledge. He was the first Inuk to be elected President of the Inuit Art Foundation.
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Sammy Kudluk - Chair of the Education Committee
Sammy Kudluk, a painter from from Kangirsuk, Nunavut, works for Makivik Corporation as an Artist Liason for the Aummaaggiivik Nunavik Arts Secretariat, a department that supports and nurtures artists from Nunavik. He was also a former member of IAF's board of directors.
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David Ruben Piqtoukun
David Ruben Piqtoukun, from Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, has been nomiated to our Board of Directors.
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