Jonasie Faber

Joanassie Faber (sometimes Jonas , Jonasie or Joanasie Faber) was born on October 1st 1944 with the Greenland or it passes its childhood, it lives today with the Canada, in Colombia-British, close to Vancouver.

Sailor

Between 10 and 15 years, with its family, he lives with the Denmark, then he follows a formation of navigation in open sea, with the Naval Académie of Denmark where he obtains his patent. He works then with the harbor office of a port of Greenland.

Galerist and sculptor

Faber arrives as a Colombia-British towards 1974 and settles as importer and diffuser of Greenlandic Art. It realizes that it to the eye to recognize the works of art of value, as well as to create them. It ceases its work of importer to devote itself to creation and markets its own works carved in the Soapstone of Colombia-British. It acquires an important notoriety including near the Danish royal family and is exposed in multiple galleries in North America and Europe. It illustrates the book Art Inuit ; C. Baud and Al; Editions Fragments 1997 and 2006.

It was fascinated a long time by the history of the Viking S and was occupied to promote the conservation of a historical church in Greenland. Thus in 1991 it leads a mission to Paris near UNESCO to make register this site with the World heritage. He teaches then the sculpture and deals with promoting works of his pupils with San Francisco. After having lived a few years in California, it turns over as a Colombia-British and settles with Princeton. It is interested in archeology in particular on the site of the handle in Meadows which could be a trace of the contacts with the Scandinavians in the year 1003.

There starts to be interested in the Joaillerie, with the work of silverware and continuous to carve in the purest tradition inuit while remaining narrative and close to the traditional life of hunting and the animal representation.

Source

  • Biography on inuitarteskimoart.com

External bonds

  • works on www.inuitfinearts.com
  • works on www.inuitfinearts.com
  • works on www.canadian-arctic.ch
  • works on www.inuitimages.com
  • works and coulter biography on thequestgallery.com
  • works on www.homeandaway.biz

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