Inuk artist · Postville, Nunatsiavut

Erica
Jacque

Thread, paint & ink — foxes mid‑pounce, pitsik on the rail, and tiny kamiik stitched by hand. Working between textile arts, acrylic painting, and stick‑and‑poke tattooing.

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Pair of hand-embroidered jumping fox earrings edged with gold seed beads — Tiriganiak Siummiutaak · embroidery

Miniature kamiik — small hand-sewn boots with red embroidered felt cuffs and fur trim — miniature kamiik

pinned to the board

A few favourite pieces

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three threads

Ways of making

Textile arts

Hand embroidery, beadwork & sewing — embroidered earrings, hoop art and miniature dioramas, stitched by hand.

Painting & digital

Everyday Northern life in saturated colour — acrylic, watercolour and digital work, from Pitsik on the rail to buckets of appik.

Stick‑and‑poke tattooing

Hand-poked work, trained through the Ikajurniq Tattooing Program with Ilitaqsiniq — the Nunavut Literacy Council.

Tintype portrait of Erica Jacque — a monochrome photograph with soft antique texture, looking directly at the camera

tintype by Scott Adamson

about

An Inuk artist from Postville, Nunatsiavut

Erica Jacque alternates between textile arts, acrylic painting, and stick‑and‑poke tattooing — embroidered earrings, hoop art, and miniature dioramas stitched by hand. Inspired by artists like Kenojuak Ashevak and Annie Pootoogook, she recreates iconic Inuit art in embroidery, and comes from a family full of artists.

Her work has appeared in Inuit Art Quarterly, First American Art Magazine and the poetry collection Elements, on the wall of a middle school in Iqaluit, and on the skin of friends across the North.

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Commissions & kind words

Erica takes on digital and physical commissions. Start a note in a couple of clicks, or reach out on Instagram.