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Marion Tuu’luq received an honorary degree from the University of Alberta in 1990. Her visit left a unique impression on the university community, with the common thread being her sense of humour and prevailing modesty about her significant artistic achievements. The vibrant colour and tight composition of her work across media is evocative and reinforced by the high calibre of her craftsmanship. Tuu’luuq’s early life was dominated by hardship, with the death of her immediate family in childhood and the loss of her first husband in a hunting trip during a period of famine in the area. She remarried in 1955–to fellow artist Luke Anguhadluq—before moving into the Qamani’tuaq settlement permanently in 1961. Her self-taught stitching technique is similar to that used in quilting and serves as the foundation for her complex and sophisticated designs. (Source: "Sanaunguabik: Ideas and Transformations in Inuit Art" exhibition didactic material, October 1 - December 21, 2013)