Ken Kirkby

Born in September 1940 in London, England.
His family moved to Spain in 1945 and then one year later to Portugal where he spent his formative years.
He moved to Canada in 1958 and almost immediately made his way north. During a five-year period he lived with various groups of Inuit and traveled Canada’s far north extensively, recording the landscape, the people and the conditions in a vast collection of drawings.
During the time in northern Canada, he discovered the awe-inspiring stone structures known as “Inukshuks”, and his art captures the grandeur of these creations

Artwork by Ken Kirkby