The Alaska House Art Gallery: Earl Atchak

About Earl:

Born in Chevak, Alaska in 1965 Earl Auralria Atchak studied carving with John Pingayak, Jerome Slats and many of his village elders.

He has been carving since 1980 and began a career as a professional artist in 1986 selling his work to traveling collectors. He quickly gained a reputation as a versatile artist working with a variety of media (including driftwood, ivory, bone, skins) to create masks, detailed Cupik figures, and elaborate dioramas depiciting his villages' lifestyle.

Earl Atchak

Capturing the essence and character of his subjects with simple and elegant lines, each work becomes a powerful statement. His work reveals an artist with great respect for his cultural identity and show his impressive mastery of three dimensions.

In 1990 Earl wrote and acted in a play that was produced by the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. The play traveled to New York City and was performed in the SoHo Theatre.

Old Hunter and Scared Hunter

	Earl still lives in Chevak and provides for his family with year-round subsistence hunting and his art. His wife, Lisa Unin of Chevak does all the skin sewing for Earl's projects and they have twin sons that are 14 years old.
Lisa Unin sews the skin used in Earl's work		artist and sons