Ingo Hessel

Ingo Hessel has been deeply involved with Inuit art and artists for a long time, and for twelve years was Special Projects Officer and Co-ordinator of the Canadian Inuit Art Information Centre of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs for the Government of Canada. His interest in Inuit art has also led to teaching courses at the University of Ottawa, curating exhibitions and publishing numerous articles in journals. His booklet Canadian Inuit Sculpture was published by Canadian Indian and Northern Affairs in nine languages; so far 400,000 copies have been distributed around the world. He lives in Ottawa, where he is now an Inuit art consultant and writer.