AAYURAA STUDIO
MATTHEW NUQINGAQ

Mathew is an Iqaluit-based artist who is dedicated to supporting the Inuit artistic community. In 2007, Mathew founded Aayuraa Studio in Iqaluit where he works alongside evolving and established artists. The studio is named after snow goggles, with the subtextual meaning of protecting the artistic vision of Inuit artists. Mathew’s talent and passion for representing Inuit culture and traditions through his work has resulted in unique and wearable pieces. The designs reflect Inuit tools, arctic animals and draw on popular figures from Inuit stories that are made in primarily sterling silver. Although all hand crafted in his humble studio in the North, Matthew’s work has travelled far and wide, in 2017 Prince Charles was gifted a pair of his silver snow goggles, and his earrings made their Paris Fashion Week debut in 2019.

Hand fabricated and cast sterling silver
Semiprecious gemstones and material sourced in Nunavut.