Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory is a kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) performance artist, poet, actor, curator, storyteller and writer based in Iqaluit, Nunavut. She is known for performing uaajeerneq, a Greenlandic mask dance that involves storytelling centred around three elements: fear, humour and sexuality. She performs internationally, collaborates with other artists and is a fierce advocate for Inuit artists. Her collaborative work Ikumagialiit, 2019, commissioned for Àbadakone | Continuous Fire | Feu continuel by the National Gallery of Canada, is featured on the cover of the exhibition publication. Laakkuluk is the recipient of the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award, 2018, Dora Mavor Moore Award, 2018, Indigenous Artist Award of the Sinchi Foundation, 2020, and was longlisted for the 2021 Sobey Art Award.
