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Maudie Ohitook

MAUDIE RACHEL OKITTUQ   (OHKITOOK; OKHETOOK; MOOAHTEE; OHIKTOOK;

                                OKITTAQ)

       Born:  January 1, 1944       Female       E4-393

       Place of Birth:  Thom Bay

       Resides:  Taloyoak

       Sculpture, Crafts

       Maudie was born at Thom Bay, on the eastern Boothia Peninsula.  She moved to 

       Spence Bay in 1965 and began carving in 1968.  The themes of many of Maudie's

       sculptures are supernatural spirits, deities and creatures.  She enjoys      

       working in whalebone and stone.  Maudie's husband, James Okittuq, is also a  

       carver in Spence Bay.                                                        

 

       EXHIBITIONS:

       1974                                   Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de

                                                   l'arctique canadien                              

                                                   Canadian Eskimo Arts Council                     

                                                   Ottawa, Ontario

                                                   (tour)

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       March - April 1979            Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine

                                                   Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/                

                                                   Dr. Harry Winrob Collection                      

                                                   Surrey Art Gallery                               

                                                   Surrey, British Columbia

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       July 1979 - May 1980       Inuit Art in the 1970s

                                                   Department of Indian Affairs                     

                                                   and Northern Development, and the                

                                                   Agnes Etherington Art Centre                     

                                                   Kingston, Ontario

                                                   (tour)

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       Sept - Oct 1980                 Spence Bay Sculpture: An Expressive Force

                                                   The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art                 

                                                   Toronto, Ontario

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       December 1982                Spence Bay Sculpture

                                                    Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                       

                                                    Vancouver, British Columbia

       February - March 1984     Canadian Inuit Art

                                                   City Hall                                        

                                                   Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland

       1985 - 1986                       Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling

                                                   Celebration of Inuit Sculpture                   

                                                   Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers           

                                                   Ltd., with the assistance of                     

                                                   Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,              

                                                   Ottawa                                           

                                                   (tour)

                                                   (illustrated brochure)

       Aug - Nov 1986                 Die Kunst aus der Arktis

                                                   presented by Inuit Galerie                       

                                                   Mannheim, Germany

                                                   (tour)

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       December 1986                Die Kunst aus der Arktis

                                                   Inuit Galerie, Mannheim                          

                                                   held at the Niedersaechsisches Landesmuseum      

                                                   Hannover, Germany

       Dec 1988 - 1989              Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst

                                                  der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the        

                                                  Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit  

                                                  Art in Canada                                     

                                                  Canadian Museum of Civilization                  

                                                  Ottawa, Ontario

                                                  (tour)

                                                  (illustrated catalogue)

 

       Oct - Nov 1990                  A Woman's Vision

                                                   Art Space Gallery                                

                                                   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

       April - May 1991                Nagdjuk:  Gift of the Caribou

                                                   Art Space Gallery                                

                                                   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

       Aug - Sept 1991                Art Inuit

                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai         

                                                   at Galerie Akenaton                              

                                                   Troyes, France

       Nov - Dec 1991                  Art Inuit:  Autour de la Collection de Cape