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Aisa Aupaluktuk

AISA AMITTU (ISA; AVILIAJU; AMMITTU; AISAAPI; AMATTUK; AMITUK)


Born: September 6, 1951 Male E9-1976

Resides: Akulivik; also lived in Povungnituk.

Sculpture, Prints, Printmaking


Aisa Amittu was born on September 6, 1951 in Povungnituk where he completed five years of formal education at the local federal school. Aisa has two brothers (including the artist Johnny Amittuk), and two sisters Although he recently took up residence in Akulivik he maintains his ties with Povungnituk and especially with the Povungnituk carvers whom he frequently visits.


Aisa began to carve when he was about fourteen years old. He learned the various carving techniques by watching his father, the famous artist Davidialuk. Aisa favours traditional carving themes such as mythological creatures,Inuit legends, and scenes of the hunt. His carvings tend to be solid and heavy, and convey some sense of the original stone. Aisa' s adherence to highly representational depictions of the figure, are reminiscent of the work of established Povungnituk sculptors such as his father and Juanisialu Irqumia.



EXHIBITIONS:


  • November 1981 - Arctic Quebec Sculpture/Toni Onley Watercolours Houston North Gallery Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (illustrated catalogue)


  • December 1983 - Artists of Arctic Quebec Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)


  • October 1988 - Inuit Legends in Stone, Canadian Guild of Crafts Montreal, Quebec (illustrated brochure)


  • 1989 - Povungnituk Print Collection (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)

  • June 1990 - July 1992 - The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue}


  • June - August 1991 Aux frontieres de l' imaginaire inuit.Galerie du Trait-Carre Charlesbourg, Quebec (illustrated brochure)


  • February 1992 - Contact Grandeur Nature: Exposition d'arts amerindien et inuit du Quebec Ministere de la Sante et des Services sociaux Quebec, Quebec (brochure)


  • June - October 1992 - Nouveau Territoires 350/500 Ans Apres, Presented at les maisons de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Damede-Grace, and Rosemont-Petite Patrie Montreal Recreation and Community Development Service and les Ateliers Visions Planetaire Montreal, Quebec (tour) {illustrated catalogue}

EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED


  • November 1993 - March 1994 - The Inuit Imagination Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba


  • September - October 1994 - Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo' s Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans Edegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure}


  • November - December 1995 - Miniaturen Inuit Galerie Mannheim, Germany (brochure)


  • October - November 1996 - Old Friends Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit art Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)


  • December 1996 - March 1997 - Beelden uit Arctica Canuit Canadian Eskimo Art Venray, Netherlands


  • March 1997 - Inuit and the Sea Canuit Canadian Eskimo Art Eindhoven, Netherlands



SOLO EXHIBITIONS:


  • 1988 - Aisa Amittu Inuit Galerie Mannheim, Germany {illustrated catalogue)


  • November - December 1989 - Aisa Amittu Michel Tetreault Galerie Contemporain Montreal, Quebec


  • March - April 1993 - Filiation et dissidence: Aisa Amittu Peintures - Sculptures La Galerie Le Loup De Gouttiere. Quebec, Quebec



COLLECTIONS:


Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec

Musee d'art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, Quebec,

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


SELECTED REFERENCES:


Desy, Jean

KAVISILAQ: IMPRESSIONS NORDIQUES: Oeuvres de Aisa Amittu. Quebec: Editions du Loup de Gouttiere, 1992


Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec

FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS FROM NOUVEAU QUEBEC. Montreal: La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1988.


Inuit Galerie

AISA AMITTU.Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1988.


Inuit Galerie

INUIT MINIATUREN. Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1990.


Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

ARTISTS OF ARCTIC QUEBEC, Vancouver 1983. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver.


Noel, Michel

NUNAVIMIUT: ART INUIT = INUIT ART. Pointe-Claire, Quebec: Roussan en collaboration avec l' Institut cultural AVATAQ, 1992 (Collection LE TAMBOUR).


Seidelman, Harold and James Turner

THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.


Vision Planetaire

NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS aborigene contemporain du Canada. Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992. APRES: Une exposition d' art Montreal: Vision Planetaire :


Winnipeg Art Gallery

THE FIRST PASSIONATE COLLECTOR: THE IAN LINDSAY COLECTION OF INUIT ART: Le premier collectionneur passionne: La Collection d'art Inuit Ian Lindsay. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery 1990.