Johnny Inukpuk
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JOHNNY INUKPUK Born: 1911 Male E9-904 Resides: Inukjuak Sculpture, Prints Johnny began carving while still living out on the land. He moved his family into Inukjuak in the early 1950s and went on to become a leader in his community and a highly respected artist. EXHIBITIONS: May 1953 Eskimo Carvings: Coronation Exhibition Gimpel Fils London, England (illustrated catalogue) 1955 Eskimo Sculpture arranged by the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, and the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Ontario (catalogue) 1967 The Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Toronto-Dominion Bank Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) August - September 1968 Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and Paintings of Norval Morrisseau Art Association of Newport Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1968 Eskimo Canada Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec and La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, held at Place Bonaventure Montreal, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) 1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic Canadian Eskimo Arts Council Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1971 The Art of the Eskimo Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia (catalogue) September - October 1971 Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the Collection of York University Art Gallery of York University Downsview, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) February - April 1973 The Bessie Bulman Collection Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) 1974 Arctic Quebec Print Collection II (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) October - November 1974 Eskimo Art Queens Museum Flushing, New York, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) 1975 Collector's Dolls and Baskets Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec 1975 - 1979 We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - July 1975 Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd. Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) October - November 1978 Eskimo Art Embankment Gallery London, England (illustrated catalogue) September 1979 Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen and Bears Cottage Craft Gifts & Fine Arts Ltd. Calgary, Alberta October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
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