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Johnny Inukpuk

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