Thomassie Echalook
| THOMASEE ECHALOOK (THOMASSIE; ECHALUK; EKALUK) Born: July 20, 1935 Male E9-1586 Place of Birth: Echalook's camp Resides: Inukjuak Sculpture, Drawings, Prints Thomasee is the son of the Inukjuak carver Lucassie Echalook. His brother Peter is also a carver. EXHIBITIONS: April - May 1959 Contemporary Eskimo Sculpture St. James Church New York, New York, U.S.A. (catalogue) 1972, 1974, 1975 Arctic Quebec Print Collection (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) 1973, 1974 Arctic Quebec Print Collection II (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) Oct - Nov 1973 Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec 1975 Arctic Quebec Print Collection (printmaker) (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) 1976 Inoucdjouac Print Collection (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) Jan 1977 - Jun 1982 The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E. Lee Collection of Prints University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta (illustrated catalogue) Nov - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics Jerusalem Artists' House Museum Jerusalem, Israel (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1979 Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative exhibition from the collection of Professor and Mrs. Philip Gray Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A. (catalogue) Nov - Dec 1979 In Celebration Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec 1980 Eskimo Prints from Nouveau-Quebec 1974-1978 Ufundi Gallery Ottawa, Ontario June 1980 Sculptures from Inoucdjouac The Inuit Art Collection, James F. Bacon Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) Feb - Aug 1982 Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec Musee du Quebec Quebec, Quebec (illustrated brochure) Oct - Nov 1982 Inuit Sculpture 1982 The Raven Gallery Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) June 1983 An Enduring Tradition: Inuit Carving from Arctic Quebec Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) September 1983 The Way We Were - Traditional Eskimo Life Snow Goose Associates Seattle, Washington, USA Jan - Feb 1984 Art Inuit Galerie Castel Avignon, France May 1984 Art Inuit Banque Royale du Canada Paris, France July 1984 Treasures from Canada's Arctic Heritage Place Uxbridge, Ontario October 1984 Images of the Far North Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York Binghamton, New York, U.S.A. November 1986 The Ancestors/Links Between Worlds Minnesota Museum of Art Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past Arctic Artistry Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A. May - June 1987 Inuit Art Exhibition Whitby Arts Incorporated, The Station Gallery Whitby, Ontario November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987 Arctic Artistry Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. October 1988 Inuit Legends in Stone Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec (illustrated brochure) April 1990 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe Le Touquet, France Jun 1990-Jul 1992 The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue) Dec 1990 - Feb 1991 Drummers The Guild Shop Toronto, Ontario March - April 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre La Ciotat, France April - May 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe Le Touquet, France May - June 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at La Halle aux Bles Saint Malo, France June - August 1991 Aux frontieres de l'imaginaire inuit Galerie du Trait-Carre Charlesbourg, Quebec (illustrated brochure) July 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation Thonon, France November 1991 Early Masterpieces of Inuit Sculpture Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario February 1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee Grainau, Germany March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec Montreal, Quebec COLLECTIONS: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A. Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, U.S.A. Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario Toronto Board of Education Archives and Museum, Toronto, Ontario University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba SELECTED REFERENCES: Barz, Sandra B., ed. CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES. New York : Arts & Culture of the North, 1990. Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS D'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts, c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver AN ENDURING TRADITION: Inuit Carving from Arctic Quebec. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983. Noel, Michel NUNAVIMIUT: ART INUIT = INUIT ART. Pointe-Claire, Quebec: Roussan en collaboration avec l'Institut cultural AVATAQ, 1992 (Collection LE TAMBOUR). Roberts, A. Barry THE INUIT ARTISTS OF INOUCDJOUAC, P.Q: Historical and Biographical Information for the Viewers and Collectors of Eskimo Art. Montreal: La Federation des Co-operatives du Noveau Quebec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1978. Swinton, George SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995 |
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