Pavinak Petalaussie

PAVINAQ PETAULASSIE   (PUBINUK)

       Born:  October 8, 1961       Male       E7-1959

       Resides:  Cape Dorset

       Sculpture

       Pavinaq's father, the late Aggeak Petaulassie (1983), was also a carver.     

       His mother Timangiak, and brothers Qatsiya and Etidlui are artists in Cape   

       Dorset.                                                                      

       " My father used to tell me about carving...I like carving in stone because it

       is easier to work with." Pavinaq began carving in the early 1970s and prefers

       groupings of birds or walrus, " They are beautiful animals, that's why."     

                                 from an interview with the                         

                                 Inuit Art Section Nov. 1994.                       

       EXHIBITIONS:

       March - April 1984            Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces

                                                   of the Eskimo                                    

                                                   Colorado Galleries of the Arts,                  

                                                   Arapahoe Community College                       

                                                   Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.

       May - June 1991                Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints

                                                   Albers Gallery                                   

                                                   San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

                                                   (illustrated brochure)

       November - Decr 1993    The Treasured Monument

                                                   Marion Scott Gallery                             

                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       December 1993               Small Sculptures by Great Artists II

                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                

                                                   Toronto, Ontario

       April - June 1995              The Birds of Cape Dorset:

                                                   A collection of sculpture by                     

                                                   32 Cape Dorset Carvers                            

                                                   Albers Gallery                                   

                                                   San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

                                                   (illustrated brochure)

       SELECTED REFERENCES:

       Marion Scott Gallery                             

           THE TREASURED MONUMENT:  An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit

           Sculpture.  Vancouver:  Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.