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Nuna Parr

 

NUNA PARR   (NOONA)

       Born:  January 7, 1949       Male       E7-764

       Resides:  Cape Dorset

       Sculpture

                                                                     

                  Nuna's parents, the late Parr and Eleeshushe, are renowned graphic artists

       from the older generation.  His brother, Epirvik, is a carver.  Nuna has been

       carving since the 1960s, preferring wildlife for his subjects.  Nuna and his 

       family have left Cape Dorset to live a more traditional lifestyle, relying on

       hunting and carving for their livelihood.                                    

                                                                                    

       EXHIBITIONS:

       January - Feb 1967          Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo

                                                   Prints & Recent Sculpture                        

                                                   National Gallery of Canada,                      

                                                   in cooperation with the Canadian                 

                                                   Eskimo Art Committee                             

                                                   Ottawa, Ontario

                                                   (tour)

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       March - April 1979            Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine

                                                   Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/                

                                                   Dr. Harry Winrob Collection                      

                                                   Surrey Art Gallery                               

                                                   Surrey, British Columbia

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       November - Dec 1979      In Celebration

                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                  

                                                   Montreal, Quebec

       1980                                   Eskimo Sculpture from the Eastern Arctic

                                                   Ufundi Gallery                                   

                                                   Ottawa, Ontario

 

       January - March 1980      Cape Dorset

                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                             

                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       April 1980                          Art of Baffin

                                                   The Arctic Circle                                

                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

       Sep - October 1980           La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea Goddess                                          

                                                   Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal                 

                                                   Montreal, Quebec

                                                   (tour)

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       1981                                   Cape Dorset Sculptors and Their Sculpture

                                                   The Inuit Art Collection                         

                                                   Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon                      

                                                   Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.A.

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       October - Nov 1981          The Inuit Sea Goddess

                                                   Surrey Art Gallery,                              

                                                   (organized to complement the Musee               

                                                   des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit               

                                                   of the same name)                                

                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       April 1982                          Sculpture Inuit: Stone/Bone

                                                   circa 1960-1979                                  

                                                   Canadiana Galleries                              

                                                   Edmonton, Alberta

       Sep - October 1984          On the Land

                                                   The Arctic Circle                                

                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

       Dec 1984 - Feb 1985      The Last and First Eskimos

                                                   Museum of Science and History                    

                                                   Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.

       Nov - Dec 1986                 Art Inuit

                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                  

                                                   Montreal, Quebec

       Sep - November 1987     The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art

                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                             

                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       March 1988                       Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture

                                                   Arctic Inuit Art Gallery