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Tuna Iquilik

TUNA IQULIQ (DONAT; QUALLER; TOONA; ERKOLIK; IKUULIK; ERKOOLIK; ERQULUK)

Born: 1935 Male E2-167
Place of Birth: near Baker Lake
Resides: Baker Lake; also lived in Rankin Inlet
Sculpture

Tuna's sons Johnny and Louie, and his daughter Camille, are all carvers.

EXHIBITIONS:

November - December 1964

Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T. Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1965 Arctic Values '65 New Brunswick Museum with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs St. John, New Brunswick (illustrated catalogue) 1967 [Inuit Art Exhibition] Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba 1967 Eskimo Sculpture Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) June - July 1970 Sculpture Canadian Eskimo Arts Council a competition/exhibition organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the N.W.T. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (illustrated catalogue) 1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic Canadian Eskimo Arts Council Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1972

INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection of Inuit Art McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec March 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) June - August 1976 The People Within - Art from Baker Lake Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) June 1977 Sheokju of Cape Dorset & Eleven Sculptors of Baker Lake Victor Waddington Gallery London, England (illustrated catalogue) August - November 1978

The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1979

In Celebration Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec April - May 1980 Baker Lake - Drawings, Sculpture, Tapestries Theo Waddington Toronto, Ontario August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) April 1981 - March 1982 Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada National Museum of Man, Ottawa and Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd. Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) July - August 1981 Three Artists of Baker Lake Image of the Inuit Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. December 1981 Baker Lake - Sculpture and Wallhangings Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec February 1984 - June 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) April - May 1986 Sixty Diminutive Eskimo Carvings Images of the North San Francisco, California July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of the Spirit Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) 1987 Collectable Sculpture 1987 Webster Galleries Calgary, Alberta (illustrated catalogue) September - November 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) December 1987 - February 1988

Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras Arras, France (illustrated catalogue) October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club Chicago, Illinois November 1988 Primitive Art from the Arctic Arctic Artistry Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. November - December 1988

[Inuit Art Exhibition] Orca Aart, presented at Neiman Marcus Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. November - December 1988

Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawings from the Canadian Arctic Gallery 100 Hudson New York, New York, U.S.A. December 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada Canadian Museum of Civilization Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) February - March 1989 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at St. Marcellin France March - April 1989 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet France June - July 1989 Baker Lake Sculpture The Upstairs Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) June - July 1989 The Iquliq Family of Baker Lake: Tuna, Camilla, Johnny, Louie. Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) August 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon France October 1989 Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille France October - December 1989

Baffin Images Orca Aart Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. December 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Chiroux, Centre Culturel de la Wallonie, Liege Belgium 1990 Baker Lake Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) January 1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold France January - September 1990

Arctic Mirror Canadian Museum of Civilization Hull, Quebec February - March 1990 Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada) by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries, Brugge, Belgium March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison Falleur, Cambrai France April 1990 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe Le Touquet, France December 1990 - January 1991

A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada's Arctic Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. February 1991 Animals of the Arctic Arctic Inuit Art Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. April - June 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France June - July 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere Ensisheim, France June - November 1991 Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Ontario August - September 1991

Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Akenaton Troyes, France October - December 1991

Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert Le Havre, France October 1992 - January 1993 Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) April 1993 The Art of Keewatin Arctic Artistry Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. April - May 1994 Mythic Image Ancestral Spirits Gallery Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A. July 1994 Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art Frye Art Museum Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. September - October 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans Edegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure) November 1995 Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step... Galerie D'Art Vincent Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1996 Major/Minor Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1977 Sculpture by Erkoolik of Baker Lake The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario September - October 1979 Tuna Iquliq - Recent Sculpture The Guild Shop Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) June 1981 Tuna Iquliq Inuit Galerie Mannheim, Germany (illustrated catalogue) September 1993 Tuna Iquliq Inuit Galerie Mannheim, Germany (illustrated brochure) COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A. Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba SELECTED REFERENCES: EIGHT ARTISTS FROM BAKER LAKE EXHIBIT AT ART GALLERY. City Dweller, Ward-7 Edition (Toronto), July 1976. FRAGMENTS FROM THE NORTH: a Collage on Acculturation. Arts Manitoba, vol.3, no.4, Fall 1984, pp. 26-28. IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988. Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev. INUNNIT: The Art of the Canadian Eskimo = L'art des Eskimaux du Canada. / by W. T. Larmour. French translation by Jacques Brunet. Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1967. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971. Galerie d'art Vincent NOT JUST A DANCING STEP = PLUS QU'UN PAS DE DANSE: An Inuit Art Exhibition organized by Galerie d'art Vincent, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada = Une exposition d'art Inuit... Ottawa: Galerie d'art Vincent [1996]. Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1974. Inuit Galerie TUNA IQULIQ. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany : Inuit Galerie, 1981. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver BAKER LAKE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver [1990]. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979. Iquliq, Tuna TUNA IQULIQ: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979. Lipton, Barbara ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984. Macduff, Alistair LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982. Marion Scott Gallery INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT: Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996]. Parkin, Jeanne THE PEOPLE WITHIN: ART FROM BAKER LAKE = LES GENS DE L'INTERIEUR: L'ART DE BAKER LAKE. Artmagazine, vol. 7, no. 28, Summer/ete, 1976. pp.66-75. Ritchie, Carson I.A. THE ESKIMO AND HIS ART. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1974. [London and New York, 1975]. Sanavik Cooperative SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974. Swinton, George ARTISTS FROM THE KEEWATIN. Canadian Art, vol. 23, no. 2, April, 1966. pp.32-34. Swinton, George ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1965. Swinton, George SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. Upstairs Gallery BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Upstairs Gallery 1989. Williamson, Robert G. THE SPIRIT OF KEEWATIN, N.W.T. The Beaver, Summer, 1965. pp.4-13. Winnipeg Art Gallery DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM BAKER LAKE. Winnipeg, Man.: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1992. Winnipeg Art Gallery ESKIMO CARVERS OF KEEWATIN N.W.T. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery with the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1964. Winnipeg Art Gallery SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.