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Conlucy Niviaxie

CONLUCY NIVIAXIE (CORNELEUS; CORNELIUS; EPUK; CONCLUCY)

Born: August 28, 1940 in Abraham Nastapoka's camp Male

Resides in Inukjuak (Port Harrison/Inoucdjouac)

Sculpture

EXHIBITIONS:

· 1967 - Eskimo Sculpture Manitoba Legislative Building presented by the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg (catalogue)

· 1971 – 1973- Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic Canadian Eskimo Arts Counci1, Ottawa (international tour) (illustrated catalogue)

· November 1976 - January 1977 - Port Harrison/ Inoucdjouac Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg (illustrated catalogue)

· 1979 - In Celebration Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal

· Oct. 1979 - Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver (illustrated catalogue)

· 1979 - Legends Images Art Gallery, Toronto

· December 1983 - Artists of Arctic Quebec Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver

· January – February - 1984 Art Inuit Galerie du Castel, Avignon, France

· May 1984 - Art Inuit Banque Royale du Canada, Paris, France

· Summer 1984 - Sculptures Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec Quebec 84, Quebec City

· June - August 1986 - Arnaq: Representation of the Woman in Inuit Art La Maison de la Culture de NotreDame-de-Grace. Montreal

· January - February 1989 - The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50' s and 60' s The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure)

· November 1991 - Early Masterpieces of Inuit Sculpture Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario

· February - March 1992 - Recent Stone Sculpture from Arctic Quebec Arctic Artistry Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S A.

EXHIBITIONS Continued

· May - September 1995 - Keeping Our Stories Alive : An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada Institute of American Indian Arts Museum Santa Fe, New Mexico, U. S A. {illustrated catalogue}

· July 1995 - Sunakutagnuvalautut : Things from the Past Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario

· March - April 1996 - Major /Minor Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia

COLLECTIONS :

Winnipeg Art Gallery., Winnipeg

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec

Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College,

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Canadian Eskimo Arts Council

SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit : chef s -d'oeuvre de l' Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971.

Institute of American Indian Arts Museum

KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M. : American Institute of Native Arts Museum, 1995.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

ARTISTS OF ARCTIC QUEBEC. Vancouver, 1983.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.

Swinton, George

SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.

Winnipeg Art Gallery

PORT HARRISON/INOUCDJOUAC . 1977. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery,

Conlucy Niviaxie was born on August 28, 1940. He was one of seven brothers, four living now in Great Whale River, and three in Inoucdjouac. Conclucy is married to Alicie (Kasudluak) they have a son, Samwille.

The following is an extract from the catalogue prepared for Sculpture of the Inuit – Masterworks Exhbition of the Canadian Arctic, 1979. Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

“Cornelius is the son of the carver Conlucy Niviaxie (E9-728) of Inoucdjouac. Many members o

the Niviaxie family are outstanding artists and prominent members of their community.

Cornelius is always able to achieve a good sense of motion in his carvings. The gracefulmovement of his hunters and wrestlers are not unlike those of his father. Cornelius’ themes are everyday events authentically detailed. This genre is common to the artists of Inoucdjouac and Povungnituk. Sculpture: Masterworks, 1971.