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Inuit Art Source
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since 1987
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Specializing in high-end museum quality art.
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Kaka (Qaqaq) Ashoona Biography
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"Sedna Embracing Walrus"
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Quartzite (Arctic Marble)
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22" High x 15" Wide
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A Masterpiece - $21,500
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858-459-1700
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KAKA ASHOONA (QAQAQ;
HAKA; QAQAK; HAKKAK; QUGAG)
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Born: September 18, 1928 - 1996 Male E7-1101
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Resides: Cape Dorset
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Sculpture
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
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| May 1953 |
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Eskimo Carvings: Coronation Exhibition Gimpel Fils London, England |
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(illustrated catalogue) |
| 1955 |
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Eskimo Sculpture arranged by the Department of Northern Affairs and |
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National Resources, and the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa,Ont. |
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(catalogue) |
| 1967 |
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Eskimo Sculpture Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba |
| April - May 1967 |
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Legislative Building Winnipeg, Manitoba. (illustrated catalogue) |
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Carvings and Prints by the Family of Pitseolak Robertson Galleries. |
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Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1968 |
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Eskimo Sculpture Man & His World, Arctic Pavilion Montreal, Quebec |
| May - June 1969 |
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Eskimo Sculpture '69. Robertson Galleries Ottawa, Ontario |
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(illustrated catalogue) |
| 1970 |
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Mythology in Stone. Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec |
| June - July 1970 |
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Sculpture Canadian Eskimo Arts Council a competition/exhibition |
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organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the N.W.T. Yellowknife, |
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Northwest Territories. |
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(illustrated catalogue) |
| September - October 1970 |
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Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival. Alaska Methodist University Galleries |
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Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. |
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(illustrated catalogue) |
| September - October 1970 |
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The Woodget Collection of Eskimo Art and Artifacts Nova Scotia |
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Museum of Fine Art Halifax, Nova Scotia. (catalogue) |
| November - December 1970 |
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Whalebone and Stone Eskimo Carvings. Waddington Galleries Montreal, |
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Quebec (illustrated catalogue) |
| 1971 |
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Sculpture in Miniature. Canadian Guild of Crafts Montreal, Quebec |
| 1971 - 1973 |
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Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic Canadian Eskimo |
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Arts Council, Ottawa, Ontario. (tour) (illustrated catalogue) |
| January - February 1971 |
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The Art of the Eskimo. Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser |
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University,Burnaby, British Columbia. (catalogue) |
| September - October 1971 |
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Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the Collection of York University Art |
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Gallery of York University Downsview, Ontario. (illustrated catalogue) |
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| January - February 1972 |
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- INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection of Inuit Art McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario |
| January - March 1972 |
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- Eskimo Fantastic Art Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour)
(illustrated catalogue) |
| October - November 1973 |
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- Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec |
| December 1973 - January 1974 |
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- Les Eskimos/De Eskimo's,Studio 44 - Passage 44 Brussels, Belgium. (illustrated catalogue) |
| 1974 |
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- Cape Dorset Sculpture. Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec |
| June - September 1974 |
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- Ulu/Inua: Form and Fantasy in Eskimo, Art Casino Gallery, Ravinia Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (catalogue) |
| August 1974 |
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- Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists, Gallery of the Arctic, Victoria, British Columbia. (illustrated catalogue) |
| 1975 |
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- Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (illustrated catalogue) |
| January 1975 |
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- The Hand, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario. (illustrated catalogue) |
| September 1975 |
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Sedna, the sea spirit: Sculpture in bone and stone. The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario |
| April 1976 |
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- Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition, Baffin Regional School Iqaluit, Northwest Territories |
| September 1976 |
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- The Bear, the Owl, the Walrus. The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| 1977 |
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- Kaka and Axangayuk.Gallery Shop,London Public Library, London, Ontario |
| March - June 1978 |
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- The Coming and Going of the Shaman:Eskimo Shamanism and Art. Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba. (illustrated catalogue) |
| October 1978 |
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- Kiawak, Kumwartok, Kaka: The Sons of Pitseolak Ashoona - Cape Dorset. The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario. (illustrated brochure) |
| 1979 - 1981 |
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- By the Light of the Qulliq: Eskimo Life in the Canadian Arctic. Smithsonian Institution, A travelling exhibition of Inuit art from the Feheley Collection. Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
(tour) (illustrated catalogue) |
| July 1979 - May 1980 |
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- Inuit Art in the 1970s. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Kingston, Ontario (tour)
(illustrated catalogue) |
| October 1979 |
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- Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia. (illustrated catalogue) |
| 1980 |
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- Eskimo Sculpture from the Eastern Arctic. Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
| January - February 1980 |
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- Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| January - March 1980 |
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Cape Dorset. Winnipeg Art Galler, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (illustrated catalogue) |
| February - March 1980 |
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- Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of Important Inuit Sculpture. Waddington Galleries, Toronto, Ontario |
| September - October 1980 |
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La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea Goddess. Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal Montreal, Quebec. (tour) (illustrated catalogue) |
| May - June 1981 |
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- Four Cape Dorset Sculptors. Theo Waddington Galleries, Toronto, Ontario |
| September - October 1981 |
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- The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan. (illustrated catalogue) |
| October - November 1981 |
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- 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) |
| 1982 |
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- Ashoona Kaka. Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue) |
| March - April 1982 |
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- Songs in Stone. The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| 1983 |
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- An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver , Vancouver, British Columbia. (illustrated catalogue) |
| October - December 1983 |
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- Inuit Masterworks: Selections from the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario |
| November 1983 - January 1984 |
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- Inuit Art at Rideau Hall. Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, Ontario |
| February - March 1984 |
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- Canadian Inuit Art, City Hall , Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland |
| February 1984 - June 1986 |
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- Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers, Ottawa, Ontario. (tour) (illustrated catalogue) |
| March - June 1984 |
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- The Oral Tradition, National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Ontario |
| June 1984 |
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- Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them. he Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| September - October 1984 |
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- On the Land. The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A |
| November 1984 - February 1985 |
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- Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper: Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
| October 1986 |
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- Masterwork Sculpture 1986. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia. (illustrated catalogue) |
| January 1987 |
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- Contemporary Sculpture from the Arctic. Arctic Artistry. Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. |
| February - June 1987 |
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- The Lindsay and Swartz Collections: New Acquisitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| March 1988 |
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- Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| October 1988 |
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Opening Exhibition, Nunavut Fine Arts Limited, Toronto, Ontario |
| November 1988 - April 1989 |
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- Night Spirits: Cape Dorset 1960-1965, Winnipeg Art Gallery , Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| December 1988 - 1989 |
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- 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 Civilizatio, Ottawa, Ontario. (tour) (illustrated catalogue) |
| January - February 1989 |
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- The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50's and 60's, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario. (illustrated brochure) |
| February - April 1989 |
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- Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of Inuit Art. Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies,Banff, Alberta. (tour) (illustrated brochure) |
| June 1989 |
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- Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, New York, U.S.A. (tour) (illustrated catalogue) |
| January - September 1990 |
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- Arctic Mirror. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec |
| May 1990 |
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- Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints by Well-Known Inuit Artists. Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. |
| June - July 1990 |
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- Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic. Feheley Fine Arts,Toronto, Ontario |
| June 1990 - July 1992 |
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- The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit ArtWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (tour) (illustrated catalogue) |
| December 1990 - January 1991 |
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- 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 |
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- Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| February - March 1991 |
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- Cape Dorset Sculpture. McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario |
| February - June 1991 |
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- Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (first exhibition) , Vancouver Inuit Art Society, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| June - September 1991 |
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- Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (second exhibition),Vancouver Inuit Art Society,Vancouver, British Columbia |
| August - September 1991 |
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- Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters & the Next Generation, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia. (illustrated catalogue) |
| May 1992 |
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- Our Hoods Are Full. Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. |
| October - November 1992 |
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- Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories. Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. (illustrated catalogue) |
| November - December 1992 |
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- Inuit, New Acquisitions. Pucker Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| November - December 1992 |
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- Sculpture Inuit. Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, Quebec |
| December 1992 |
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- Small Sculptures by Great Artists I. Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario |
| April - July 1993 |
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- Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (illustrated brochure) |
| November 1993 - March 1994 |
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- The Inuit Imagination. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| July 1994 |
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- Arctic Spirit35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art . Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. |
| October 1994 |
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- Sculpture of the Inuit: Major Works by the Masters of Stone, Maslak McLeod Canadian Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. |
| March - July 1995 |
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- Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesie, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Contemporanea, Verona, Italy. (illustrated catalogue) |
| September - October 1995 |
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- Sedna: The Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario. (illustrated catalogue) |
| April 1973 |
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- Sculpture by Kaka of Cape Dorset Gallery of the Arctic, Victoria, British Columbia |
| November 1973 |
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- Kaka Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| April - May 1981 |
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- Kaka Ashoona: Sculpture, Theo Waddington, New York, New York, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) |
| December 1981 |
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- Kaka Ashoona: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| February - March 1990 |
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- Kaka Ashoona Sculpture, nuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A. |
| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario |
| Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario |
| Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario |
| Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, 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. |
| Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
| Fitzgerald Collection, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta |
| GE Canada Inuit Art Collection, Mississauga, Ontario |
| Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta |
| Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
| Kroller Muller Museum, Holland |
| McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario |
| Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec |
| National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |
| New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
| Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta |
| Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario |
| University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta |
| Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| York University, Toronto, Ontario |
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| HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: |
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1973 Received a short term grant from the Canada Council to accumulate pieces for
a one-man-show. |
| 1988 Attended the gala opening of the new National Galley of Canada in Ottawa. |
1989 June: Attended the opening of the `Masters of the Arctic' exhibition
in New York. |
1990 Travelled to Vancouver for his solo exhibition, visited Victoria and was
featured on CTV National News. |
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| SELECTED REFERENCES: |
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| SCOTS SEE ESKIMO CARVINGS. Winnipeg Free Press, January 3, 1979. Blodgett, Jean |
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| SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT |
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| SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1986. |
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| Canadian Arctic Producers, KAKA ASHOONA. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative, Limited, 1983. |
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Canadian Eskimo Arts Counci, 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. |
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| Gillmor, Alison, THE ASHOONA FAMILY OF CAPE DORSET. Inuit Art Quarterly, 10(2), Summer 1995, pp. 38-39. Hinds, Barbara |
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| KAKA'S MASSIVE CARVINGS REVEAL THIS ARTIST'S ORIGINAL TALENT. Halifax Mail Star, November 29, 1973 |
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| Inuit Art Collection, CAPE DORSET: Sculptors and their Sculpture. Manchester, Conn.: The Inuit Art Collection, 1981. |
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| Inuit Galerie KAKA ASHOONA. Mannheim, F.D.C.:Inuit Galerie, 1982. |
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| Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, AN ENDURING TRADITION: Inuit Carving from Arctic Quebec. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983. |
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| Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1986. |
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| Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian, Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979. |
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Jackson, Marion E.
THE ASHOONAS OF CAPE DORSET: In Touch with Tradition.
North/Nord, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 1982. pp.14-18. |
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Macduff, Alistair, LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982. |
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| Malone, Judy, CONTRASTS VIVIDLY SHOWN BY TWO ESKIMO ARTISTS. London Evening, Free Press, February 28, 1977. |
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| Marion Scott Gallery, ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992. |
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Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981. |
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Routledge, Marie, ASHOONA: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh,
editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 3:1514, 1985. |
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Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965. |
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| Swinton, George, SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. |
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Winnipeg Art Gallery, THE IAN LINDSAY COLLECTION. The WAG Magazine, February/March, 1986. p.17
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