THOMASIE ALIKATUKTUK (ALILKATUKTUK; THOMASEE; TOMASIE) Born: March 21, 1953 Male E6-686
Place of Birth: Tuapait, Baffin Island
Resides: Pangnirtung
Prints, Printmaking, Sculpture, Tapestries
Thomasee is the brother of graphic artists Ananaisee Alikatuktuk and
Annie Pitsiulak.
"When I was a child, my grandmother told me many stories about the way
Inuit people used to live. If she knew about drawing and printmaking, I
believe she would support what I am trying to do."
Thomasie Alikatuktuk
Pangnirtung Print Catalogue 1984
EXHIBITIONS: 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, Pangnirtung Print Collection (printmaker)
1984, 1985, 1986, 1995 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1973 First Collection of Prints from Pangnirtung
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, Pangnirtung Print Collection
1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, (annual collection)
1994, 1995 (illustrated catalogue)
Sep - Oct 1983 Inuit Survival
Enook Galleries, Waterloo, Ontario
Presented at the University of Waterloo
Art Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
April 1984 Games of the Inuit
Northern Images
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Nov - Dec 1984 50 Inuit Prints
Canadian Arctic Producers in
coordination with the Hudson's Bay
Company Inuit Art Marketing Service,
held at Simpson's
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
July 1986 Pangnirtung Print Retrospective: 1973-1986
Organized by Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
Limited, Pangnirtung, at Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Feb - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jan - Feb 1988 Tapestries from Eskimo Weavers
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1977 "Taleelayu and Family", printed by Thomasie, was reproduced as a poster and
on the cover of"The Inuit Print/L'Estampe inuit".
1977 In January, attended Printmaker's Conference in Ottawa. Also attended "The
Inuit Print/L'Estampe inuit"at the Musee du Quebec.
1978 Received a Canada Council travel grant to attend the opening of the 1978
Pangnirtung Print Collection at the Upstairs Gallery in Winnipeg.
1985 Attended the opening of the 1985 Pangnirtung Print Collection at the Upstairs
Gallery in Winnipeg.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Houston, John
ART & SOUL: A roaring fire destroyed their home, but not their
dreams. A story of the steel spirit and true heart of arctic
art. EQUINOX: No. 81; June 1995, pp. 70-85.
National Museum of Man
THE INUIT PRINT = L'ESTAMPE INUIT: A Travelling Exhibition... =
Une exposition itinerante... Ottawa: National Museum of Man,
National Museums of Canada, 1977.
Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
PANGNIRTUNG PRINT RETROSPECTIVE: 1973-1986. Pangnirtung:
Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative, 1986.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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