HENRY EVALUARDJUK (EVALOARDJUK; EVALUAKJUAK; EVALUARJUK; EVALURARJUK; IVALUARDJUK; EEVALOOKJUK) Born: 1923 Male E5-846
Place of Birth: Igloolik
Resides: Iqaluit; also lived in Igloolik, Pond Inlet
Sculpture, Drawings, Paintings
" From Igloolik we moved to Pond Inlet. It was there that I started to carve.
A white man there said that my uncle and one other man were the only people
who carved in this settlement. I told him I knew I could carve too if I
tried...I have been carving since then.
In 1959 I came to Iqaluit from Pond Inlet. I helped to get the Co-op started
and remained working there for three years. When I was working for the
government at the Arts & Crafts [Centre], I was introduced to painting. When
I was a boy I used to draw many pictures. My father got pencils for me from
the white men. I enjoy painting."
Henry Evaluardjuk, 1975. Henry Evaluardjuk was born in 1923 in Igloolik. He had travelled to and lived in Arctic Bay, pond Inlet, Markham Bay, Lake Harbour and Cape Dorset - virtually the length and breadth of Baffin Island, Nunavut. In 1959 Henry has settled down with his family in Iqaluit (meaning fish in Inuktitut; formerly Frobisher Bay), in one of the most famous carving communities in Lower Baffin Island. Henry is known primarily for his sculpture but his talent is equally evident in his drawings and paintings. Henry's style is realism. Like many other Inuit artists, he mostly draws his inspiration from the Arctic wildlife. His favourite subject matter are polar bears, often in unusual or heroic poses, or with exaggerated proportions. Evaluardjuk's ability to bring out the animal essence, rather than seek out the humanness of the animals, is what make his sculpture distinctive. Evaluardjuk is also one of the few Inuit artists to engage in depicting the human face. His exquisite portraits of ordinary people from his community, with their delicate rendering of detail and expressionism, have becom a well-sought item among fine art collectors.
EXHIBITIONS: 1963 Canadian Sculptors of the Arctic
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
January - February 1963 ART ESKIMO
Galerie de France
Paris, France
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1968 Eskimo Canada
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
and La Federation des Cooperatives du
Nouveau-Quebec, held at Place
Bonaventure
Montreal, Quebec
(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)
January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Sculpture from Frobisher Bay
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition
Baffin Regional School
Iqaluit, Northwest Territories
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)
July 1979 - May 1980 Inuit Art in the 1970s
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development, and the
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1979 Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen and
Bears
Cottage Craft Gifts & Fine Arts Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1979 Fine Carvers of Frobisher Bay
Inuk 1
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Jan - Feb 1980 Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
February - March 1980 Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of
Important Inuit Sculpture
Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario
March 1980 Bears in Sculpture
Theo Waddington Inc.
Montreal, Quebec
Nov - Dec 1980 Sculpture from Baffin Island
Pitakvik Inuit Galleries
Calgary, Alberta
September 1981 Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen
& Bears
Cottage Craft Gifts & Fine Arts Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Oct - Dec 1982 Collector's Choice: 1965-1980
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Dec 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
Nov - Dec 1983 Three Exhibitions of Miniature Sculpture
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
Nov 1983 - Mar 1985 Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development, Ottawa, presented at the
General Assembly Building, United Nations
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
Feb 1984 - Jun 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and Canadian
Arctic Producers
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1984 Images of the Far North
Studio Art Gallery,
State University of New York
Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.
December 1984 Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections
from Private Collections and the Government
of Canada
Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives
du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
1985 - 1986 Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling
Celebration of Inuit Sculpture
Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers
Ltd., with the assistance of
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Ottawa
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
1985 - 1986 Selected Canadian Sculpture
Webster Galleries
Calgary, Alberta
(illustrated brochure)
June - August 1985 The Art of Frobisher Bay
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
July 1986 Baffin Island Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1986 Masterwork Sculpture 1986
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1988 Iqaluit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(catalogue)
March 1989 White Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone
and Bone
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
June 1989 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)
Jan - Sep 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
May 1990 Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints
by Well-Known Inuit Artists
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
November 1990 Inuit Masterworks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
February 1991 Animals of the Arctic
Arctic Inuit Art
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
May - Sep 1991 Recent Acquisitions: Watercolors of the Arctic
Landscape and Original Eskimo Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
November 1991 Early Masterpieces of Inuit Sculpture
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
February 1992 The Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980
Westdale Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
February 1994 Henry and Davie:Master Inuit Carvers
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1969 L'art de Henry
Royal Bank of Canada
Montreal, Quebec
December 1977 Henry Evaluardjuk of Frobisher Bay
Pucker/Safrai Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
June 1978 Henry Evaluarjuk
Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario
May 1987 The Sculpture of Henry Evaluardjuk
Eskimo Art Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
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
GE Canada Inuit Art Collection, Mississauga, Ontario
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Nova, An Alberta Corporation, Calgary, Alberta
Nunatta Sunaqutangit Museum, Iqaluit, Northwest Territories
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1968 Received an award for his carving entered in the Frobisher Bay Carving
Competition.
1981 A sculpture by Henry Evaluardjuk was presented to President and Mrs.
Ronald Reagan during their official visit to Canada.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill,
Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
Canadian Arctic Producers
SANAUGASI TAKUJAKSAT: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit
Sculpture. Winnipeg: Canadian Arctic Producers, 1985.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1970.
Canadian Guild of Crafts
ESKIMO CANADA. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts and La
Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1968.
Eskimo Art Gallery
HENRY EVALUARDJUK. Montreal: Eskimo Art Gallery, 1987.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Baffin Island Sculpture. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery, 1986.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: 1965 - 1980. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, l982.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1986.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
Murdoch, Peter
IN RETROSPECT: A PERIPATETIC TRADING POST CLERK: An account of
Peter Murdoch's career in Baffin Island and in northern Quebec
based on an interview ith Marybelle Mitchell in 1985. Inuit
Art Quarterly, 10(2) Summer 1995, pp. 56-59.
Routledge, Marie
INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston,
Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO FANTASTIC ART. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. School
of Art. Gallery 1 1 1, 1972.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
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