ADA EYETOAQ (KINGILIK; IYI'TUAQ; EEYEETOAQ; EYEETOAQ; EEYEETOWAK;
IYI'TAG; EETOOWA; EYITTUAK; EEYEETEETOWAK)
Born: 1934 Female E2-352
Resides: Baker Lake; also lived in Aberdeen Lake
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Crafts
"Baker Lake Inuit artist Ada Eyetoaq is best known for her roughly carved
miniature soapstone sculptures of human figures, though she has also explored
other artistic media. She has created a number of drawings for the Sanavik
Cooperative's print program and a few wool duffel and felt wall-hangings.
Her subject matter is generally inspired by her long years of experience
living in the traditional Inuit hunting culture. She and her family were among
the last to move into the settlement of Baker Lake from their traditional camp
near Beverly Lake in the Keewatin District of the Central Arctic, and she
initially turned to soapstone sculpture as a means of securing some income at
a time when her family could no longer depend on hunting and trapping for
their livelihood. Eyetoaq's husband, James Kingilik, is also an aritst and
produces primarily soapstone sculpture."
Marion E. Jackson
In "North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical
Dictionary" 1995.
EXHIBITIONS: 1971, 1972 Baker Lake Print Collection
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
1974 Baker Lake Sculpture
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
October - Nov 1974 Eskimo Art
Queens Museum
Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan 1977 - June 1982 The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and the
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
August - Nov 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
August - Nov 1979 Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
November - Dec 1979 In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Dec 1979 - Jan 1980 Baker Lake Sculpture
Playhouse Gallery
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
May 1980 Eskimo Miniature Carvings by Ada Eyetoaq,
Jackoposie Opakat, Gideon Quaqjuaq
Images Art Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
August - Oct 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood
To Be Full
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Sep - October 1980 Decade of Mystery and Change: Tenth
Anniversary Exhibit
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1980 Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
December 1981 Baker Lake - Sculpture and Wallhangings
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
December 1982 The Beat of the Drum
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving
from the Northwest Territories
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1983 Bering Sea to Baffin Bay
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
September 1983 The Way We Were - Traditional Eskimo Life
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, USA
October - Dec 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
November - Dec 1983 Three Exhibitions of Miniature Sculpture
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
April 1984 Games of the Inuit
Northern Images
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Sep - October 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
November - 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)
January 1986 Six Women of Baker Lake
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of
the Spirit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
April 1988 Inuit Images in Transition
Augusta Savage Gallery,
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1989 Baker Lake Print Retrospective:
A Twenty Year Anniversary
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June - Sep 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
June - July 1992 Women of the North: An Exhibition
of art by Inuit Women of the
Canadian Arctic
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Nov - Dec 1979 Ada Eyetoaq - Recent Sculpture
Lippel Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by
Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in
association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.
Arctic Circle
DECADE OF MYSTERY AND CHANGE 1970-1980: tenth anniversary
exhibit, september 26 - october 9, 1980. Los Angeles, Calif.:
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, 1980.
Canadian Arctic Producers
ADA EYETOAQ: Recent Sculpture = sculpture recente. Ottawa:
Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest
Territories. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: 1965 - 1980. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, l982.
Jackson, Marion E.
ADA EYETOAQ (1934-). In North American Women Artists of the
Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary/ Garland, 1995.
Macdonald, John
TAUVIJJUAQ; THE GREAT DARKNESS. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8,
No.2, Summer, 1993, pp. 19-25.
Raven Gallery
SPIRITS AND DREAMS: Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake.
Minneapolis: Raven Gallery and the Jewish Community Center of
Greater Minneapolis, 1979.
Sanavik Cooperative
SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.
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