JOY KILUVIGYUAK HALLAUK (KILIHIGUAK; KILUGIKYUAK; HALLOW) Born: September, 1940 Female E1-366
Deceased: 2000
Place of Birth: Windy Lake
Resides: Arviat
Sculpture, Wallhangings, Crafts
Joy began carving in the mid-60s, and she says Arviat carver John Attok
was her teacher. She prefers stone to antler and her favourite subject
matter is people, often a mother and child group. Also an avid seamstress,
she likes the creative freedom of making wall-hangings, and still makes
traditional clothing from skins and duffle. Joy was married to the late Luke
Hallauk, who was also a well known carver.
"Kiluvigyuak depicts maternal or multiple head motifs in stone, using
small axes and files. The bulky volumes of her figures, with their juxtaposed
rounded and angular masses, present dynamic as well as powerful images.
Kiluvigyuak also produces exquisite dolls and is probably the most gifted
maker of appliqu‚ wall-hangings in Arviat. Her wall-hangings generally consist
of rows of figures with carved antler faces, dressed in traditional bleached
caribou skin clothing decorated with elaborate bead trim, sewn onto duffle
cloth. Her largest such wall-hanging measures fourteen-by-four-and-one-half
feet."
Ingo Hessel.
In "North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical
Dictionary" 1995.
EXHIBITIONS: June - July 1979 Eskimo Point Beaded Wallhangings
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
July 1979 - 1981 Keewatin Wallhangings 1979-1981
Canadian Arctic Producers Ltd.
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
Sept - Oct1979 Eskimo Point Beaded Wallhangings
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
July - September 1982 Eskimo Point/Arviat
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1982 Eskimo Point
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
December 1984 An Exhibition of Mother and Child Carvings
by Inuit Artists
The Snow Goose
Ottawa, Ontario
July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of the Spirit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1987 Rugged and Profound - Sculpture from
Eskimo Point
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
October 1987 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux
France
April 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet
France
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
France
November - Dec 1988 Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture &
Drawings from the Canadian Arctic
Gallery 100 Hudson
New York, New York, U.S.A.
January - February 1989 Baskets & Blankets: Textiles of the North
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
February - March 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at St. Marcellin
France
March - April 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris
France
March - April 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet
France
August 1989 Arviat: Eskimo Point
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux
du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation,
Thonon
France
October 1989 Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux
du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille
France
Dec 1989 - April 1990 The Stone Sculpture of Arviat
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
January 1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin
Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
France
March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
France
April 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France
August 1990 Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art
Sculpture in Stone
Images of the North
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
October - Nov 1990 A Woman's Vision
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Nov 1990 - Feb1991 Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1991 Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
July 1991 The Great Northern Arts Festival
- held in Inuvik
Northwest Territories
November - Dec 1991 Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with
the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Williamsburg, Virginia, 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)
September - Oct 1992 Three Women of Arviat: Sculpture by Elizabeth
Nutaraluk, Lucy Tasseor and Joy Halluk
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
November - Dec 1993 The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1994 Mythic Image
Ancestral Spirits Gallery
Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A.
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
May - Sep 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)
November - Dec 1995 Miniaturen
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(brochure)
March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES: Hall, Judy
SANATUJUT: PRIDE IN WOMEN'S WORK: COPPER AND CARIBOU INUIT
CLOTHING TRADITIONS. Hull, Que.: Canadian Museum of
Civilization, 1994.
Hessel, Ingo
ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE KEEWATIN. Ottawa : Inuktitut (64):
43-48, Fall, 1986.
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
RUGGED AND PROFOUND: Sculpture from Eskimo Point. Toronto: The
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1987.
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.: Institute of American
Native Arts Museum, 1995.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
KEEWATIN SCULPTURE; REFLECTIONS OF THE SPIRIT. Vancouver, B.C.
: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1986.
Kalluak, Mark
PELTS TO STONE: A History of Arts & Crafts Production in
Arviat. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada, 1993.
Macduff, Alistair
LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By
Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.
Marion Scott Gallery
ARVIAT: Eskimo Point. Vancouver: Marion Scott Ltd, 1989.
Marion Scott Gallery
THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit
Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.
Marion Scott Gallery
WOMEN OF THE NORTH: AN EXHIBITION OF ART BY INUIT WOMEN OF THE
CANADIAN ARCTIC: June 6-July 11, 1992. Vancouver: Marion
Scott Gallery, 1992.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO POINT/ARVIAT. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982.
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