PAULOOSIE KARPIK (QAPPIK; PAULOSEE; KAPEE) Born: May, 1911 Male E6-187
Place of Birth: Blacklead Island in Cumberland Sound
Died: January, 1988
Resided: Pangnirtung
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Tapestries
Pauloosie Karpik was the father of graphic artist Annie Akulukjuk, and
the stepfather of artists Imoona and Solomon Karpik.
"Pauloosie Karpik knew about the aspects of Inuit life that are not seen
anymore. He could speak truly about these things. Many of the ones who have
come after have heard about life then and are telling how it was, but
Pauloosie Karpik was there, and lived it."
Atungauyak Eseemailie
Pangnirtung Print Catalogue 1988
EXHIBITIONS: 1974 Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974
Lippel Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1974 Whalebone Sculpture of the Eskimo
Pucker/Safrai Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
October - Nov 1974 Eskimo Art
Queens Museum
Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,
1988 Pangnirtung Print Collection
1988 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan 1977 - Jun 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)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(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)
Nov - Dec 1979 In Celebration of the Arts of the Canadian
Eskimo of Pangnirtung, N.W.T.
Inuit Art Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
April 1980 Pangnirtung Community Sculpture
Gallery Phillip
Don Mills, Ontario
April - June 1980 The Abbott Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(catalogue)
April 1981 - Mar 1982 Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from
the Collection of the National Museum of
Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada
National Museum of Man, Ottawa and
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1981 Pangnirtung - Recent Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1981 Inuit Masks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1983 An Enduring Tradition: Inuit Carving from
Arctic Quebec
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
July - September 1983 Baffin Island
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October - Nov 1983 The Arctic/L'Artique
UNESCO
Paris, France
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who
wrestled with them
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)
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)
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.
July - November 1987 Useful Bits of Bone
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
January - Sep 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
February 1992 Artists and Weavers III: Fine Tapestries from
Canadian Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Nov 1993 - Mar 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 1996 The Spirit World - 1977 to 1990: Baker Lake
Clyde River and Pangnirtung Prints.
A retrospective collection exhibited at
selected commercial galleries, organized by
Canadian Arctic Producers
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
STORIES FROM PANGNIRTUNG: /Illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok.
Foreward by Stuart Hodgson. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1976.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest
Territories. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
Jones, H. G.
PAULOOSIE KARPIK'S FIRST DRAWINGS. Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(3)
Summer 1991: 30-33.
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.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
BAFFIN ISLAND. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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