SOLOMON KARPIK (QAPPIK; SOLOMONEE) Born: August 18, 1947 Male E6-513
Place of Birth: Nunataq
Died: Date Unknown
Resided: Pangnirtung
Drawings, Sculpture, Prints
EXHIBITIONS: February - March 1970 Ivory Miniature Sculpture from
Repulse Bay and Whalebone Sculpture
from Pangnirtung
Isaacs Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, Pangnirtung Print Collection (printmaker)
1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, (annual collection)
1987, 1988 (illustrated catalogue)
April 1973 First Collection of Prints from Pangnirtung
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, Pangnirtung Print Collection
1983, 1986, 1987 (annual collection)
(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)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(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)
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)
June 1981 Transformation
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
June - August 1981 Die Kunst Aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie,
held at Galerie im Forum
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/
Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture
National Gallery of Modern Art
Rome, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
February - April 1989 Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of Inuit Art
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Banff, Alberta
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
COLLECTIONS: 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.
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1977 Solomon's and Parr's print 'Hunters of Old' was reproduced as a twelve cent
stamp and was issued November 18, 1977.
1977 The print "Disguised Archer" which Solomon Karpik pulled from a drawing
by Lipa Pitsiulak was reproduced as a postage stamp.
1978 Attended the opening of the exhibit "The Inuit Print/L'Estampe inuit" at
the Musee du Quebec in Quebec city.
1978 Attended the printmakers' conference in Ottawa. SELECTED REFERENCES: Browne, Evan
INUIT CULTURE GETS STAMP OF APPROVAL. North/Nord, vol. 24, no.
6, November/December, 1977. pp.32-33.
Macduff, Alistair
LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By
Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995 |
