TOWKIE KARPIK (QAPPIK; TOWKEE; LEAH; QARPIK) Born: February 27, 1935 Female E6-327
Place of Birth: Nowyayakvik
Resides: Pangnirtung
Sculpture, Tapestries, Drawings, Crafts, Prints
Towkie has been a versatile artist throughout her life. She began sewing
as a young woman and eventually that talent led to tapestry weaving. Carving
came later in life, with a preference for mother and child groups. She began
drawing in the mid-seventies with some success, but has recently stopped due
to the lack of a place to sell them. Towkie's husband Peterosie is a carver;
her son Stevie is a carver and printer. Her daughter Peepeelee is a printer.
EXHIBITIONS: April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition
Baffin Regional School
Iqaluit, Northwest Territories
Nov - Dec 1984 Pangnirtung 1984: Eskimo Print Collection
and Sculpture
Images of the North
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
1985, 1987, 1994, 1995 Pangnirtung Print Collection
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1988 From the Pangnirtung Weave Shop
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
September 1989 Artists and Weavers: Fine Tapestries
from the Canadian Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
October - Dec 1989 Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Jan - Feb 1991 Pangnirtung Woven Tapestries
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 1992 Artists and Weavers III: Fine Tapestries from
Canadian Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1990 Leah's drawing "All Life Goes On" was chosen for a set of prints commissioned
"y Dow Canada for the "Partnership with Pangnirtung" project.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Thorne, Sarah, ed.
DIMENSIONS: Partnership with Pangnirtung. Sarnia, Ont. : Dow
Chemical Canada, Department of Employee Communications, 1990.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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