MIKIGAK KINGWATSIAK (SAKKIASIE; MIKKIGAK) Born: October 20, 1943 Male E7-917
Resides: Cape Dorset
Sculpture, Prints, Printmaking, Drawings
Mikigak is the brother of Iyola Kingswatsiak, the sculptor and
printmaker.
EXHIBITIONS: 1960, 1961 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1970 Mythology in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
1971 Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Feb - Mar 1972 Eskimo Sculpture: Selections from the
Twomey Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1978 Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(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)
March - April 1979 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Institute, University of Siegen
at Villa Waldrich
Siegen, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1979 In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Nov 1979 - Jan 1980 Cape Dorset Sculpture
Signature Shop
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
January - March 1980 Cape Dorset
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1980 La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea
Goddess
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Dec 1982 Collector's Choice: 1965-1980
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1983 Fantasy and Stylization - Cape Dorset
Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1984 Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces
of the Eskimo
Colorado Galleries of the Arts,
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.
November - Dec 1984 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Institute, University of Siegen
at Villa Waldrich
Siegen, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native
expression at the first Native Business
Summit
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Oct - Nov 1987 1987 Eskimo Art
Franz Bader Gallery
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Nov - Dec 1987 Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of
Animals and Man
presented by Orca Aart at the
Adventurers' Club
Chicago, Illinois
Nov - Dec 1988 [Inuit Art Exhibition]
Orca Aart, presented at
Neiman Marcus
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Nov 1988 - April 1989 Night Spirits: Cape Dorset 1960-1965
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset
& Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition
Print by Kananginak
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
June 1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition
of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks
Presented by the Amway Corporation
at the United Nations General Assembly
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Dec 1989 Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Nov - Dec 1989 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the
Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
February 1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit
Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein
in conjunction with the annual meeting
of the Association of Canadian Studies
at the Hotel am Badersee
Grainau, Germany
March - June 1993 Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinberg, Ontario
October 1994 Sculpture of the Inuit:
Major Works by the Masters of Stone
Maslak McLeod Canadian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Oct - Nov 1980 Mikigak Kingwatsiak
The Snow Goose
Ottawa, Ontario
COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
Blodgett, Jean and Susan Gustavison
STRANGE SCENES: EARLY CAPE DORSET DRAWINGS. Kleinburg, Ont.:
McMichael Canadian Collection, 1993.
Houston, James A.
ESKIMO PRINTS. Don Mills; Longmans Canada, 1971.
Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany
: Inuit Galerie, 1984.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
CAPE DORSET SCULPTURE: Fantasy & Stylization. Vancouver: Inuit
Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: 1965 - 1980. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, l982.
Kingwatsiak, Mikigak
MIKIGAK KINGWATSIAK: Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic
Producers Cooperative Limited, 1981.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Swinton, Nelda
LA DEESSE INUITE DE LA MER. = THE INUIT SEA GODDESS. Montreal:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1980.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
CAPE DORSET. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
CAPE DORSET: Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1975.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO SCULPTURE: Selections from the Twomey Collection.
Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1972.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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