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VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK
(MUMMOKSHOARLUK; MAMMOOKSHOARLUK; MUMNGSHOALUK; MUMNGUSUALUK)
Born: 1930 Female E2-386
Place of Birth: Black River Area
Resides: Baker Lake
Drawings, Prints, Wallhangings, Sculpture
Victoria's husband, Samson Kayuryuk, creates carvings, prints and
drawings. Their son, Paul Aglakuaq Kayuryuk, is also an artist. Victoria is
the daughter of Jessie Oonark and most of her brothers and sisters are
artists: Janet Kigusiuq, Nancy Pukingrak, Peggy Qablunaaq Aittauq, Mary
Singaqti Yuusipik, Josiah Nuilaalik, Miriam Marealik Qiyuk and William Noah.
"Victoria Mamnguksualuk is one of the best-known Canadian Inuit artists of
her generation. Born near Garry Lake, Northwest Territories, she lived a
migratory existence on the land until she was in her early thirties. Because
of widespread disease and famine in the hunting camps of the Barren Lands
region, Mamnguksualuk and her family, like many Inuits, moved to Baker Lake in
1963. Mamnguksualuk is the daughter of Jessie Oonark (c.1906-1985), one of the
best known of all Inuit artists. Both mother and daughter became active in the
artistic co-operative at Baker Lake.
As a second generation Inuit artist to live in the settlements,
Mamnguksualuk's art has been somewhat influenced by her exposure to images
from the outside world. More than some of her predecessors she uses the
conventions of European art in her depictions of three-dimensional space and
sequential action. Her work is characterized by its complex scenes involving
multiple figures and vigorous activity. Mamnguksualuk is particularly
interested in the depiction of Inuit myth."
Janet Catherine Berlo
In "North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical
Dictionary" 1995.
EXHIBITIONS: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, Baker Lake Print Collection
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, (annual collection)
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, (illustrated catalogue)
1990
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
May - September 1972 Baker Lake Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1973 - 1974 Baker Lake Prints and Drawings:
1970-1973
Winnipeg Art Gallery,
Extension Services
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(catalogue)
January - February 1973 Baker Lake Eskimo Drawings - Six Artists
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1974 Eskimo Wallhangings
McIntosh Gallery,
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
(brochure)
1976 - 1982 Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Canadian Arctic Producers and the
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(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)
July - August 1978 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1978
Equinox Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
Aug - Nov 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Sep - Oct 1978 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1978
Gallery One
Toronto, Ontario
Nov - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
January - June 1979 Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit
of Baker Lake
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
March 1979 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1979
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
March - May 1979 Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July - August 1979 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1979
Elca London Studio
Montreal, Quebec
Aug - Nov 1979 Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sep - Oct 1979 Keewatin District Wallhangings 1979
Kaiser House Gallery
Kleinburg, Ontario
October 1979 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1979
Gallery Phillip
Toronto, Ontario
Oct - Nov 1979 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1979
Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
Nov 1979 - Oct 1984 Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Arts and Learning Services Foundation
(this is a duplicate of the C.A.P. and
National Museum of Man exhibition of
1976-1981)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(tour)
March 1980 Keewatin District Wallhangings 1980
Collector's Choice
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
April - May 1980 Baker Lake - Drawings, Sculpture,
Tapestries
Theo Waddington
Toronto, Ontario
June 1980 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1980
Waddington Galleries
New York, New York, U.S.A.
June - July 1980 Wallhangings
Theo Waddington
New York, New York, U.S.A.
August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood
To Be Full
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1980 Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Oct - Nov 1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery,
(organized to complement the Musee
des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit
of the same name)
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1981 Baker Lake - Sculpture and Wallhangings
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Mar 1982 - Jan 1983 Inuit Myths, Legends and Songs
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - October 1982 Inuit Art from the Art Centre Collection
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
Dec 1982 - Jan 1983 Noel au Chateau - Art inuit de la
collection Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
presented at Chateau Dufresne
Montreal, Quebec
February - March 1983 Mamnguqsualuk and Tookome of Baker Lake -
Drawings on Black Paper
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Ontario
February - April 1983 Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings:
1970-1976
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Dec 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
Nov 1983 - Jan 1984 Inuit Art at Rideau Hall
Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art
City Hall
Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
Feb 1984 - Jun 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and Canadian
Arctic Producers
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1984 The Oral Tradition
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
April 1984 Games of the Inuit
Northern Images
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
September 1984 Drawings from Baker Lake
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
Sept - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Dec 1984 - Feb 1985 The Last and First Eskimos
Museum of Science and History
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Feb1985 - Apr 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Department of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada, Ottawa,
presented by Commerzbank
Frankfurt, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1985 Baker Lake Prints 1985
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
June 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native
expression at the first Native Business
Summit
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Aug - Nov 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
presented by Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct 1986 - Feb 1987 Oonark's Family
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
1987 The Bond Between Mother and Child
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California
Dec 1987 - Mar 1989 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan - Feb 1988 Celebration 1988
Petro-Canada Exhibition Gallery
Calgary, Alberta
March 1988 Magic and Shamanism
Artspace
Main/Access Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - September 1988 The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
October 1988 Baker Lake: Persistence of Old Memories
Brandon Allied Arts Council
Brandon, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
Nov - Dec 1988 Inuit Women and their Art: Graphics
and Wallhangings
Gallery 210,
University of Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
Aug - Sept 1989 Baker Lake Prints: 1970 - 1982
Retrospective
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1989 Baker Lake Print Retrospective:
A Twenty Year Anniversary
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1989 Western Canadian Woodblock Prints
Muttart Public Art Gallery
Calgary, Alberta
Oct - Nov 1990 A Woman's Vision
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
February - March 1991 Inuit Drawings
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
June - November 1991 Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
July 1991 The Great Northern Arts Festival
held in Inuvik
Northwest Territories
March - April 1992 Selections from the McMaster Art Gallery
Collection
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
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)
Oct 1992 - Jan 1993 Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
November 1993 Northern Lights: Inuit Textile Art from the
Canadian Arctic
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore
(tour)
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1994 Patiently I Sing
Selections from the Tyler/Brooks Collection
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
Aug 1994 - Apr 1997 Qamanittuaq: Where the River Widens
Drawings by Baker Lake Artists
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1995 Baker Lake - Uncatalogued Prints 1979-1985
A retrospective collection exhibited at
selected galleries, organized by
Canadian Arctic Producers
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
May - Sept 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)
Jun 1995 - Feb 1996 Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nov 1995 - Jan 1996 Qiviuq: A Legend in Art
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario
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)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: February 1983 The Long Night - Mamnguqsualuq of Baker Lake
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
June 1984 Victoria Mamnaguqsualuk Baker Lake Artist
Northern Images
Whitehorse, Yukon
November 1986 Keeveeok Awake! Mamnguqsualuk and the
Rebirth of Legend at Baker Lake
Ring House Gallery,
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
British Columbia Ferries Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Shell Canada Collection, Calgary, Alberta
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1974 Received an award for Craftsmanship and Design for her embroidery work in
the exhibition "Crafts from Arctic Canada".
1976 Accompanied Oonark to Ottawa for the presentation of the Sunday Missal
of the Roman Catholic Church.
1983 Presented one of her wallhangings on the occasion of the transfer of Canadian
Arctic Producer's Ltd. shares from the Federal Government to the Arctic
Co-op.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Blodgett, Jean
ESKIMO NARRATIVE. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Bryers, Joanne Elizabeth (Lochhead)
OBSERVATIONS ON BAKER LAKE GRAPHIC ART AND ARTISTS. Arts &
Culture of the North, vol. 3, no. 2, February, 1979. pp.151-154.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs
TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH JESSIE OONARK AND HER CHILDREN:
Interviews conducted by Marion E. Jackson with interpretation by
William Noah. Unpublished manuscript of background material for
a project sponsored by the Inuit Art Section, Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada, 1984.
Canadian Arctic Producers
SHAMANS AND SPIRITS = CHAMANS ET ESPRITS: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art = Les mythes et le symbolisme medical
dans l'art esquimau. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers and the
National Museum of Man, c1979.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
CRAFTS FROM ARCTIC CANADA = ARTISANAT DE L'ARCTIQUE CANADIEN.
Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1974.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de
l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971.
Cochran, Bente Roed
KEEVEEOK, AWAKE!: Mamnguqsualuk and the Rebirth of Legend at
Baker Lake. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring, 1987.
pp.10-11.
Driscoll, Bernadette
INUIT MYTHS, LEGENDS AND SONGS. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1982.
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT AMAUTIK: I Like My Hood to be Full. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.
Feheley, Patricia M.
VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK: Narrative drawings. The McMichael
Canadian Collection, Kleinberg, May 3 to August 3, 1987. Inuit
Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Summer, 1987. p.16.
Fernstrom, Katharine W. and Anita E. Jones
NORTHERN LIGHTS: Inuit Textile Art from the Canadian Arctic.
Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1993.
Graham, John W.
ESKIMO ART VARIED. Winnipeg Free Press, February 2, 1973.
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
BAKER LAKE PRINTS 1970-1982: Retrospective. Vancouver: Inuit
Gallery of Vancouver, 1989.
Jackson, Marion E.
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre, 1987.
Jackson, Marion. E. [Ed.]
PATIENTLY I SING: SELECTIONS FROM THE TYLER/BROOKS COLLECTION
OF INUIT ART: [Selected by] Mary Haydon, S. Holyck Hunchuck,
Christine Lalonde [and] Helen Rapp. Ottawa, Ont.: Carleton
University Art Gallery, 1994.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
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.
Muehlen, Maria and Julie Hodgson, eds.
VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK'S DRAWINGS ON BLACK PAPER. Inuit Arts
and Crafts (1):18-19, 1983.
Muscarelle Museum of Art (Williamsburg)
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederick
and Lucy S. Herman. Williamsburg, Va.: The College of William
and Mary in Virginia, 1993.
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.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
University of Alberta. Ring House Gallery
KEEVEEOK, AWAKE!: Mamnguqsualuk and the Rebirth of Legend at
Baker Lake. Edmonton:Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, 1986.
University of Alberta. Ring House Gallery
KEEVEEOK, REVEILLEZ-VOUS: Mamnguqsuluk et la renaissance de la
legende a Baker Lake. Edmonton: Boreal Institute for Northern
Studies, University of Alberta, 1986.
Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
IMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI.
Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di
Palazzo Forti, 1995.
Whitton, Elizabeth
THE BAKER LAKE ESKIMO AND THEIR NEEDLECRAFT. [Manuscript,
c.1972].
Winnipeg Art Gallery
BAKER LAKE DRAWINGS. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1972.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM BAKER LAKE. Winnipeg, Man.:
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1992.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.
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