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PITSEOLAK NIVIAQSI Born: January 22, 1947 Male E7-1081
Resides: Cape Dorset
Sculpture, Prints, Printmaking
In 1977, aided by Wally Brannen, supervisor of the lithography workshop at
Cape Dorset, and fellow Cape Dorset resident Jimmy Manning, Pitseolak
introduced the technique of lithography to Holman Island printmakers.
EXHIBITIONS: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker)
1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, (annual collection)
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, (illustrated catalogue)
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
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)
Oct 1981 - Feb 1983 The Murray and Marguerite Vaughan Inuit
Print Collection
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Fredericton, New Brunswick
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1983, 1992, 1994 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1983 Bering Sea to Baffin Bay
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Nov 1983 - Jan 1984 Inuit Art at Rideau Hall
Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
December 1987 Cape Dorset Sculpture
Eskimo Art Inc.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 1991 Animals of the Arctic
Arctic Inuit Art
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
February - March 1991 Cape Dorset Sculpture
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
August - Sep 1991 Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters
& the Next Generation
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November - Dec 1991 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Dec 1991 - Mar 1992 In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades
of Inuit Printmaking
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
1992 Pangnirtung Print Collection (printmaker)
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1992 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
December 1992 Small Sculptures by Great Artists I
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
November - Dec 1993 Sculpture Inuit et
Retrospective Pudlo Pudlat
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
November - Dec 1993 The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1993 Small Sculptures by Great Artists II
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
August 1994 Iyola Kingwatsiak and Pitseolaq Niviaqsi
Houston North Gallery
Halifax, Nova Scotia
(illustrated brochure)
Nov - Dec 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Nov - Dec 1995 Pitseolak Niviaqsi
Canadian Guild of Handicrafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
COLLECTIONS: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
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
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1984 One of Pitseolak's sculptures was presented as a wedding gift to a Japanese
prince by the Canadian ambassador to Japan.
1992 Pitseolak participated as a speaker and panelist at the Inuit Art Conference
held at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in January.
1993 Taught one week sculpture workshop to non-Inuit students at the Ottawa
School of Art in July 1993. The workshop was co-taught by Uriash Puqiqnak of
Gjoa Haven, and marks the first time Inuit Sculptors have been hired as
professional instructors in a southern art school.
1994 Travelled to the opening of the Arctic Spirit exhibition at the Frye Museum
in Seattle, Washington.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Barz, Sandra B., ed.
CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES. New York :
Arts & Culture of the North, 1990.
Blodgett, Jean
IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADES OF INUIT
PRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies,
Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichael
Canadian Art Collection, 1991.
Canada. Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs
ABOUT ARTS AND CRAFTS. Ottawa : Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs, 1977.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
CAPE DORSET STONE SCULPTURE: MASTERS AND THE NEXT GENERATION:
August 17-September 6, 1991. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1991.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Marion Scott Gallery
THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit
Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.
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