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CONLUCY NIVIAXIE (CORNELEUS; CORNELIUS; EPUK; CONCLUCY) Born: August 28, 1940 Male E9-735
Resides: Inukjuak; also lived in Port Burwell
Sculpture
"[Conclucy] is the son of the carver Conlucy Niviaxie (E9-728), of [Inukjuak].
Many members of the Niviaxie family are outstanding artists and prominent
members of their community. [Conclucy] is always able to achieve a good sense
of motion in his carvings. The graceful movement of his hunters and wrestlers
are not unlike those of his father. [Conclucy's] themes are everyday events
authentically detailed. This genre is common to the artists of
[Inukjuak]... ."
from "Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic"
(see reference below)
EXHIBITIONS: 1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov 1976 - Jan 1977 Port Harrison/Inoucdjouac
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1979 Legends
Images Art Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1979 In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
December 1983 Artists of Arctic Quebec
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
1984 Sculptures Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec
Quebec 84
Quebec, Quebec
January - February 1984 Art Inuit
Galerie Castel
Avignon, France
May 1984 Art Inuit
Banque Royale du Canada
Paris, France
1986 Arnaq: Representation of the Woman in
Inuit Art
La Maison de la Culture de
Notre-Dame-de-Grace
Montreal, Quebec
Jan - Feb 1989 The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50's and 60's
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
November 1991 Early Masterpieces of Inuit Sculpture
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
February - March 1992 Recent Stone Sculpture from Arctic Quebec
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
May - September 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)
July 1995 Sunakutagnuvalautut:
Things from the Past
Feheley Fine Art
Toronto, Ontario
March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
COLLECTIONS: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES: 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.
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
ARTISTS OF ARCTIC QUEBEC. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1983.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
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