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WILLIAM NOAH Born: June 4, 1943 Male E2-391
Place of Birth: Black River area
Resides: Baker Lake
Drawings, Prints, Printmaking, Sculpture
William began carving and drawing in 1963 and has devoted himself to graphic
art since 1970. Typical of his drawings are the depiction of skeletons and
internal organs of shamans and animals. In addition to his art work, William
enjoys hunting and fishing and has been active in community affairs. From
July 1978 to May 1979 he was president of Canadian Arctic Producers. William
has also been president of the Sanavik Cooperative and a former Chairman of
the Baker Lake Hamlet Council. William also comes from a family of well-known
Inuit artists: he is the son of Jessie Oonark, and the brother of Victoria
Mamnguqsualuk, Janet Kigusiaq, Nancy Pukingrnak, Peggy Qablunaaq, Mary
Yuusipik, Josiah Nuilaalik and Miriam Qiyuk. His wife Martha is also a
printmaker.
EXHIBITIONS: Nov - Dec 1965 Arctic Values '65
New Brunswick Museum
with the cooperation of the Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs
St. John, New Brunswick
(illustrated catalogue)
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, Baker Lake Print Collection
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, (annual collection)
1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, (illustrated catalogue)
1990
1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker)
1980, 1981 (annual collection)
(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)
Jan - Feb 1973 Baker Lake Eskimo Drawings - Six Artists
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Oct - Nov 1974 Eskimo Art
Queens Museum
Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
1977 The Contemporary Eskimo Prints and Sculpture
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
(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)
1978 Looking South
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1978 Animals of the Arctic
Canadiana Galleries
Edmonton, Alberta
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 - April 1979 Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative
exhibition from the collection of Professor
and Mrs. Philip Gray
Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State
University
Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
March - May 1979 Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1979 - May 1980 Inuit Art in the 1970s
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development, and the
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Aug - Nov 1979 Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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)
Jan - Feb 1980 Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
March - April 1980 A Culture on Paper: Baker Lake Drawings
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
April - May 1980 The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit
Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1980 Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
February - April 1983 Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings:
1970-1976
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1983 - April 1985 Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from
the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Dec 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
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
Sep - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Nov - 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)
March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1985 Baker Lake Prints 1985
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
Oct 1986 - Feb 1987 Oonark's Family
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
November 1986 The Ancestors/Links Between Worlds
Minnesota Museum of Art
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Aug - Sept 1987 I Am Always Thinking About the Animals
Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
(illustrated brochure)
November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
Dec 1987 - Mar 1989 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
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 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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)
February - March 1990 Inuit Drawings
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June - Sept 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
January 1991 Sojourns to Nunavut: Contemporary Inuit Art
from Canada
at Bunkamura Art Gallery, presented by the
University of British Columbia Museum of
Anthropology and The McMichael Canadian Art
Collection
Tokyo, Japan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
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
Oct 1992 - Jan 1993 Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
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)
Nov 1995 - Jan 1996 Qiviuq: A Legend in Art
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario
March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
COLLECTIONS:
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, 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
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, 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
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1965 Participated in an experimental graphics workshop in Baker Lake
(uncatalogued and unpublished).
1976 President of the Sanavik Co-operative from January 1976 - January 1980 1978 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Canadian Arctic Producers, Ltd
from July 1978 - May 1979.
1978 Travelled to Houston Texas to deliver a presentation on Inuit printmaking
at the Institute of International Education's salute to Canada.
1983 Chosen by the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council to attend a printmaking
workshop sponsored by the Institute of Alaska Native Arts.
1993 Awarded third prize at the Keewatin Arts and Crafts Festival in the Painting,
Printmaking, Drawing or Photography category.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by
Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in
association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.
Blodgett, Jean
ESKIMO NARRATIVE. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Blodgett, Jean
GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family
Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
Blodgett, Jean
LOOKING SOUTH: a travelling exhibition organized and circulated
by The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1978.
Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Butler, K.J.
MY UNCLE WENT TO THE MOON: [Transcribed and edited by Kay
Bridge.]. artscanada, vol. 30, nos. 5,6, December/January,
1973. pp.154-158.
Butler, Sheila
BAKER LAKE REVISITED. C magazine; Issue 45 spring 95, pp. 24-33.
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.
Driscoll, Bernadette
UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1985.
Goetz, Helga
THE CONTEMPORARY ESKIMO PRINTS AND SCULPTURE. Fort Worth: Amon
Carter Museum of Western Art, 1977.
Goo-Doyle, Ovilu
THREE BAKER LAKE ARTISTS COMMENT ON THE NEW JESSIE OONARK ARTS
AND CRAFTS CENTRE. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.1, Spring
1993, pp. 53-58.
Graham, John W.
ESKIMO ART VARIED. Winnipeg Free Press, February 2, 1973.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
INUIT DRAWINGS. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1990.
Jackson, Marion E.
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre, 1987.
Jackson, Marion E.
INUIT PRINTS: Impressions of a Culture in Transition. LSA 9
(1):6-12, Fall (The University of Michigan), 1985.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
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.
Noah, William
WILLIAM NOAH IN DALLAS, TEXAS. About Arts and Crafts, vol. 2,
no. 3, Winter, 1978. pp.14-15.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
BAKER LAKE DRAWINGS. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1972.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
BAKER LAKE PRINTS & PRINT-DRAWINGS 1970-76. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM BAKER LAKE. Winnipeg, Man.:
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1992.
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