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MONA OHOVELUK (OHOVILOK; OHOVILUK; OKEVELUK; KUNEYUNA) Born: July 15, 1935 Female W2-111
Place of Birth: Rhymer Point, West Coast of Victoria Is.
Resides: Holman
Drawings, Prints, Printmaking, Sculpture, Crafts
"Ohoveluk was born in 1935 at Rymer Point on the west coast of Victoria
Island. She is the granddaughter of Charlie Keengenberg, a Danish trader and
explorer who settled in the Arctic to live the life of the Inuit. A very
talented artist, Ohoveluk draws mostly late in the evenings or during the
night when her children are asleep. She has the gift of reviving with
extraordinary reality scenes of hunting and enjoys drawing difficult
compositions."
from "Holman Prints", 1977
(annual collection catalogue)
EXHIBITIONS: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, Holman Prints
1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, (annual collection)
1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 (illustrated catalogue)
Aug - Sept 1968 Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and
Paintings of Norval Morrisseau
Art Association of Newport
Newport, Rhode Island, 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)
1977, 1982, 1986, 1987 Holman Prints (printmaker)
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
February - March 1981 Holman Recent Sculpture
Canadiana Galleries
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1981 Holman Island Whalebone Sculpture
Enook Galleries
Waterloo, Ontario
July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/
Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture
National Gallery of Modern Art
Rome, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1983 The Way We Were - Traditional Eskimo Life
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, USA
Sept - Oct 1983 Inuit Survival
Enook Galleries, Waterloo, Ontario
Presented at the University of Waterloo
Art Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
March 1984 The Story Tellers of Holman Island: A
retrospective exhibition of rare stonecut
prints from 1968 - 1979
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
April 1984 Games of the Inuit
Northern Images
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Nov - Dec 1984 50 Inuit Prints
Canadian Arctic Producers in
coordination with the Hudson's Bay
Company Inuit Art Marketing Service,
held at Simpson's
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
June 1985 Alaska Eskimo Dolls/Inuit Prints
Provincial Museum of Alberta,
sponsored by the Alaska State
Council on the Arts
Edmonton, Alberta
(tour)
May - June 1986 Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel
Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
1987 The Bond Between Mother and Child
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
Jan - Feb 1989 Images of the Far North
Arctic Artistry
(held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
1990 Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection
Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Alberta
Jun - Sept 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Oct - Nov 1990 A Woman's Vision
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
January 1991 Bears of the North
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
February - August 1992 Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
March 1993 The Prints Never Seen:
Holman, 1977-1987
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
San Francisco, California
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES: Canadian Arctic Producers
HOLMAN: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers
Cooperative Limited, 1981.
Collinson, Helen
INUIT GAMES AND CONTESTS: The Clifford E. Lee Collection of
Prints. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Collections, 1978.
Goetz, Helga
THE CONTEMPORARY ESKIMO PRINTS AND SCULPTURE. Fort Worth: Amon
Carter Museum of Western Art, 1977.
Holman Eskimo Co-operatives Ltd.
THE PRINTS NEVER SEEN, HOLMAN, 1977-1987: A Collection of
Previously Unpublished Prints. Holman Eskimo Co-operatives;
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, 1993?.
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.
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