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MAUDIE RACHEL OKITTUQ (OHKITOOK; OKHETOOK; MOOAHTEE; OHIKTOOK;
OKITTAQ)
Born: January 1, 1944 Female E4-393
Place of Birth: Thom Bay
Resides: Taloyoak
Sculpture, Crafts
Maudie was born at Thom Bay, on the eastern Boothia Peninsula. She moved to
Spence Bay in 1965 and began carving in 1968. The themes of many of Maudie's
sculptures are supernatural spirits, deities and creatures. She enjoys
working in whalebone and stone. Maudie's husband, James Okittuq, is also a
carver in Spence Bay.
EXHIBITIONS: 1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine
Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/
Dr. Harry Winrob Collection
Surrey Art Gallery
Surrey, British Columbia
(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)
Sept - Oct 1980 Spence Bay Sculpture: An Expressive Force
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1982 Spence Bay Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art
City Hall
Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
1985 - 1986 Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling
Celebration of Inuit Sculpture
Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers
Ltd., with the assistance of
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Ottawa
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
Aug - Nov 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
presented by Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at the Niedersaechsisches Landesmuseum
Hannover, Germany
Dec 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst
der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the
Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit
Art in Canada
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1990 A Woman's Vision
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
April - May 1991 Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Aug - Sept 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
Troyes, France
Nov - Dec 1991 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
Dorset 1991
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Colombier
Ville D'Avray, France
February - April 1992 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Montador
Dieppe, France
February - August 1992 Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
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)
February 1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit
Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein
in conjunction with the annual meeting
of the Association of Canadian Studies
at the Hotel am Badersee
Grainau, Germany
Nov - Dec 1993 Kitikmeot: Sculpture from Gjoa Haven,
Taloyoak and Pelly Bay
Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
November 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
May - June 1983 Maudie Okittuq -Sculpture
Images Art Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
MAUDIE RACHEL OKITTUQ (continued) SOLO EXHIBITIONS: (continued) January - March 1986 Maudie Okittuq
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und
Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art
of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition
Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs
CANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992.
Canadian Arctic Producers
MAUDIE OKITTUQ: Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers
Co-operative Ltd, 1983.
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
SPENCE BAY SCULPTURE: AN EXPRESSIVE FORCE. Toronto, Ont. :
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1980.
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 Galerie
DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Federal Republic of
Germany, Inuit Gallerie, 1987.
Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Federal Republic of
Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1986, 1986.
Inuit Galerie
MAUDIE OKITTUQ. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany, Inuit
Galerie, 1985.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
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.
Routledge, Marie
INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston,
Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Strickler, Eva
INUIT DOLLS: Reminders of a Heritage. Toronto: Canadian Stage
and Arts Publications, 1988.
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.
Wight, Darlene
FOCUS ON ARTISTS: THE CENTRAL ARCTIC. Inuit Art and Crafts,
no.2, December 1984. pp. 22-33.
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