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NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ (NINGEOGAT; NINGEEYOUGOT; NINGIUNGAT; OSHWEETUK;
NINGEOGA; NINEGEUGA; MINGEEUGA)
Born: September 3, 1918 Female E7-933
Place of Birth: Amadjuak Camp
Died: 1980
Resided: Cape Dorset; also lived in Shukbuk Camp
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture
Ningeeuga was the daughter of Anernik, who produced many prints for the
Dorset annual collections. Born at Amadjuak Camp, the family moved closer to
Cape Dorset when the Hudson Bay post at Amadjuak had closed down. In 1960,
Ningeeuga's ill health brought her family to Cape Dorset, and by 1961
tuberculosis had sent her to Hamilton for treatment. She stayed in the South
for three years, but did not begin to draw until returning home to Cape
Dorset.
"Ningeeuga draws inspiration for the subject matter of her images from her
imagination and from her experience living on the land in the traditional
Inuit culture. She developed a distinctive personal style with strong
curvilinear forms in her representations of Inuit women, children, birds, and
imaginary creatures, and the design elements often take priority over
representational accuracy. Rubber-legged children and dogs romp happily across
her pages, and she often embellishes her simple line drawings with lines,
balls, and circles enhancing their interest and design qualities."*
*Marion E. Jackson
In "North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical
Dictionary" 1995.
EXHIBITIONS: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, Cape Dorset Graphics
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Inoonoot Eskima: Grafik och Skulptur fran
Cape Dorset och Povungnituk
Konstframjandet
Stockholm, Sweden
(catalogue)
May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
1970 Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada:
Second Collection
Cultural Affairs Division, Department
of External Affairs, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1971 The Art of the Eskimo
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(catalogue)
September - Oct 1971 Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the
Collection of York University
Art Gallery of York University
Downsview, Ontario
(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 - June 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)
September - Oct 1977 The Eskimo Woman: her life and dreams
in prints and sculpture
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
February - March 1978 Canadian Eskimo Art - Prints, Sculpture
Carlin Galleries
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
October - Nov 1978 Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
January - August 1979 Mixed Media Eskimo Drawings
Inuk 1
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
May - August 1979 21 X 12 (Eskimo Drawing Exhibition)
Inuk 1 Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
February - March 1983 Return of the Birds
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
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.
March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
April 1988 Inuit Images in Transition
Augusta Savage Gallery,
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
May 1991 Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and
Playing
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
March - June 1993 Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinberg, Ontario
March - August 1994 Kunst aus der Arktis
Volkerkundmuseum der Universitat Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1994 Cape Dorset Revisited - a collection
of previously unreleased prints, exhibited
at selected commercial galleries, organized by
West Baffin Eskimo Co-op
Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
May 1994 - July 1995 Cape Dorset Revisited
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: 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 Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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 and Susan Gustavison
STRANGE SCENES: EARLY CAPE DORSET DRAWINGS. Kleinburg, Ont.:
McMichael Canadian Collection, 1993.
Goetz, Helga
THE CONTEMPORARY ESKIMO PRINTS AND SCULPTURE. Fort Worth: Amon
Carter Museum of Western Art, 1977.
Gustavison, Susan J.
ARCTIC EXPRESSIONS: INUIT ART AND THE CANADIAN ESKIMO ARTS
COUNCIL 1961 - 1989. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art
Collection, 1994.
Hassler, Gitta
KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS: GRAPHIKEN DER INUIT IN KANADA. Zurich:
Volkerkundmuseum der Universitat Zurich, 1994.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
RETURN OF THE BIRDS. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1983.
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.
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.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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