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ULAYU PINGWARTOK (PINGWARTUK; ULAYO; ULAYOO; OLAYOU; OOLAYOU; ULAYA) Born: 1904 Female E7-1038
Place of Birth: Eliviliktuk camp, near Lake Harbour
Died: 1978
Resided: Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture
"Ulayu Pingwartok, a Canadian Inuit graphic artist, was born near Lake
Harbour on southwestern Baffin Island on April 7, 1904. She lived a
traditional lifestyle on the land until her move into the settlement of Cape
Dorset in 1959. Like many Cape Dorset Inuit, Ulayu was encouraged in the early
1960s to produce drawings for the annual print collections. She created
drawings in various media until a year before her death in February 1978.
Charming in their straightforward simplicity and descriptiveness, Ulayu's
images are a testament to the aritist's keen observation of nature and
domestic life. Many early prints are portraits of birds, with an emphasis on
delineation of plumage. Her later prints generally depict traditional camp
life, concentrating on the activities of women. An accomplished seamstress
herself, Ulayu carefully rendered clothing patterns and styles. Shelter, in
the form of summer tents and winter igloos, is another recurring theme."
Ingo Hessel
In "North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical
Dictionary" 1995.
EXHIBITIONS:
1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, Cape Dorset Graphics
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1967 Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo
Prints & Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada,
in cooperation with the Canadian
Eskimo Art Committee
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1967 4th National Burnaby Print Show
Burnaby Art Society
Burnaby, British Columbia
1970 Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada:
Second Collection
Cultural Affairs Division, Department
of External Affairs, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September - Oct 1970 Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival
Alaska Methodist University Galleries
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1971 The Art of the Eskimo
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(catalogue)
1976 Cape Dorset Prints
London Art Gallery,
Organized for the Central Huron Library
Clinton, Ontario
(tour)
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)
July 1979 - Oct 1981 Images of the Inuit: from the Simon
Fraser Collection
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood
To Be Full
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1983 The Way We Were - Traditional Eskimo Life
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, USA
October - Nov 1983 The Cape Dorset Print
Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
September - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
Dec 1987 - March 1989 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
September 1988 Canadian Prints from the McMaster Art Gallery Collection
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
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.
February - March 1991 Cape Dorset Sculpture
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: March 1982 - April 1984 Ulayu
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
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 York University, Downsview, Ontario
Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, Don Mills, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
York University, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ULAYU. About Arts and Crafts, vol. 2, no. 3, Winter, 1978. p.11.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
ULAYU. Ottawa: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1981.
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT AMAUTIK: I Like My Hood to be Full. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.
Eber, Dorothy Harley
ESKIMO PENNY FASHIONS. North, vol. 20, no. 1, January-February,
1973. pp.37-39.
Houston, James A.
ESKIMO PRINTS. Don Mills; Longmans Canada, 1971.
Jackson, Marion E.
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre, 1987.
National Gallery of Canada
CAPE DORSET: A Decade of Eskimo Prints and Recent Sculpture =
Dix ans d'estampes esquimaudes et sculptures recentes. Ottawa:
The National Gallery of Canada, 1967.
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.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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