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PETER PITSEOLAK (PITSOLAK 'A'; PITSEOLAK 'A'; PITSOLAK) Born: September 2, 1902 Male E7-970
Place of Birth: near Markham Bay
Died: September 30, 1973
Resided: Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Photography
Peter's wife, Aggeok, was both a graphic artist, and a craft artist. His
adopted children Mark Pitseolak and Annie Pitseolak are sculptors in Cape
Dorset. Peter's daughter Mary is a graphic artist, and a sculptor.
EXHIBITIONS: May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974,
1975 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1972 INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection
of Inuit Art
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1973 Canadian Eskimo Lithographs: Third Collection
Presented under the auspices of the
Cultural Affairs Division of the
Department of External Affairs Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct 1975 - Dec 1977 Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
March 1976 A Tribute to Cape Dorset Male Artists
Inukshuk Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
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)
Oct - Nov 1978 Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
January - March 1980 Cape Dorset
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1980 La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea Goddess
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - October 1982 Inuit Art from the Art Centre Collection
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
August 1982 Inuit Sculpture and Prints from the Collection
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Dec 1982 - Jan 1983 Noel au Chateau - Art inuit de la
collection Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
presented at Chateau Dufresne
Montreal, Quebec
Oct - Nov 1983 The Cape Dorset Print
Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Sept - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
March - April 1986 Exhibition and Balloted Sale of Canadian Art
Art For All
Edmonton, Alberta
November - Dec 1986 Cape Dorset Prints and Sculpture
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
September - Nov 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1987 Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
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)
June - July 1988 Early Cape Dorset Prints: Kenojuak, Pitseolak,
Lucy, Kananginak, Kopapik
Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
June - September 1988 The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta
December 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)
February - April 1989 Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of Inuit Art
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Banff, Alberta
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1990 Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection
Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Alberta
January - Sep 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
February - March 1990 Inuit Drawings
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Dec 1991 - March 1992 In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades
of Inuit Printmaking
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1992 Selections from the McMaster Art Gallery
Collection
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
Oct 1992 - March 1993 Inuit Ivories from the Collection
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)
January - March 1994 From Icebergs to Iced Tea
Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Thunder Bay, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: February - June 1976 Photographs by Peter Pitseolak
McCord Museum
Montreal, Quebec
March 1976 Drawings by Peter Pitseolak of Cape Dorset
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
January - Sep 1980 Peter Pitseolak (1902-1973) Chroniqueur Inuit
de Seekooseelak/Inuit Historian of Seekooseelak
McCord Museum/Musee McCord
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1981 Peter Pitseolak
La Galerie Inuit
Paris, France
(illustrated brochure)
1982 - 1984 Peter Pitseolak: Photographer of Seekooseelak
Circulated in the Northwest Territories by the
Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, 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.
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McCord Museum/Musee McCord, Montreal, Quebec
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
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1972 Took part in a film animation workshop, and contributed to the production of
Animation in Cape Dorset.
1975 Kingait Press. The artist produced a collection of prints for the Kingait
Press entitled 'Peter Pitseolak Drawings'.
1977 The World Wildlife Fund approached Cape Dorset, N.W.T., to plan and produce an
exceptional series of wildlife prints to be distributed under the worldwide
auspices of the Fund. The portfolio, launched in October 1977, included
prints after the late Peter Pitseolak; and is documented in the Cape Dorset
Graphic annual catalogue of 1978.
1977 Theo Waddington Galleries in Montreal commissioned a portfolio of prints
from the work of Peter Pitseolak. This work is documented in the Cape Dorset
Graphic annual catalogue of 1981.
1982 An Inuktitut film, "Peter Pitseolak: The Man Who Made Pictures", was
produced by the National Film Board's Multimedia Department. The English
version of this film won the 1981 Award of Excellence from the Amtec Media
Festival. A copy of this film strip was donated to all Northern schools that
received the McCord touring exhibit 'Peter Pitseolak: Photographer of
Seekooseelak.'
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.
UNE EXPOSITION D'ART GRAPHIQUE INUIT AU MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS.
Le Devoir, July 29, 1980.
Blodgett, Jean
IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADES OF INUIT
PRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies,
Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichael
Canadian Art Collection, 1991.
Blodgett, Jean
LOOKING SOUTH: a travelling exhibition organized and circulated
by The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1978.
Blodgett, Jean
PETER PITSEOLAK: Inuit Historian. Parachute, no. 19, Summer,
1980. pp.33-38.
Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill,
Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
Burland, Cottie
ESKIMO ART. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1973.
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS
D'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts,
c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.
Eber, Dorothy Harley
HOW IT REALLY WAS. Natural History, vol. 86, no. 2, February,
1977. pp.70-75.
Eber, Dorothy Harley
PETER PITSEOLAK: Artist and Author. The Beaver, Winter, 1975.
p.36-39.
Eber, Dorothy Harley
PITSEOLAK, PETER: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James M. Marsh,
editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 3:1420, 1985.
Graburn, Nelson H.H.
NALUNAIKUTANGA: Signs and Symbols in Canadian Inuit Art and
Culture. Polarforschung, vol. 46, no. 1, 1976. pp.1-11.
Henry, Victoria and Shelley Niro
FROM ICEBERGS TO ICED TEA: Catalogue of an exhibition presented
at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 14 July-27 March and at Carleton
University Art Gallery, 1 May-24 July 1994. Ottawa, Ont.:
Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Carleton University Art Gallery, 1994.
Houston, James A.
THE CREATION OF ANOUTOALOAK. The Beaver, Winter, 1955. pp.50-53.
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.
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.
Pitseolak, Peter
PETER PITSEOLAK (1902-1973) CHRONIQUEUR INUIT DE SEEKOOSEELAK. =
INUIT HISTORIAN OF SEEKOOSEELAK: /Edited by David Bellman.
Montreal: McCord Museum, 1980.
Pitseolak, Peter
PETER PITSEOLAK'S ESCAPE FROM DEATH: Drawings and story by
Peter Pitseolak. Introduced and edited by Dorothy Eber.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. [New York:Delacorte
Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1978.].
Pitseolak, Peter and Dorothy Harley Eber
PEOPLE FROM OUR SIDE: A life story with photographs by Peter
Pitseolak and ...oral biography by Dorothy Eber. An Inuit record
of Seekooseelak...Cape Dorset. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers,
1975. [Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978.].
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
CAPE DORSET. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
CAPE DORSET: Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1975.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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