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PAULASSIE POOTOOGOOK (PAULOOSIE; PAULOSSIE) Born: February 14, 1927 Male E7-1176
Place of Birth: Igalalik (Andrew Gordon Bay)
Resides: Cape Dorset
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Printmaking
Paulassie is the brother of artists Eegyvudluk, Kananginak, and Pudlat
Pootoogook. He is the son of the late Pootoogook (1887-1958). Paulassie is
married to graphic artist Ishuhungitok; his son Tookikalook is a carver, now
living in Iqaluit.
EXHIBITIONS: 1959 Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker)
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1960, 1966 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1963 ART ESKIMO
Galerie de France
Paris, France
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Inoonoot Eskima: Grafik och Skulptur fran
Cape Dorset och Povungnituk
Konstframjandet
Stockholm, Sweden
(catalogue)
1968 Eskimo Sculpture
Man & His World, Arctic Pavilion
Montreal, Quebec
1970 Mythology in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - July 1970 Sculpture
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
a competition/exhibition organized as
a contribution to the Centennial of the
N.W.T.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - September 1974 Ulu/Inua: Form and Fantasy in Eskimo Art
Casino Gallery, Ravinia Park
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
1975 - 1979 We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions
des Animaux
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development in
cooperation with the Department
of External Affairs
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1975 Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition
Baffin Regional School
Iqaluit, Northwest Territories
February - March 1980 Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of
Important Inuit Sculpture
Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario
1981 Cape Dorset Sculptors and Their Sculpture
The Inuit Art Collection
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon
Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
Apr 1981 - Mar 1982 Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from
the Collection of the National Museum of
Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada
National Museum of Man, Ottawa and
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery,
(organized to complement the Musee
des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit
of the same name)
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1982 Songs in Stone
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
June 1983 An Enduring Tradition: Inuit Carving from
Arctic Quebec
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1984 Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo
Colorado Galleries of the Arts,
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.
March - June 1984 The Oral Tradition
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
Sep - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Nov - Dec 1984 Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
December 1984 Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections
from Private Collections and the Government
of Canada
Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives
du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
November 1986 The Ancestors/Links Between Worlds
Minnesota Museum of Art
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
Nov - Dec 1986 Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
December 1987 Cape Dorset Sculpture
Eskimo Art Inc.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
June - September 1988 The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta
January - February 1989 The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50's and 60's
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
May 1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset
& Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition
Print by Kananginak
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
Oct - Dec 1989 Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Aug - Sept 1991 Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters
& the Next Generation
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1991 The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
Dec 1991 - Mar 1992 In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades
of Inuit Printmaking
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the
Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1992 Small Sculptures by Great Artists I
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
1993 - 1993 Arts from the Arctic
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Anchorage, Alaska
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
Nov - Dec 1995 Miniaturen
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(brochure)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1975 Pauloosie Pootoogook
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
May 1981 Paulassie Pootoogook
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1985 Paulassie Pootoogook
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
June 1986 Paulossie Pootoogook, Cape Dorset
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
November 1993 Paulassie Pootoogook
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated brochure)
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
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
Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Toronto, Ontario
Shell Canada Collection, Calgary, Alberta
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1993 The Inuit Galerie of Mannheim, Germany, features Pootoogook's sculpture in
their 1993 calender.
SELECTED REFERENCES: 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.
Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev.
INUNNIT: The Art of the Canadian Eskimo = L'art des Eskimaux du
Canada. / by W. T. Larmour. French translation by Jacques
Brunet. Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development, 1967.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1970.
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.
Inuit Art Collection
CAPE DORSET: Sculptors and their Sculpture. Manchester, Conn.:
The Inuit Art Collection, 1981.
Inuit Galerie
PAULASSIE POOTOOGOOK. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany :
Inuit Galerie, 1981.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest
Territories. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
CAPE DORSET STONE SCULPTURE: MASTERS AND THE NEXT GENERATION:
August 17-September 6, 1991. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1991.
Macduff, Alistair
LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By
Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.
Marion Scott Gallery
ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET,
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.
Riley, Jerry
SIX CAPE DORSET ELDERS. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.1,
Spring 1993, pp. 27-33.
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
ART/INUIT/ART: La Collection Permanente de Sculpture
Esquimaudes Rothmans/The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo
Sculpture. No publication information, 1975.
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.
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