SITA SAILA

       Born:  February 1, 1947       Female       E7-829
       Place of Birth:  Cape Dorset
       Resides:  Cape Dorset; also lived in Iqaluit
       Sculpture

            Sita is married to Mikisiti Saila, a carver himself and one of Pauta's   
       eldest sons.  Sita is the daughter of the carver Mannumi Shaqu.               

       EXHIBITIONS:

       May - June 1987               [Inuit Art Exhibition]
                                                   Whitby Arts Incorporated,                         
                                                   The Station Gallery                               
                                                   Whitby, Ontario

       June 1990 - July 1992     The First Passionate Collector: The
                                                   Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art               
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       May 1991                           Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing      
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario

       May - June 1991                Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints
                                                   Albers Gallery                                    
                                                   San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
                                                   (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)

       COLLECTIONS:

       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba     

       SELECTED REFERENCES:

       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.

       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           THE FIRST PASSIONATE COLLECTOR: THE IAN LINDSAY COLECTION OF
           INUIT ART:  Le premier collectionneur passionne: La Collection
           d'art inuit Ian Lindsay.  Winnipeg : Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1990.

       (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995E