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ELIYAKOTA SAMUALIE (ELIJAH; SAMUELIE; ELIJAKUTA; SAMAYUALIE; EELYA;
ELIYAHKOTA)
Born: May 9, 1939 Female E7-952
Died: November, 1987
Resided: Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture
"A Canadian Inuit graphic artist and sculptor, Eliyakota Samualie was born
in a coastal camp near Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories. Since her father
died when she was very young, Eliyakota was raised for many years by her
maternal grandparents. She moved into Cape Dorset in the early 1960s to live
with her mother. Though Eliyakota never married, she raised one adopted child
until her death in 1987.
Eliyakota began drawing in the early 1960s while still living on the land.
Her drawings were first translated into prints for the 1970 annual Cape Dorset
collection. Eliyakota's imagery consisted mainly of bird forms, occasionally
combined with human, spirit, or flesh elements. Her drawings and the resulting
print images are notable for their precision, stylization, and symmetry. Line
and composition are tightly controlled; Eliyakota's birds are not merely
depicted, they are displayed. This rather decorative style occasionally
resembles that of the renowned Cape Doset artist, Kenojuak Ashevak."
Ingo Hessel.
In "North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical
Dictionary" 1995.
EXHIBITIONS: August - Sep 1968 Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and
Paintings of Norval Morrisseau
Art Association of Newport
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, Cape Dorset Graphics
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, (annual collection)
1986, 1987 (illustrated catalogue)
October - Nov 1973 Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
October - Nov 1978 Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
August - Sep 1979 Cape Dorset: Recent Sculpture
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Sep - October 1980 Cape Dorset
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
Sept - October 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
June - October 1982 Inuit Art from the Art Centre Collection
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving
from the Northwest Territories
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1983 Return of the Birds
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - December 1986 Cape Dorset Prints and Sculpture
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
Oct - November 1987 1987 Eskimo Art
Franz Bader Gallery
Washington, DC, 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 - May 1988 Exhibition of Original Drawings by
Three Inuit Artists from Cape Dorset:
Kenojuak Ashevak, Kananginak Pootoogook
and Eliyakota Samualie
Gallery Phillip
Don Mills, Ontario
March 1989 Kenojuak Ashevak, Eliyakota Samualie,
Aoudla Pudlat
Gallery Phillip
Don Mills, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
May 1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset
& Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition
Print by Kananginak
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 1993 - January 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(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)
March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: July - August 1979 Eliyakota/Cape Dorset
Gallery One
Toronto, Ontario
Nov - December 1986 Eliyakota
Drawings
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(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
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection, Saskatchewan
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, 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
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, Quebec
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1979 Gallery One Commission, Toronto. The artist,s 'Ptarmigan' and 'Ptarmigan and
Fish' prints were commissioned by Gallery One.
1982 'Canada Living' Poster Commission. Eliyakota was one of four artists
commissioned to create prints, which were used as poster designs for 'Canada
Living'.
1984 Norgraphics Commission. Eliyakota was one of three artists to produce a
collection of limited edition etchings; documented in teh Cape Dorset Graphic
annual catalogue of 1985.
1986 Norgraphics Limited. Eliyakota was one of several artists whose work was
acquired and released by Norgraphics Limited between 1976 and 1984. The works
that were selected are documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue
of 1986.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Gustavison, Susan J.
ARCTIC EXPRESSIONS: INUIT ART AND THE CANADIAN ESKIMO ARTS
COUNCIL 1961 - 1989. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art
Collection, 1994.
Hessel, Ingo
ELIYAKOTA SAMUALIE (1939-1987). In North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary/ Garland,
1995.
Hobbs, Anna
FROM CAPE DORSET: The Vivid Imagery of Our Inuit Artists.
Canadian Living, November, 1982. pp.41-47.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest
Territories. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
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.
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.
Reeves, John
THE WOMEN ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET. City and Country Home,
April: 35-43, 1985.
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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