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SIMON SHAIMAIYUK (SAIMAIYUQ; SAIMIYOOK; SHAIMAIYOOK) Born: March 15, 1915 Male E6-368
Place of Birth: Black Island
Resides: Pangnirtung
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Tapestries
Simon Shaimaiyuk first started carving in 1958. Though he only makes ulus now
he used to make small whale, seal and bear carvings. Simon also used to draw
using pencil, coloured pencil and felt pen. His favourite subjects were of
seals, igloos and the Inuit.
EXHIBITIONS: Aug - Sept 1968 Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and
Paintings of Norval Morrisseau
Art Association of Newport
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, Pangnirtung Print Collection
1985, 1986, 1992, 1994 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1979 Pangnirtung Prints and Stonecuts
Northern Images
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
April 1980 Whalebone Carvings and Inuit Prints
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Art Gallery
St. John's, Newfoundland
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1983 Inuit Survival
Enook Galleries, Waterloo, Ontario
Presented at the University of Waterloo
Art Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
Feb 1984 - Jun 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and Canadian
Arctic Producers
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1984 50 Inuit Prints
Canadian Arctic Producers in
coordination with the Hudson's Bay
Company Inuit Art Marketing Service,
held at Simpson's
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
July 1986 Pangnirtung Print Retrospective: 1973-1986
Organized by Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
Limited, Pangnirtung, at Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July - November 1987 Useful Bits of Bone
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 1988 From the Pangnirtung Weave Shop
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
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.
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1989 Is a member of the Uqqurmiut Inuit Artists Association. 1992 Received grant to do a series of coloured pencils drawings about how older
Inuit see the world.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Houston, John
ART & SOUL: A roaring fire destroyed their home, but not their
dreams. A story of the steel spirit and true heart of arctic
art. EQUINOX: No. 81; June 1995, pp. 70-85.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
Swinton, George
USEFUL BITS OF BONE/IKPIARJUK, THE SCULPTURE OF ARCTIC BAY.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer, 1988. pp.18-20.
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