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NALENIK TEMELA (NAWLEENIK; NALERIK; NALIKNIK; NAWLIKNIK; NOWLIONIK;
NAULINUK)
Born: May 26, 1939 Male E7-71
Resides: Kimmirut
Sculpture
Nalenik has been carving since he was fifteen years old. His wife Itee
and his brother Takealook are also artists. He carves primarily in stone, but
also uses ivory and antler when they are available. Nalenik lived in camps
out on the land until the late 1970s.
EXHIBITIONS: 1967 The Eskimo Art Collection of the
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974
Lippel Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
February 1975 Eskimo Sculpture
Aberbach Fine Art
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
1977 Sculpture from Lake Harbour
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
March - April 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine
Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/
Dr. Harry Winrob Collection
Surrey Art Gallery
Surrey, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1979 In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art
City Hall
Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
June 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native
expression at the first Native Business
Summit
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
July 1986 - February 1988 Selections from the John and Mary Robertson
Collection of Inuit Art
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1986 Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
October 1987 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux
France
Dec 1987 - Feb 1988 Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les
esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai,
at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras
Arras, France
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet
France
June 1988 The Inuit Experience: Animals of the Tundra and
the Sea
Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
(brochure)
July 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
France
November 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Martres-de-Veyre
France
Dec 1988 - Jan 1989 Exposition thematique sur l'ours
L'iglou art esquimau,
Galerie de l'ours
Bourges, France
March - April 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris
France
June 1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition
of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks
Presented by the Amway Corporation
at the United Nations General Assembly
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1989 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle
France
January 1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin
Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
France
March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
France
April 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France
July 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Thonon les Bains
France
August 1990 Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art
Sculpture in Stone
Images of the North
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
November 1990 This Is My World
Presented by Jordan Fine Arts
at the Windmill Gallery
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Nov - Dec 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
Dorset 1990
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre Culturel Canadien
Paris, France
February - March 1991 Taste Of The Wild
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
February - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Humbert
Nantes, France
March - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Theatre
La Ciotat, France
April - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
May - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at La Halle aux Bles
Saint Malo, France
June - July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
Ensisheim, France
Aug - Sept 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
Troyes, France
Oct - Dec 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Maite Aubert
Le Havre, France
February - April 1992 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Montador
Dieppe, France
June - August 1993 Masterworks of the Arctic:
Exceptional Sculpture from Canada
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Sept - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
October 1994 Sculpture of the Inuit:
Major Works by the Masters of Stone
Maslak McLeod Canadian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Jan - Feb 1995 The Collector's Eye
Inuit Art from Private Collections
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, USA
(illustrated brochure)
May - July 1995 Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
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.
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1981 A sculpture "Bear and Seal" by Nalenik Temela was presented to His Royal
Highness Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on the occasion of their
wedding July 29, 1981 by the Hudson's Bay Company.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
Blodgett, Jean
SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT
SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes
Etherington Art Centre, 1986.
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.
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