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       MARTHA TICKIE   (TICKIQ; TEEKILK; TICIQ; TUKIE; TIKIQ; TEEKILIK)
       Born:  1939       Female       E2-128
       Resides:  Baker Lake
       Sculpture, Wallhangings
       EXHIBITIONS:
       October 1975 - December 1977
                                                   Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs and                  
                                                   Northern Development                              
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       January 1980                     Baker Lake Wallhangings 1980
                                                   Snow Goose Associates                             
                                                   Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
       June - July 1980                Baker Lake Wallhangings 1980
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       July - August 1981            Three Artists of Baker Lake
                                                   Image of the Inuit                                
                                                   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)
       September 1983               People of the Caribou
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       March - April 1984            Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces
                                                   of the Eskimo                                     
                                                   Colorado Galleries of the Arts,                   
                                                   Arapahoe Community College                        
                                                   Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.
       January 1986                    Six Women of Baker Lake
                                                   The Upstairs Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       October 1987                    Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit
                                                   Sculpture                                         
                                                   Arctic Artistry                                   
                                                   Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
       June - September 1988   Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
                                                   from the Collection                               
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       November 1990                Inuit Masterworks
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April - May 1992                Salon International Europ'art '92
                                                   presented by Galerie Saint Merri                  
                                                   Geneva, Switzerland
       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)
       March 1995                       Arctic Expressions
                                                   Nizhoni Dream Catchers                            
                                                   Naples, Florida, U.S.A.
       May - September 1995    Keeping Our Stories Alive:
                                                   An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts               
                                                   from Dene and Inuit of Canada                     
                                                   Institute of American Indian Arts Museum          
                                                   Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - April 1996            Major/Minor
                                                   Marion Scott Gallery                              
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       COLLECTIONS:
       Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec      
       Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.  
       Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories  
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 
       HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
       1992     Martha was invited to attend the opening of the `Women in the North'
                Exhibition at the Marion Scott Gallery, on June 6.
       1995     Martha's carving "Mother and Child" was on the cover of the catalogue for
                the Keeping Our Stories Alive exhibition.
       SELECTED REFERENCES:
       Institute of American Indian Arts Museum          
           KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE:  An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from
           Dene and Inuit of Canada.  Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American
           Native Arts Museum, 1995.
       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                        
           BAKER LAKE.  Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver [1990].
       Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
           INUIT MASTERWORKS:  November 3-November 24, 1990.  Vancouver, B.
           C.: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1990.
       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.


       Millard, Peter                                    
           THE ARTISTS SPEAK.  Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3,
           summer/fall 1992, pp. 16-21.
       Sanavik Cooperative                               
           SCULPTURE 1974.  Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.

 

       (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995