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PAUL TOOLOOKTOOK Born: May 6, 1947 Deceased 2003 Male E2-377
Place of Birth: Beverly Lake District
Resides: Baker Lake
Sculpture, Printmaking
EXHIBITIONS: November - Dec 1965 Arctic Values '65
New Brunswick Museum
with the cooperation of the Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs
St. John, New Brunswick
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1973, 1982, 1987 Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker)
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974
Lippel Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Baker Lake Sculpture
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
August 1974 Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
August - Nov 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
January - June 1979 Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit
of Baker Lake
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
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)
June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who
wrestled with them
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
December 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst
der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the
Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit
Art in Canada
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art
from the Northwest Territories
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
February 1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's
Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists
at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited
presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
October - Dec 1989 Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the
Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
November 1990 - February 1991 Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
February 1991 Animals of the Arctic
Arctic Inuit Art
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (second exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
November - Dec 1991 Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with
the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
June - October 1992 Nouveau Territoires...
350/500 Ans Apres, Presented at les maisons
de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-
de-Grace, and Rosemont-Petite Patrie
Montreal Recreation and Community
Development Service and les Ateliers
Visions Planetaire
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto
April - May 1994 Mythic Image
Ancestral Spirits Gallery
Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A.
August - October 1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic
Bayly Art Museum
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
November 1994 Creatures of the Sea and Snow
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step...
Galerie D'Art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1970 Invited to attend Expo'70 in Osaka, Japan. 1977 Attended the British Columbia Gem and Mineral Show to represent the
North West Territories.
1977 Demonstrated and exhibited carvings at the Calgary Stampede,
Edmonton's Klondike Days and the Pacific National Exhibition
in Vancouver.
1978 Was a featured carver at the Vancouver Boat Show, which
displayed Inuit and Northwest Coast Indian art.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ESKIMO CARVER DISPLAYS WORK AT BOAT SHOW. The Columbian,
February 9, 1973.
IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und
Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art
of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition
Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de
l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971.
Crowe, Keith
ESKIMOS IN JAPAN. The Beaver (301): 56-60, Spring, 1971.
Galerie d'art Vincent
NOT JUST A DANCING STEP = PLUS QU'UN PAS DE DANSE: An Inuit Art
Exhibition organized by Galerie d'art Vincent, Chateau Laurier,
Ottawa, Canada = Une exposition d'art Inuit... Ottawa: Galerie
d'art Vincent [1996].
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo
Art, 1974.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
Koffler Gallery
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND. North York, Ont. : Jewish Community
Centre, 1986.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Metcalfe, Robert
ALMOST LIKE HOME. North 17:1-6, September/October, 1970.
Schrager, Reissa
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND. Toronto, Ont. : Inuit Art Quarterly
1(2):8, 1986.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Vision Planetaire
NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art
aborigene contemporain du Canada. Montreal: Vision Planetaire:
Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.
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