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    JOE ADAMIE TUKAI   (TOOKI; TUKI; JOADMIE; ADAMIE)
       Born:  September 24, 1943       Male       E9-931
       Resides:  Inukjuak
       Sculpture
       Joe Adamie enjoyed hunting and ski-dooing, but his favourite past-time was    
       carving.  His father Sima and brother Thomassie were also sculptors living in 
       Inukjuak.                                                                     

       EXHIBITIONS:
       Nov - 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 Art in Northern Quebec
                                                   presented by La Federation des                    
                                                   Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec                    
                                                   at "Man and His World"                            
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Nov 1976 - Jan 1977       Port Harrison/Inoucdjouac
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Nov 1984 - Feb 1985       Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper:
                                                   Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections                 
                                                   Edmonton Art Gallery                              
                                                   Edmonton, Alberta
       Oct - Nov 1986                  The Art of the Eskimo
                                                   Newman Galleries                                  
                                                   Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
       Nov - Dec 1986                 Art Inuit
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec

       Nov - Dec 1987                 Art Inuit
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       April 1988                          [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet                 
                                                   France
       Jan - Feb 1989                 The Art of the Eskimo
                                                   Newman Galleries                                  
                                                   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
       December 1990               New Miniature Sculpture
                                                   Gallery Phillip                                   
                                                   Don Mills, Ontario
       COLLECTIONS:
       Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.                           
       Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta        
       Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec 
       National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario         
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba   
       SELECTED REFERENCES:
       Roberts, A. Barry                                 
           THE INUIT ARTISTS OF INOUCDJOUAC, P.Q:  Historical and
           Biographical Information for the Viewers and Collectors of
           Eskimo Art.  Montreal: La Federation des Co-operatives du Noveau
           Quebec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and
           Northern Affairs, 1978.

       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           PORT HARRISON/INOUCDJOUAC.  Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery,
           1977.

       (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995