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SILASSIE TUKAI (TUKI; TUKSI; SILASIE) Born: 1919 Male E9-1768
Died: January 14, 1994
Resided: Inukjuak
Sculpture
Silassie's wife Lydia Tukai is a crafts artist. Silassie has three
brothers who are all involved in carving: Lucassie, Noah, and Peter Tukai.
Silassie began carving at the age of thirty.
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)
February - April 1973 The Bessie Bulman Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1987 [Inuit Art Exhibition]
Whitby Arts Incorporated,
The Station Gallery
Whitby, Ontario
Nov 1987 - Jan 1988 Inuitkonst fran Kanada - skulptor och
grafik
Millesgarden
Lidingo, Sweden
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan - Feb 1989 The Art of the Eskimo
Newman Galleries
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection, Saskatchewan
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES: 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.
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.
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.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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