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MARK UQAYUITTUQ (OQAIYITUK; OYAYEETOK; UQAYUITTAQ; UQAYUITTUK) Born: 1925 Male E2-70
Died: 1984
Resided: Baker Lake; also lived in Back River, and Aberdeen Lake
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture
Mark was the son of Baker Lake print-artist and sculptor, Luke Anguhadluq.
His wife, Janet Kigusiuq, is a talented and versatile artist who is involved
with the graphic, print, and wallhanging arts, as well as sculpture.
EXHIBITIONS: January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1973, 1974, 1975 Baker Lake Print Collection
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1976 - 1982 Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Canadian Arctic Producers and the
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(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)
Nov 1979 - Oct 1984 Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Arts and Learning Services Foundation
(this is a duplicate of the C.A.P. and
National Museum of Man exhibition of
1976-1981)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(tour)
April - May 1980 Baker Lake - Drawings, Sculpture,
Tapestries
Theo Waddington
Toronto, Ontario
November 1980 Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 1981 Transformation
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/
Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture
National Gallery of Modern Art
Rome, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery,
(organized to complement the Musee
des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit
of the same name)
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1982 The Beat of the Drum
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
February - April 1983 Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings:
1970-1976
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
June - July 1989 Baker Lake Sculpture
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1989 Baker Lake Print Retrospective:
A Twenty Year Anniversary
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Nov 1991 - Mar 1992 Moving Around the Form:
Inuit Sculpture and Prints
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Aug 1994 - Apr 1997 Qamanittuaq: Where the River Widens
Drawings by Baker Lake Artists
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Aug - Sept 1980 Mark Uqayuittaq - Sculpture and Drawing
Image of the Inuit
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES: Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
CRAFTS FROM ARCTIC CANADA = ARTISANAT DE L'ARCTIQUE CANADIEN.
Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1974.
Sanavik Cooperative
SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
BAKER LAKE PRINTS & PRINT-DRAWINGS 1970-76. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983.
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