| MANASIE AKPALIAPIK (PANEELOO; AKPALIAPI; AKPALEAPIK;
AKPIALIK) Born: August 23, 1955 Male E5-1155 Resides: Toronto; also lived in Arctic Bay, Iqaluit, Winnipeg and Greenland Sculpture Manasie was raised in the family of sculptors Lazaroosee and Nakyuraq Akpaliapik in the community of Arctic Bay. His adopted grandparents, artists Peter and Elisapee Kanangnaq Ahlooloo, and his maternal great aunt Paniluk Qamanirq began to teach him to carve when he was about ten years old. As they carved, the elders entertained Manasie with Inuit legends and stories. EXHIBITIONS: March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture Arctic Inuit Art Gallery Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba January - September 1990 Arctic Mirror Canadian Museum of Civilization Hull, Quebec February - March 1991 Jawbone Sculpture The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario November - December 1991 The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) February - August 1992 Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) February - September 1992 Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Ontario April - May 1992 Salon International Europ'art '92 presented by Galerie Saint Merri Geneva, Switzerland 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) November 1992 - January 1993 Borealis: Inuit Images of Man and Animals Freeport Art Museum and Cultural Centre Freeport, Illinois April - July 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) November - December 1993 Sculpture Inuit et Retrospective Pudlo Pudlat Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec November - December 1993 Inuit Sculpture Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec November 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba May - June 1994 Share the Vision Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art Art Space Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. August - October 1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic Bayly Art Museum University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Verona, Italy (illustrated catalogue) 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) November 1995 Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) SOLO EXHIBITIONS: May 1989 Ivory Carvings by Manasie Akpaliapik Images Art Gallery Toronto, Ontario August - November 1990 Manasie: The Art of Manasie Akpaliapik Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1989 March: Received a Canada Council Explorations Grant for a project entitled "North Baffin Island Legends." The research will be carried out in Igloolik and Arctic Bay, and will focus on Kiviok's legendary voyage. 1989 Was one of the Canadian representatives at the Ainu Cultural Society conference in Shraoi Hokaido (near Sapporo), Japan. 1989 Travelled to Ottawa to meet with the Board of Directors of the Inuit Art Foundation in December. Subsequently, became a Board member. 1990 Manasie appeared on the cover of the Spring issue of Inuit Art Quarterly magazine. 1990 Took part in a workshop for international indigenous artists at the Canadian Museum of Civilization held by the Om niiak Native Arts Group. 1993 Akpaliapik's (untitled) sculpture is featured on the cover of the Inuit Art Quarterly (Winter 1993). SELECTED REFERENCES: Ayre, John CARVING IS HEALING TO ME: An Interview with Manassie Akpaliapik. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 1993, pp. 34-42. Breakthrough Films and Television, Inc. CRY OF THE ANCESTORS: the art of Manasie Akpaliapik. Produced by Breakthrough Films and Television, Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with the assistance of Telefilm Canada, 1994. Canadian Arctic Producers MANASIE MANIAPIK. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd, 1985. Driscoll, Bernadette UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1985. Gillmore, Alison UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art. Arts Manitoba, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer, 1985. pp.20-23. 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. Maniapik, Manasie MANASIE MANIAPIK: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1981. Marion Scott Gallery INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT: Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996]. Muehlen, Maria DRAWINGS AND RECENT SCULPTURE AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Summer/Fall 1992, p. 45. Seidelman, Harold and James Turner THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993. Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea IMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI. Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palazzo Forti, 1995. Vision Planetaire NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art aborigene contemporain du Canada. Montreal: Vision Planetaire: Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992. Wight, Darlene BUILDING ON STRENGTHS: New Inuit Art from the Collection. Tableau, vol. 1, no.5, 1988. p.4. Wight, Darlene MANASIE : THE ART OF MANASIE AKPALIAPIK. Winnipeg : The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1990.
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