ENUKEE AKULUKJUK (INOOKEE; INUKEE; ENOOKIE)
Born: January 8, 1943 Male E6-424
Resides: Pangnirtung
Sculpture, Prints, Printmaking
Enukee Akulukjuk enjoys carving, drawing and printmaking. He first learned to
carve in 1960 using materials such as stone, antler, ivory and whalebone. His
preference, however, is whalebone, and his carvings are generally small. In
1969 Enukee started drawing and a year later learned to make prints. He
prefers using pencil and will draw just about anything but focuses on family
and animal themes. When making prints he prefers stencil, lithography and
woodcut techniques. Enukee believes his drawings and prints have improved
with experience and that they have become much more colourful. Enukee is one
of many artists in his family. His father Nutaralaq is a carver. His mother
Malaya is a carver, tapestry artist, printmaker, and she also makes drawings.
His three brothers, Geeshee, Juelee, and Moar, are all carvers. Enukee's
sister, May Lonsdale, creates drawings and prints.
EXHIBITIONS:
Nov - Dec 1979 In Celebration of the Arts of the Canadian
Eskimo of Pangnirtung, N.W.T.
Inuit Art Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Nov - Dec 1980 Pangnirtung Community Sculpture
Pickering Gallery
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
May - June 1981 Pangnirtung - Recent Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, Pangnirtung Print Collection (printmaker)
1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Pangnirtung Print Collection
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1986 Pangnirtung Print Retrospective: 1973-1986
Organized by Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
Limited, Pangnirtung, at Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
July - November 1987 Useful Bits of Bone
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
October 1987 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux
France
November 1988 Echoes of the Drum
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS:
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Canadian Arctic Producers
PANGNIRTUNG: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic
Producers Cooperative Limited, 1981.
Gallery of the Arctic
ECHOES OF THE DRUM. Victoria, B.C. : Gallery of the Arctic, 1988.
Houston, John
ART & SOUL: A roaring fire destroyed their home, but not their
dreams. A story of the steel spirit and true heart of arctic
art. EQUINOX: No. 81; June 1995, pp. 70-85.
Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
PANGNIRTUNG PRINT RETROSPECTIVE: 1973-1986. Pangnirtung:
Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative, 1986.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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