ADA EYETOAQ   (KINGILIK; IYI'TUAQ; EEYEETOAQ; EYEETOAQ; EEYEETOWAK; 
                      IYI'TAG; EETOOWA; EYITTUAK; EEYEETEETOWAK)
       Born:  1934       Female       E2-352
       Resides:  Baker Lake; also lived in Aberdeen Lake
       Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Crafts
          "Baker Lake Inuit artist Ada Eyetoaq is best known for her roughly carved 
       miniature soapstone sculptures of human figures, though she has also explored 
       other artistic media. She has created a number of drawings for the Sanavik    
       Cooperative's print program and a few wool duffel and felt wall-hangings.     
           Her subject matter is generally inspired by her long years of experience  
       living in the traditional Inuit hunting culture. She and her family were among
       the last to move into the settlement of Baker Lake from their traditional camp
       near Beverly Lake in the Keewatin District of the Central Arctic, and she     
       initially turned to soapstone sculpture as a means of securing some income at 
       a time when her family could no longer depend on hunting and trapping for     
       their livelihood. Eyetoaq's husband, James Kingilik, is also an aritst and    
       produces primarily soapstone sculpture."                                      
                                                                                     
                                       Marion E. Jackson                             
                                       In "North American Women Artists              
                                       of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical      
                                       Dictionary" 1995.                             
                                                                                     
                                                                                     

       EXHIBITIONS:
       1971, 1972                        Baker Lake Print Collection
                                                   (annual collection)                               
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1971                                   Sculpture in Miniature
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       1974                                   Baker Lake Sculpture
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       October - Nov 1974          Eskimo Art
                                                   Queens Museum                                     
                                                   Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Jan 1977 - June 1982      The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs and                  
                                                   Northern Development 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)
       August - Nov 1978            The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - April 1979            Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine
                                                   Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/                 
                                                   Dr. Harry Winrob Collection                       
                                                   Surrey Art Gallery                                
                                                   Surrey, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       August - Nov 1979            Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       November - Dec 1979      In Celebration
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       Dec 1979 - Jan 1980       Baker Lake Sculpture
                                                   Playhouse Gallery                                 
                                                   Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
       May 1980                           Eskimo Miniature Carvings by Ada Eyetoaq,
                                                   Jackoposie Opakat, Gideon Quaqjuaq                
                                                   Images Art Gallery                                
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       August - Oct 1980             The Inuit Amautik:  I Like My Hood
                                                   To Be Full                                        
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Sep - October 1980          Decade of Mystery and Change: Tenth
                                                   Anniversary Exhibit                               
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       November 1980                Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
                                                   The Upstairs Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       December 1981                Baker Lake - Sculpture and Wallhangings
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       December 1982                The Beat of the Drum
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       1983                                    An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving
                                                    from the Northwest Territories                    
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       March - April 1983            Bering Sea to Baffin Bay
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
       September 1983              The Way We Were - Traditional Eskimo Life
                                                   Snow Goose Associates                             
                                                   Seattle, Washington, USA
       October - Dec 1983          Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
                                                    the Collection of Indian and Northern             
                                                   Affairs Canada                                    
                                                   McMichael Canadian Collection                     
                                                   Kleinburg, Ontario
       November - Dec 1983     Three Exhibitions of Miniature Sculpture
                                                   The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art                  
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       April 1984                          Games of the Inuit
                                                   Northern Images                                   
                                                   Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
       Sep - October 1984         On the Land
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
       November - Dec 1984      50 Inuit Prints
                                                   Canadian Arctic Producers in                      
                                                   coordination with the Hudson's Bay                
                                                   Company Inuit Art Marketing Service,              
                                                   held at Simpson's                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       January 1986                     Six Women of Baker Lake
                                                   The Upstairs Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       July - August 1986            Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of
                                                   the Spirit                                        
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (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.
       November 1987                 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
                                                   Arctic Artistry                                   
                                                   Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
       April 1988                          Inuit Images in Transition
                                                   Augusta Savage Gallery,                           
                                                   University of Massachusetts                       
                                                   Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October 1989                    Baker Lake Print Retrospective:
                                                   A Twenty Year Anniversary                         
                                                   The Upstairs Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       June - Sep 1990                Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
                                                   Arctic Artistry                                   
                                                   Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
       June - July 1992                Women of the North: An Exhibition
                                                   of art by Inuit Women of the                      
                                                   Canadian Arctic                                   
                                                   Marion Scott Gallery                              
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
       Nov - Dec 1979                Ada Eyetoaq - Recent Sculpture
                                                   Lippel Gallery                                    
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
 
      COLLECTIONS:
       Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.    
       Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario                  
       Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec               
       Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta      
       Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories       
       Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario                   
       Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec                
       Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia    
       Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories     
       Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta        
       University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta                          
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba                   

       SELECTED REFERENCES:
                                                         
           ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS:  /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by
           Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler.  Montreal: Signum Press in
           association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.
       Arctic Circle                                     
           DECADE OF MYSTERY AND CHANGE 1970-1980:  tenth anniversary
           exhibit, september 26 - october 9, 1980.  Los Angeles, Calif.:
           THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, 1980.
       Canadian Arctic Producers                         
           ADA EYETOAQ:  Recent Sculpture = sculpture recente.  Ottawa:
           Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979.
       Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
           AN ENDURING TRADITION II:  Inuit Carving from the Northwest
           Territories.  Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
       Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
           COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: 1965 - 1980.  Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, l982.

       Jackson, Marion E.                                
           ADA EYETOAQ (1934-).  In North American Women Artists of the
           Twentieth  Century:  A Biographical Dictionary/ Garland, 1995.
       Macdonald, John                                   
           TAUVIJJUAQ; THE GREAT DARKNESS.  Inuit Art Quarterly:  Vol. 8,
           No.2, Summer, 1993, pp. 19-25.
       Raven Gallery                                     
           SPIRITS AND DREAMS:  Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake.
           Minneapolis: Raven Gallery and the Jewish Community Center of
           Greater Minneapolis, 1979.
       Sanavik Cooperative                               
           SCULPTURE 1974.  Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.
        (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995