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 |