REX GOOSE (KANGOAK)

Born: May 26, 1965 Male W2-1082
Resides: Holman
Drawings, Prints, Jewellery, Sculpture


Rex is the son of Holman artist the late William Goose, and grandson of
artist Agnes Nanogak.



EXHIBITIONS:

1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, Holman Prints
1990 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

September - October 1983 Inuit Survival
Enook Galleries, Waterloo, Ontario
Presented at the University of Waterloo
Art Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario

August - September 1984 Visions of Rare Spirit:
20 Years of Holman Prints
Port Colborne Library
Port Colborne, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)

May 1989 Spirit of the Birds
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

July 1989 The Great Northern Arts Festival
held in Inuvik
Northwest Territories

January - September 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec

June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.


November 1990 This Is My World
Presented by Jordan Fine Arts
at the Windmill Gallery
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

April - May 1991 Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1993 - 1993 Arts from the Arctic
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Anchorage, Alaska
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

March 1993 The Prints Never Seen:
Holman, 1977-1987
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
San Francisco, California
(illustrated catalogue)

November 1993 - January 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(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)


November - December 1995 Miniaturen
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(brochure)

March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

November 1994 Sulijuk:The Sculpture of Rex Goose
Northern Images
Yellowknife, N.W.T.
(illustrated catalogue)


COLLECTIONS:

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:

1989 Travelled to Ottawa to meet with the Board of Directors of the Inuit Art
Foundation in December.

1990 Won the Chime'ne Charveze Memorial Award for the sculpture "Canada Goose" at
the Scottsdale Native American Indian Foundation 4th Annual Fine Art Show.


SELECTED REFERENCES:

Gallery of the Arctic
SPIRIT OF THE BIRDS. Victoria: Gallery of the Arctic, 1989.

Holman Eskimo Co-operatives Ltd.
THE PRINTS NEVER SEEN, HOLMAN, 1977-1987: A Collection of
Previously Unpublished Prints. Holman Eskimo Co-operatives;
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, 1993?.

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.

Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].

Muscarelle Museum of Art (Williamsburg)
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederick
and Lucy S. Herman. Williamsburg, Va.: The College of William
and Mary in Virginia, 1993.

Port Colborne Library
VISIONS OF RARE SPIRIT = VISIONS D'ESPRIT RARE: 20 years of
Holman Prints = 20 ans d'estampes Holman. Ottawa: Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.

(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995