IOLA ABRAHAM IKKIDLUAK   (ISAAC; ABRAHAM; ESEECHIA; ISSAC)
       Born:  December 20, 1936       Male       E7-923
       Place of Birth:  Markham Bay
       Resides:  Kimmirut; also lived in Peetokerk Camp
       Sculpture
            Iola's wife Namonai is an artist. Their late son, Tutuyea was also       
       a very talented carver.                                                       
                                                                                     
             He currently lives in Lake Harbour where he carves full time and spends 
       his other hours hunting.  He is an inveterate traveller and often works as a  
       guide for fish and wildlife officers of the Government of the Northwest       
       Territories.  As a sculptor, Iola has a wide range of subject matter from     
       small, nicely detailed birds and animals to large, museum quality pieces.  He 
       is particularly known for large, very detailed carvings of walrus.  He speaks 
       no english and is extremely traditional in his outlook.                       
                                                                Arts Induvik 1985    

       EXHIBITIONS:
       October - Nov 1974          Eskimo Art
                                                   Queens Museum                                     
                                                   Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1977                                   Sculpture from Lake Harbour
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       March - June 1978            The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
                                                   Eskimo Shamanism and Art                          
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1979 - 1981                       By the Light of the Qulliq: Eskimo Life in the
                                                   Canadian Arctic                                   
                                                   Smithsonian Institution, A travelling exhibition  
                                                   of Inuit art from the Feheley Collection          
                                                   Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       November - Dec 1980      Sculpture from Baffin Island
                                                   Pitakvik Inuit Galleries                          
                                                   Calgary, Alberta
       July - September 1983     Baffin Island
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       February - March 1984     Canadian Inuit Art
                                                   City Hall                                         
                                                   Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
       June 1986                          New Beginnings: a celebration of Native
                                                   expression at the first Native Business           
                                                   Summit                                            
                                                   Metro Toronto Convention Centre                   
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       September - Nov 1987     The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       November 1988                [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Les Martres-de-Veyre                           
                                                   France
       November 1990                Inuit Masterworks
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       May - August 1992            Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated brochure)

      Oct 1992 - Mar 1993         Inuit Ivories from the Collection
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       1993 - 1993                       Arts from the Arctic
                                                   Anchorage Museum of History and Art               
                                                   Anchorage, Alaska
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October 1994                    Sculpture of the Inuit:
                                                   Major Works by the Masters of Stone               
                                                   Maslak McLeod Canadian Art                        
                                                   Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
       March - July 1995              Opening Show
                                                   Geronimo's Studio                                 
                                                   Munich, Germany
       COLLECTIONS:
       McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario                  
       Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario        
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 
       HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
       1987     Participated in a carving workshop in Iqaluit, experimenting with new stone
                types and hard stone carving techniques.
       1988     A carving by Ikkidluak was featured on the cover of the Fall issue of the
                Inuit Art Quarterly.

       SELECTED REFERENCES:
       Adamson, Arthur                                   
           THE SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.  Inuit Art Quarterly,
           vol.3, no.1, Winter, 1988. pp.19-20.
       Blodgett, Jean                                    
           THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN:  Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
           Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
       Ingram, Jan                                       
           ARTS FROM THE ARCTIC; A CELEBRATORY EXHIBITION:  At the
           Anchorage Museum of History and Art until September 19, 1993.
           Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 3, Fall, 1993.
       Institute of Alaska Native Arts                   
           ARTS FROM THE ARCTIC:  An Exhibition of Circumpolar Art by
           Indigenous Artists from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Sapmi
           (Lapland), Russia.  Presented by Institute of Alaska Native Arts
           and Anchorage Museum of History and Art, copyright Institute of
           Alaska Native Arts, 1993.
       Jordon, Wendy Adler                               
           BY THE LIGHT OF THE QULLIQ:  Eskimo Life in the Canadian
           Arctic.  Washington: Smithsonian Institution Traveling
           Exhibition Service, 1979.
       Swinton, George                                   
           SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO.  Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           BAFFIN ISLAND.  Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983.
       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.  Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.

     (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995