JOHNNY INUKPUK
Born: 1911 Male E9-904
Resides: Inukjuak
Sculpture, Prints
Johnny began carving while still living out on the land. He moved his family
into Inukjuak in the early 1950s and went on to become a leader in his
community and a highly respected artist.
EXHIBITIONS:
May 1953 Eskimo Carvings: Coronation Exhibition
Gimpel Fils
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
1955 Eskimo Sculpture
arranged by the Department of Northern
Affairs and National Resources, and the
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(catalogue)
1967 The Eskimo Art Collection of the
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
August - September 1968 Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and
Paintings of Norval Morrisseau
Art Association of Newport
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
November - December 1968 Eskimo Canada
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
and La Federation des Cooperatives du
Nouveau-Quebec, held at Place
Bonaventure
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1971 The Art of the Eskimo
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(catalogue)
September - October 1971 Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the
Collection of York University
Art Gallery of York University
Downsview, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
February - April 1973 The Bessie Bulman Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Arctic Quebec Print Collection II
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
October - November 1974 Eskimo Art
Queens Museum
Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Collector's Dolls and Baskets
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
1975 - 1979 We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions
des Animaux
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development in
cooperation with the Department
of External Affairs
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1975 Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October - November 1978 Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1979 Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen and
Bears
Cottage Craft Gifts & Fine Arts Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1980 Eskimo Sculpture and Art Exhibit
Yerkes International Galleries
Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S.A.
September 1980 - February 1981
Things Made by Inuit
La Federation des Cooperatives du
Nouveau-Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1981 - March 1982 Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from
the Collection of the National Museum of
Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada
National Museum of Man, Ottawa and
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September - October 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1981 Arctic Quebec Sculpture/Toni Onley
Watercolours
Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
(illustrated catalogue)
February - August 1982 Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec
Musee du Quebec
Quebec, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
October - November 1982 Inuit Sculpture 1982
The Raven Gallery
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
October - November 1983 The Arctic/L'Artique
UNESCO
Paris, France
(illustrated catalogue)
October - December 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
December 1983 Artists of Arctic Quebec
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1984 Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections
from Private Collections and the Government
of Canada
Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives
du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
October 1985 Our Hoods are Full
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1986 Inukpuk Family Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
August 1986 Arctic Quebec Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1987 Winnipeg Collects: Inuit Art from
Private Collections
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1988 - 1990 Stories in Stone: Soapstone Sculptures From
Northern Quebec and Kenya
La Federation des Cooperatives du
Nouveau-Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst
der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the
Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit
Art in Canada
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - September 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
August 1990 Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art
Sculpture in Stone
Images of the North
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
November 1990 - February 1991
Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
February - June 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (first exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
May - June 1991 Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
May - September 1991 Recent Acquisitions: Watercolors of the Arctic
Landscape and Original Eskimo Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (second exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
November 1991 - March 1992 Moving Around the Form:
Inuit Sculpture and Prints
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
February - March 1992 Recent Stone Sculpture from Arctic Quebec
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
May - August 1992 Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
November 1993 - March 1994The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 1994 Arctic Quebec Sculpture
of Johnny Inukpuk
Maslak-McLeod Canadian Art
Toronto, Ontario
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1995 - February 1996 Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
January 1980 Johnny Inukpuk of Inoucdjouac
Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Arts Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
October - November 1984 Later Works of Johnny Inukpuk
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, N.Y., U.S.A.
June - July 1987 Johnny Inukpuk R.C.A.
Galerie Le Chariot
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS:
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario
Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Hudson Bay Permanent Collection, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Toronto, Ontario
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1978 Elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
1990 Johnny's carving, Mother Nursing Child, was on the cover of the Summer 1990
issue of Inuit Art Quarterly.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und
Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art
of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition
Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.
Art Association of Newport
AN EXHIBITION OF ESKIMO SCULPTURE, ESKIMO PRINTS AND PAINTINGS
OF NORVAL MORRISSEAU: From the Collection Cartier, Montreal,
Canada. Newport, R.I.: Art Association of Newport, 1968.
Baele, Nancy
FORGOTTEN TREASURES. Ottawa Citizen, March 18, 1983.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs
THINGS MADE BY INUIT. Binder compiled by the Inuit Art Section.
Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev.
A FACE LIKE THE SUN = VISAGE RADIEUX: Selections... = Choix des
oeuvres... [Text] by W. T. Larmour. Ottawa: Department of
Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1973.
Canada. Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs
WE LIVED BY ANIMALS = NOUS VIVIONS DES ANIMAUX. Ottawa:
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1975.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs
CANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de
l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971.
Canadian Guild of Crafts
ESKIMO CANADA. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts and La
Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1968.
Craig, Mary
INUKPUK, JOHNNY: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh,
editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 2:899, 1985.
Dumas, Lucie
JOHNNY INUKPUK, A GREAT ARTIST. Rencontre, vol. 10, no. 1,
September, 1988. pp.10-11.
Eisemon, Thomas Owen
STORIES IN STONE = LA PIERRE RACONTE: Soapstone Sculptures from
Northern Quebec and Kenya = Sculptures de steatite du
Nouveau-Quebec et du Kenya. Ottawa: La Federation des
Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec and The Canadian Museum of
Civilization, 1988.
Gagnon, Louis
ESPACES INUIT: Dessins et Sculpture. Sainte-Foy, Quebec:
Maison Hamel-Bruneau, 1990.
Galerie le Chariot
JOHNNY INUKPUK R.C.A: exposition: exhibition. Montreal: Le
Chariot Galerie, 1987.
Innukpuk, Johnny
STORY IN STONE. The Beaver, Winter, 1963. pp.30-31.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
ARTISTS OF ARCTIC QUEBEC. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1983.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Noel, Michel
NUNAVIMIUT: ART INUIT = INUIT ART. Pointe-Claire, Quebec:
Roussan en collaboration avec l'Institut cultural AVATAQ, 1992
(Collection LE TAMBOUR).
Nungak, Zebedee
INUIT STORIES: POVUNGNITUK = LEGENDES INUIT: POVUNGNITUK: /
[By] Zebedee Nungak and Eugene Arima. Hull: Canadian Museum of
Civilization, National Museums of Canada, 1988.
Raven Gallery
INUIT SCULPTURE 1982. Minneapolis: The Raven Gallery, 1982.
Roberts, A. Barry
THE INUIT ARTISTS OF INOUCDJOUAC, P.Q: Historical and
Biographical Information for the Viewers and Collectors of
Eskimo Art. Montreal: La Federation des Co-operatives du Noveau
Quebec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs, 1978.
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
ART/INUIT/ART: La Collection Permanente de Sculpture
Esquimaudes Rothmans/The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo
Sculpture. No publication information, 1975.
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
INUIT ART: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of
The National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Canada and the Rothmans
Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture. No publisher given.
(ISBN 0-620-05095-0), 1981.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO ART RECONSIDERED. Artscanada, vol. 27, no. 6,
December-January, 1971-72. pp.85-94.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
IMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI.
Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di
Palazzo Forti, 1995.
Webb, Marshall
THE TORONTO DOMINION GALLERY OF INUIT ART. Toronto, Ont. :
Inuit Art Quarterly 1(2):8-9, 1986.
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