OSUITOK IPEELEE   (OSHOOWEETOOK 'B'; AIPELLIE; OSHAWEETUK; IPELLIE; 
                          OSOETUK; OSHEWETOK)
       Born:  October 23, 1923       Male       E7-1154
       Resides:  Cape Dorset
       Sculpture, Prints, Printmaking
           Osuitok was born and raised near the settlement of Cape Dorset.  He       
       married his wife Nipisha in 1946 and moved his growing family into Cape Dorset
       permanently in the mid 1950s.  When James Houston went to Cape Dorset in 1951 
       Osuitok was already well known as an ivory carver and his work was greatly    
       admired by other Inuit.  His earliest carvings were ivory miniatures of kayaks
       and fox traps.  He later made beautiful etched walrus tusks depicting the old 
       ways of hunting.  His carving of Queen Elizabeth was presented to Her Royal   
       Highness when she toured the north in the 1960s.

           Osuitok was instrumental in the introduction of print-making in Cape      
       Dorset, and although he rarely makes prints himself, his first print "Four    
       Muskoxen" from the 1959 Graphics collection is a rare collector's item.  A    
       sensitive artist, Osuitok is a man who loves the language of his people and   
       takes pride in speaking it well.  His interest in the history of the Inuit and
       their traditonal culture is reflected in his carivngs.                        
                             -based on information compiled by D. Trafford.             

          ABoriginArt Galleries recently learned from Dorset Fine Arts 
      [John Westren] that Osuitok was actually born as Osuitok Ohotuq. 
      He later [Presumambly when his father died] changed his name to
      Osuitok Ipeelie. Ohotok was Osuitok's father. Osuitok's brother was
      Enooky Ohotok who retained his father's name while Osuitok did not.
      [ added Feb 2009 ]
       EXHIBITIONS:
                                                    Eskimo Art of the Canadian Eastern Arctic
                                                   circulated by the Smithsonian Travelling          
                                                   Exhibition Service, organized by Eskimo           
                                                   Art,Inc.                                          
                                                   Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       1951                                   Eskimo Art
                                                   National Gallery of Canada                        
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       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)
       1959                                   Cape Dorset Graphics
                                                   (annual collection)                               
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1959, 1960                        Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker)
                                                   (annual collection)                               
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1967                                   The Eskimo Art Collection of the
                                                   Toronto-Dominion Bank                             
                                                   Toronto-Dominion Bank                             
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       January - Feb 1967          Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo
                                                   Prints & Recent Sculpture                         
                                                   National Gallery of Canada,                       
                                                   in cooperation with the Canadian                  
                                                   Eskimo Art Committee                              
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       May - June 1969                Eskimo Sculpture '69
                                                   Robertson Galleries                               
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Sept - Nov 1969               The Eskimo
                                                   Museum of Fine Arts                               
                                                   Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Oct - Nov 1969                  Eskimo Sculptures and Prints including
                                                   a collection of Carvings by Osowetokla            
                                                   Hartford National Bank                            
                                                   Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       1970                                   Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada:
                                                   First Collection                                  
                                                   Cultural Affairs Division, Department             
                                                   of External Affairs, Canada                       
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1970                                   Mythology in Stone
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       Sep - Oct 1970                 The Woodget Collection of Eskimo Art
                                                   and Artifacts                                     
                                                   Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Art                    
                                                   Halifax, Nova Scotia
                                                   (catalogue)
       1971 - 1973                       Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
                                                   Canadian Arctic                                   
                                                   Canadian Eskimo Arts Council                      
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       January - March 1972       Eskimo Fantastic Art
                                                   Gallery 111, School of Art,                       
                                                   University of Manitoba                            
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       February - March 1972     Eskimo Sculpture: Selections from the
                                                   Twomey Collection                                 
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       1973                                    [Inuit Art Exhibition]
                                                   Canadian Trade Centre                             
                                                   Sydney, Australia
                                                   (tour)
       1974                                   Cape Dorset Sculpture
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       August 1974                      Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists
                                                   Gallery of the Arctic                             
                                                   Victoria, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       September 1974               Major Works by Major Artists
                                                   Gallery of the Arctic                             
                                                   Victoria, British Columbia
       Oct - Nov 1974                  Eskimo Art
                                                   Queens Museum                                     
                                                   Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1975                                   Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the
                                                   Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery            
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       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)
       September 1977               Wildlife of the Arctic: Eskimo Sculpture
                                                   Pucker/Safrai Gallery                             
                                                   Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       February - March 1978     Canadian Eskimo Art - Prints, Sculpture
                                                   Carlin Galleries                                  
                                                   Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
       July 1979 - May 1980       Inuit Art in the 1970s
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs                      
                                                   and Northern Development, and the                 
                                                   Agnes Etherington Art Centre                      
                                                   Kingston, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Augt - Sep 1979                Cape Dorset: Recent Sculpture
                                                   Gallery of the Arctic                             
                                                   Victoria, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Sepr - Oct 1979                 Inuit Sculpture from the Collection of Mr.
                                                   and Mrs. Eugene B. Power                          
                                                   University of Michigan Museum of Art              
                                                   Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October 1979                    Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
                                                   Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic                 
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Jan - Feb 1980                  Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       January - March 1980       Cape Dorset
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Feb - Mar 1980                  Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of
                                                   Important Inuit Sculpture                         
                                                   Waddington Galleries                              
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       April - May 1980                The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit
                                                   Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario               
                                                   University of Guelph                              
                                                   Guelph, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       May 1980                           The Year of the Walrus
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
       1981                                   Cape Dorset Sculptors and Their Sculpture
                                                   The Inuit Art Collection                          
                                                   Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon                       
                                                   Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April 1981 - Mar 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)
       May - June 1981               Four Cape Dorset Sculptors
                                                   Theo Waddington Galleries                         
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       September 1981              The Year of the Bear
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

       Sepr - Oct 1981                The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
                                                   Collection of Inuit Art                           
                                                   Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,                     
                                                   University of Regina                              
                                                   Regina, Saskatchewan
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October 1981                    Cape Dorset Exhibition
                                                   Franz Bader Gallery                               
                                                   Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
       Oct 1981 - Feb 1983        The Murray and Marguerite Vaughan Inuit
                                                   Print Collection                                  
                                                   Beaverbrook Art Gallery                           
                                                   Fredericton, New Brunswick
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - April 1982            Songs in Stone
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
       June - October 1982         Inuit Art from the Art Centre Collection
                                                   Macdonald Stewart Art Centre                      
                                                   Guelph, Ontario
       Dec 1982 - Jan 1983        Noel au Chateau - Art inuit de la
                                                   collection Macdonald Stewart Art Centre           
                                                   Macdonald Stewart Art Centre                      
                                                   Guelph, Ontario                                   
                                                   presented at Chateau Dufresne                     
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       May 1983 - April 1985      Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from
                                                    the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art         
                                                   Art Gallery of Ontario                            
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       October 1983                    Fantasy and Stylization - Cape Dorset Sculpture                                         
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Oct - Nov 1983                  The Cape Dorset Print
                                                   Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and            
                                                   Northern Affairs Canada                           
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
       Oct - Nov 1983                  The Arctic/L'Artique
                                                   UNESCO                                            
                                                   Paris, France
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Oct - Dec 1983                  Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
                                                   the Collection of Indian and Northern             
                                                  Affairs Canada                                    
                                                   McMichael Canadian Collection                     
                                                   Kleinburg, Ontario
       Nov 1983 - Mar 1985       Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs and Northern         
                                                   Development, Ottawa, presented at the             
                                                   General Assembly Building, United Nations         
                                                   New York, New York, U.S.A.
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       Feb 1984 - Jun 1986        Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs and                  
                                                   Northern Development and Canadian                 
                                                   Arctic Producers                                  
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - June 1984            The Oral Tradition
                                                   National Museum of Man                            
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario

       Sep - Oct 1984                 On the Land
                                                   The Arctic Circle                                 
                                                   Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
       Nov - Dec 1984                 Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       Nov 1984 - Feb 1985       Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper:
                                                   Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections                 
                                                   Edmonton Art Gallery                              
                                                   Edmonton, Alberta
       1985 - 1986                       Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling
                                                   Celebration of Inuit Sculpture                    
                                                   Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers            
                                                   Ltd., with the assistance of                      
                                                   Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,               
                                                   Ottawa                                            
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       Feb 1985 - Apr 1986        Die Kunst aus der Arktis
                                                   Department of Indian and Northern                 
                                                   Affairs Canada, Ottawa,                           
                                                   presented by Commerzbank                          
                                                   Frankfurt, Germany
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - May 1985            Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October 1985                   Our Hoods are Full
                                                   Arctic Artistry                                   
                                                   Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
       Nov - Dec 1985                 Cape Dorset Sculpture by Ipellee Osuitok,
                                                   Tutuiya Ikkidluak, Quavaroak Tunnillie,           
                                                   Ashevak Tunnillie, Peter Tunnillie                
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       May - June 1986               The Spirit of the Land
                                                   The Koffler Gallery                               
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       July 1986                            Baffin Island Sculpture
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       July - Sep 1986                 Contemporary Inuit Art
                                                   National Gallery of Canada                        
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       1987                                   Collectable Sculpture 1987
                                                   Webster Galleries                                 
                                                   Calgary, Alberta
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Nov 1987 - Jan 1988       Inuitkonst fran Kanada - skulptor och grafik                                            
                                                   Millesgarden                                      
                                                   Lidingo, Sweden
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April 1988                         Inuit Images in Transition
                                                  Augusta Savage Gallery,                           
                                                  University of Massachusetts                       
                                                  Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
                                                  (illustrated catalogue)
       June - September 1988   The World Around Me
                                                   University of Lethbridge Art Gallery              
                                                   Lethbridge, Alberta

      October 1988                     Opening Exhibition
                                                   Nunavut Fine Arts Limited                         
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       October - Nov 1988          From the Arctic Waters: A Selection of
                                                   Inuit Sculpture & Graphics                        
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       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)
       February - April 1989       Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of  Inuit Art                                         
                                                   Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies              
                                                   Banff, Alberta
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       June - July 1989                A New Day Dawning: Early Cape Dorset Prints
                                                   University of Michigan                            
                                                   Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       January - Sep 1990          Arctic Mirror
                                                   Canadian Museum of Civilization                   
                                                   Hull, Quebec
       June - July 1990                Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic                                   
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario

       November 1990                Inuit Masterworks
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Dec 1990 - Jan 1991       A Family Tradition: Inuit Art
                                                   from Canada's Arctic                              
                                                   Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the              
                                                   Virginia Museum of Fine Arts                      
                                                   Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
       February 1991                   Animals of the Arctic
                                                   Arctic Inuit Art                                  
                                                   Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
       February - March 1991    Cape Dorset Sculpture
                                                   McMaster Art Gallery                              
                                                   Hamilton, Ontario
       February - June 1991       Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
                                                   Exhibition (first exhibition)                     
                                                   Vancouver Inuit Art Society                       
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       June - September 1991   Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
                                                   Exhibition (second exhibition)                    
                                                   Vancouver Inuit Art Society                       
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       August - Sep 1991            Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters
                                                   & the Next Generation                             
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Nov - Dec 1991                 Inuit Sculpture:  Displayed in Conjunction with
                                                   the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection   
                                                   Muscarelle Museum of Art                          
                                                   Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
       Dec 1991 - Mar1992        In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way:  Three Decades
                                                   of Inuit Printmaking                              
                                                   McMichael Canadian Art Collection                 
                                                   Kleinburg, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       May - August 1992            Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       Oct - Nov 1992                  Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the
                                                   Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories     
                                                   Marion Scott Gallery                              
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Nov - Dec 1992                 Inuit Sculpture--New Acquisitions
                                                   Pucker Gallery                                    
                                                   Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       December 1992               Small Sculptures by Great Artists I
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       March - April 1993            The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture
                                                   The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery                         
                                                   Toronto
       October 1993                    Indigenous People-A New Partnership
                                                   presented by the Royal Canadian                   
                                                   Academy of Arts at the John B. Aird               
                                                   Gallery, Queen's Park                             
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       Nov - Dec 1993                The Treasured Monument
                                                   Marion Scott Gallery                              
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Nov 1993 - Mar 1994       The Inuit Imagination
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       December 1993                Small Sculptures by Great Artists II
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       July 1994                           Arctic Spirit
                                                   35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art                    
                                                   Frye Art Museum                                   
                                                   Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
       August - October 1994     Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic
                                                   Bayly Art Museum                                  
                                                   University of Virginia                            
                                                   Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
       Nov - Dec 1994                 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       March - July 1995              Immaginario Inuit
                                                   Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi           
                                                   Galleria d'Arte Moderna                           
                                                   e Contemporanea                                   
                                                   Verona, Italy
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       September 1995               Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       November 1995                 Inspiration
                                                    Four Decades of Sculpture                         
                                                   Marion Scott Gallery                              
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
       March - April 1973            Sculptures by Oshoweetook "B" of Cape Dorset
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       1978                                   Exhibition of Eskimo Carvings by Cape Dorset
                                                   Artist Oshewetok                                  
                                                   Waddington Galleries                              
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       March 1978                       Oshewetok, Cape Dorset: Recent Sculpture
                                                   Waddington Galleries                              
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       November 1978                Oshoweetok
                                                   Pucker/Safrai Gallery                             
                                                   Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April - May 1979               Oshewetok
                                                   Waddington Galleries                              
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       June - July 1980                Aipellie Osuitok (Oshaweetok): Sculpture
                                                   Theo Waddington & Company                         
                                                   New York, New York, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1983                                    Ipillie Oshoweetok
                                                   Inuit Galerie                                     
                                                   Mannheim, Germany
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Sep - Oct 1987                 Osuitok Ipeelee: One Man's Sculpture
                                                   Feheley Fine Arts                                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario

       November 1987                Oshaweetok Ipeelee
                                                   Eskimo Art Gallery                                
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       Nov - Dec 1993                Osuitok Ipeelee R.C.A.
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       COLLECTIONS:
       Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.         
       Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia    
       Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia         
       Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario     
       Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick    
       Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario    
       Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
       Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
       Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.   
       Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario  
       GE Canada Inuit Art Collection, Mississauga, Ontario  
       Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta   
       Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S.A. 
       Hudson's Bay Company Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba   
       Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories    
       Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario   
       Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario  
       Macmillan-Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia   
       McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario  
       McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario    
       Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, U.S.A.   
       Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.   
       National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 
       Nunatta Sunaqutangit Museum, Iqaluit, Northwest Territories     
       Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Toronto, Ontario  
       Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario 
       Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario    
       Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario  
       University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta   
       University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta   
       University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.    
       Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta    
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba    
       HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
       1955     Osuitok was commissioned to carve figures on the mace of the Northwest
                Territories.
       1957     Participated in an experimental graphic workshop in Cape Dorset in 1957 and
                1958 (unpublished).
       1959     Created a carving of H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth which was presented to her
                     on the occasion of her visit to Canada.
       1970     Commissioned by Public Works Canada to create an inukshuk at External Affairs
                     Headquarters in Ottawa.
       1972     Attended the opening of the 'Sculpture/Inuit' exhibition in Leningrad.
       1973     Attended the opening of his solo exhibition at the Canadian Guild of Crafts
                     Quebec in Montreal.
       1973     Attended the opening of an Inuit exhibition in Sydney, Australia.
       1978     Elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
       1983     Received a Cultural Grant to attend the opening of the Klamer exhibition of
                     Inuit art at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
       1988     Attended the gala opening of the new National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
       1993     Travelled to Toronto to receive a medal from the Royal Canadian Academy of
                     Arts.
       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.
       Baird, Irene                                      
           ANOUTOALOAK:  The Mace of the Northwest Territories.  Canadian
           Geographical Journal, vol. 55, no. 3, September, 1957. pp.120-123.
       Barz, Sandra B., ed.                              
           CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES.  New York :
           Arts & Culture of the North, 1990.
       Blodgett, Jean                                    
           GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS:  Selections from the Klamer Family
           Collection of Inuit Art.  Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
       Blodgett, Jean                                    
           IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY:  THREE DECADES OF INUIT
           PRINTMAKING:  Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies,
           Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland.  Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichael
           Canadian Art Collection, 1991.
       Blodgett, Jean                                    
           OSUITOK IPEELEE.  In: INUIT ART: AN ANTHOLOGY. Winnipeg: Watson
           and Dyer, 1988. pp.42-55.
       Burland, Cottie                                   
           ESKIMO ART.  London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1973.
       CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council]               
           TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH OSUITOK IPEELEE:  Interviewed
           by Sharon van Raalte, translation by  Maata, in May 1985 in Cape
           Dorset, N.W.T.  Ottawa: Canadain Eskimo Arts Council in
           collaboration with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, and the National
           Film Board of Canada, 1985.
       Canadian Arctic Producers                         
           CAPE DORSET:  Recent Sculpture.  Ottawa: Canadian Arctic
           Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979.

       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 Quebec                   
           CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS
           D'ART QUEBEC:  The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts,
           c. 1900-1980.  Montreal:  Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.
       Chandler, John Noel                               
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