TUNA IQULIQ (DONAT; QUALLER; TOONA; ERKOLIK; IKUULIK; ERKOOLIK; ERQULUK)
Born: 1935 Male E2-167
Place of Birth: near Baker Lake
Resides: Baker Lake; also lived in Rankin Inlet
Sculpture
Tuna's sons Johnny and Louie, and his daughter Camille, are all carvers.
EXHIBITIONS:
November - December 1964
Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
November - December 1965
Arctic Values '65
New Brunswick Museum
with the cooperation of the Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs
St. John, New Brunswick
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 [Inuit Art Exhibition]
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1970 Sculpture
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
a competition/exhibition organized as
a contribution to the Centennial of the
N.W.T.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1972
INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection of Inuit Art
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
1974 Baker Lake Sculpture
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
March 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June - August 1976 The People Within - Art from Baker Lake
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1977 Sheokju of Cape Dorset & Eleven
Sculptors of Baker Lake
Victor Waddington Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
August - November 1978
The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November - December 1979
In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
April - May 1980 Baker Lake - Drawings, Sculpture, Tapestries
Theo Waddington
Toronto, Ontario
August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(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)
July - August 1981 Three Artists of Baker Lake
Image of the Inuit
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
December 1981 Baker Lake - Sculpture and Wallhangings
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
February 1984 - June 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 - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1986 Sixty Diminutive Eskimo Carvings
Images of the North
San Francisco, California
July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of the Spirit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
1987 Collectable Sculpture 1987
Webster Galleries
Calgary, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
September - November 1987
The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1987 - February 1988
Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les
esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai,
at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras
Arras, France
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man
presented by Orca Aart at the
Adventurers' Club
Chicago, Illinois
November 1988 Primitive Art from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November - December 1988
[Inuit Art Exhibition]
Orca Aart, presented at
Neiman Marcus
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
November - December 1988
Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture &
Drawings from the Canadian Arctic
Gallery 100 Hudson
New York, New York, U.S.A.
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 - March 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at St. Marcellin
France
March - April 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet
France
June - July 1989 Baker Lake Sculpture
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1989 The Iquliq Family of Baker Lake: Tuna, Camilla, Johnny, Louie.
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation,
Thonon
France
October 1989 Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille
France
October - December 1989
Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
December 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Chiroux, Centre Culturel de la Wallonie,
Liege
Belgium
1990 Baker Lake
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin
Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
France
January - September 1990
Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
February - March 1990 Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada)
by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France
at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries,
Brugge, Belgium
March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
France
April 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France
December 1990 - January 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.
April - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
June - July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
Ensisheim, France
June - November 1991 Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
August - September 1991
Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
Troyes, France
October - December 1991
Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Maite Aubert
Le Havre, France
October 1992 - January 1993
Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
April 1993 The Art of Keewatin
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
April - May 1994 Mythic Image
Ancestral Spirits Gallery
Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A.
July 1994 Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
September - October 1994
Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
November 1995 Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step...
Galerie D'Art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1977 Sculpture by Erkoolik of Baker Lake
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
September - October 1979
Tuna Iquliq - Recent Sculpture
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1981 Tuna Iquliq
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1993 Tuna Iquliq
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated brochure)
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
EIGHT ARTISTS FROM BAKER LAKE EXHIBIT AT ART GALLERY. City
Dweller, Ward-7 Edition (Toronto), July 1976.
FRAGMENTS FROM THE NORTH: a Collage on Acculturation. Arts
Manitoba, vol.3, no.4, Fall 1984, pp. 26-28.
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.
Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev.
INUNNIT: The Art of the Canadian Eskimo = L'art des Eskimaux du
Canada. / by W. T. Larmour. French translation by Jacques
Brunet. Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development, 1967.
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.
Galerie d'art Vincent
NOT JUST A DANCING STEP = PLUS QU'UN PAS DE DANSE: An Inuit Art
Exhibition organized by Galerie d'art Vincent, Chateau Laurier,
Ottawa, Canada = Une exposition d'art Inuit... Ottawa: Galerie
d'art Vincent [1996].
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo
Art, 1974.
Inuit Galerie
TUNA IQULIQ. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany : Inuit
Galerie, 1981.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
BAKER LAKE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver [1990].
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
Iquliq, Tuna
TUNA IQULIQ: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic
Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
Macduff, Alistair
LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By
Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Parkin, Jeanne
THE PEOPLE WITHIN: ART FROM BAKER LAKE = LES GENS DE
L'INTERIEUR: L'ART DE BAKER LAKE. Artmagazine, vol. 7, no. 28,
Summer/ete, 1976. pp.66-75.
Ritchie, Carson I.A.
THE ESKIMO AND HIS ART. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of
Canada, 1974. [London and New York, 1975].
Sanavik Cooperative
SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.
Swinton, George
ARTISTS FROM THE KEEWATIN. Canadian Art, vol. 23, no. 2, April,
1966. pp.32-34.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Upstairs Gallery
BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Upstairs Gallery 1989.
Williamson, Robert G.
THE SPIRIT OF KEEWATIN, N.W.T. The Beaver, Summer, 1965. pp.4-13.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM BAKER LAKE. Winnipeg, Man.:
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1992.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO CARVERS OF KEEWATIN N.W.T. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
Gallery with the Department of Northern Affairs and National
Resources, 1964.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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