IMOONA KARPIK (IMONA; QAPPIK) Born: December 29, 1950 Male E6-614
Place of Birth: Nunataq
Resides: Pangnirtung
Prints, Sculpture
Imoona's late father Pauloosie Karpik produced drawings, carvings and
tapestry designs. His brothers are also artists: Solomon is a graphic artist
and carver; Jaypeetee is a carver. Imoona is the uncle of graphic artist
Andrew Karpik.
EXHIBITIONS: 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, Pangnirtung Print Collection (printmaker)
1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, (annual collection)
1986, 1987, 1988 (illustrated catalogue)
April 1973 First Collection of Prints from Pangnirtung
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
1978 Looking South
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1986 Pangnirtung Print Retrospective: 1973-1986
Organized by Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
Limited, Pangnirtung, at Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 1989 The Great Northern Arts Festival held in Inuvik
Northwest Territories
COLLECTIONS: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1979 Attended the opening of the annual Pangnirtung print collection at the
Canadiana Galleries, Edmonton
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by
Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in
association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.
Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
PANGNIRTUNG PRINT RETROSPECTIVE: 1973-1986. Pangnirtung:
Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative, 1986.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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