SHORTY KILLIKTEE (KILLICKTEE; KILLEKTEE) Born: August 20, 1949 Male E7-308
Place of Birth: near Lake Harbour
Died: June 1, 1993
Resided: Cape Dorset; also lived in Lake Harbour
Sculpture
Shorty carved and sold his first sculptures in 1966. He prefered to work with
ivory, etching especially, but was content with stone and antler. He was
largely self-taught, but recalled watching others carve. He was quite prolific
but enjoyed carving only if he had satisfactory tools. His son Simeonie is now
also carving.
EXHIBITIONS: March 1977 White Sculpture of the Inuit
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine
Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/
Dr. Harry Winrob Collection
Surrey Art Gallery
Surrey, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1979 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Institute, University of Siegen
at Villa Waldrich
Siegen, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1980 The Year of the Walrus
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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)
February - March 1984 Eskimo: Alltag und Kunst in der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at Museum Alexander Koenig
Bonn, Germany
February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art
City Hall
Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
Sep - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
June 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native
expression at the first Native Business Summit
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Nov - Dec 1986 Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
May - July 1987 Selections from the Klamer Family Collection
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
April 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet
France
July 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
France
September 1988 On the land; Wildlife of the Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of
Animals and Man
presented by Orca Aart at the
Adventurers' Club
Chicago, Illinois
November 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Martres-de-Veyre
France
November - Dec 1988 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
December 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse
France
January - February 1989 Images of the Far North
Arctic Artistry
(held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
February 1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's
Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists
at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited
presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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 Galerie Autre Regard, Paris
France
April 1989 Legacy in Stone: Carvings from
the Canadian Arctic
Four Winds Gallery
Sydney, Australia
(illustrated brochure)
May 1989 Spirit of the Birds
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset
& Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition
Print by Kananginak
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
June 1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition
of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks
Presented by the Amway Corporation
at the United Nations General Assembly
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1989 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle
France
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
May 1990 Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints
by Well-Known Inuit Artists
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
July 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Thonon les Bains
France
November 1990 This Is My World
Presented by Jordan Fine Arts
at the Windmill Gallery
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Nov 1990 - Feb 1991 Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1991 Taste Of The Wild
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
March - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Theatre
La Ciotat, France
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
August - Sep 1991 Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters
& the Next Generation
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
August - Sep 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
Troyes, France
October - Dec 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Maite Aubert
Le Havre, France
February - April 1992 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Montador
Dieppe, France
February - Sep 1992 Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
November - Dec 1992 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
October - Nov 1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
October 1994 Sculpture of the Inuit:
Major Works by the Masters of Stone
Maslak McLeod Canadian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
May - July 1995 Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
July - September 1995 The Inuit: Managers of the Land
Chrysalis Gallery
Southampton, New York, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
James and Mary Jack Collection, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa., U.S.A.
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Province of British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
IN LAKE HARBOUR, CARVING IS A MAJOR ACTIVITY. Inuit Art
Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Fall, 1988. pp.22-29.
MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
Blodgett, Jean
GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family
Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
Houston, James A.
INUIT SCULPTURE: The Spirit in the Stone. Town and Country,
vol. 137, no. 5042, November, 1983. pp.315-317, 322-323.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
CAPE DORSET STONE SCULPTURE: MASTERS AND THE NEXT GENERATION:
August 17-September 6, 1991. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1991.
Walrus Imports
CATALOGUE OF INUIT ART. Kennebunkport, Maine: Walrus Imports,
1974.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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