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       JOSEPIE NINGIOK KUPIRKRUALUK   (NINGIOK; KOPERQUALUK; KOPERQUARLUK; 
                                       JOSEPH; KOKUQUALUK; NINGIUK)
       Born:  October 30, 1930       Male       E9-1032
       Resides:  Salluit
       Sculpture
       EXHIBITIONS:
       October - Nov 1973          Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       October 1984                    Inuit Art from Arctic Quebec
                                                   La Federation des Cooperatives du                 
                                                   Nouveau-Quebec                                    
                                                   presented at the Canada Trade Centre              
                                                   Tokyo, Japan
       Jan 1986 - Nov 1987        Sugluk:  Sculpture in Stone 1953-1959
                                                   Art Gallery of Windsor                            
                                                   Windsor, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       August 1986                      Arctic Quebec Sculpture
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       May 1987                           [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Les Arts de l'Enclos, Honfleur                 
                                                   France
       October 1987                    [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux             
                                                   France
       Dec 1987 - Feb 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)
       March 1988                       Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
                                                   Arctic Inuit Art Gallery                          
                                                   Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
       April 1988                          [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet                 
                                                   France
       November 1988                [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Les Martres-de-Veyre                           
                                                   France
       December 1988                [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse                 
                                                   France
       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
       June - July 1989                Art Inuit
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle                  
                                                   France
       COLLECTIONS:
       Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba      
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba      
       HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
       1984     Travelled to Tokyo to participate in an FCNQ-sponsored exhibition held at the
                Canadian Trade Centre.
       SELECTED REFERENCES:
       Art Gallery of Windsor                            
           SUGLUK:  Sculpture in Stone 1953-1959.  Windsor, Ont.:  Art
           Gallery of Windsor, 1992.
       Brandson, Lorraine E.                             
           CARVED FROM THE LAND:  The Eskimo Museum Collection.  Churchill,
           Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
       Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
           ARCTIC QUEBEC SCULPTURE.  Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of
           Vancouver, 1986.
       Musee des Beaux-Arts (Arras, France)              
           INUK, INUIT:  Art et tradition chez les Esquimaux d'hier et
           d'aujourd'hui.  Arras, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1987.
       Roberts, A. Barry                                 
           THE INUIT ARTISTS OF SUGLUK, P.Q.  Montreal: La Federation des
           Co-operatives du Noveau Quebec with the co-operation of the
           Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1976.
       Walrus Imports                                    
           CATALOGUE OF INUIT ART.  Kennebunkport, Maine: Walrus Imports,
           1974.

       (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995