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KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE (KAVAVOU; MANOMEE; MUNAMEE; QAVAVAU; MANNUMI;
KAVAVAU)

Born: September 21, 1958 Male E7-1664
Place of Birth: Brandon, Manitoba
Resides: Cape Dorset
Prints, Printmaking, Sculpture


Qavavau's father Davidee is a carver. His mother was the graphic artist
Paunichea (1920-1968). His brothers Aqjangajuk Shaa and Tukiki Manomie are
both sculptors.

"For several years Kavavau has been involved in the Co-operative's graphic
arts program as a printmaker--first in the lithography studio and
more recently in the stonecut shops. He is an accomplished and precise
printmaker..."
West Baffin Eskimo Co-op



EXHIBITIONS:

1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993,    Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker)
1994                                                 (annual collection)
                                                          (illustrated catalogue)

1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,    Cape Dorset Graphics
1994, 1995                                      (annual collection)
                                                          (illustrated catalogue)

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

July 1990                                     Art Inuit
                                                     Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
                                                     at Thonon les Bains
                                                     France



Nov - Dec 1990                          Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
                                                     Dorset 1990
                                                     Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
                                                     at Centre Culturel Canadien
                                                     Paris, France

March - April                                1991 Art Inuit
                                                      Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
                                                      at Le Theatre
                                                      La Ciotat, France

May 1991                                    Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing
                                                    Feheley Fine Arts
                                                    Toronto, Ontario

May - June 1991                       Art Inuit
                                                    Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
                                                    at La Halle aux Bles
                                                    Saint Malo, France

October - December 1991      Art Inuit
                                                    Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
                                                    at Galerie Maite Aubert
                                                    Le Havre, France

Nov - Dec 1991                        Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
                                                   Dorset 1991
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
                                                   at Le Colombier
                                                   Ville D'Avray, France

Feb - Apr 1992                         Art Inuit
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
                                                   at Galerie Montador
                                                   Dieppe, France

Nov 1993 - Jan 1994               Contemporary Inuit Drawings
                                                   Muscarelle Museum of Art
                                                   College of William and Mary
                                                   Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

July 1994                                    Arctic Spirit
                                                    35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
                                                    Frye Art Museum
                                                    Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Sept - Oct 1994                        Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
                                                   Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
                                                   Huis Hellemans
                                                   Edegem, Belgium
                                                   (illustrated brochure)


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

April - May 1994 Kavavaow Mannomee-Original Drawings
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.


COLLECTIONS:

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories



SELECTED REFERENCES:

Muscarelle Museum of Art (Williamsburg)
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederick
and Lucy S. Herman. Williamsburg, Va.: The College of William
and Mary in Virginia, 1993.



(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995