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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 |
