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       ENOOK MANOMIE   
       (ENOOKE; INNUK; INOOK; MUNAMEE; MANNUMEE; MUNOMIE; INUK; MANOMEE)
       Born:  July 26, 1941       Male       E7-828
       Place of Birth:  Cape Dorset
       Resides:  Iqaluit; also lived in Victoria, British Columbia
       Sculpture, Jewellery, Drawings
           Enook's father Mannumi Shaqu, his brother Towatuga Sagouk, and his sister 
       Sita Saila, are also artists.                                                 

       EXHIBITIONS:
       December 1968               Arts and Crafts Carving Competition
                                                   held in Iqaluit                                   
                                                   Northwest Territories
       1975                                   Sculpture from Frobisher Bay
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       1975 - 1979                       We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions
                                                   des Animaux                                       
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs                      
                                                   and Northern Development in                       
                                                   cooperation with the Department                   
                                                   of External Affairs                               
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April 1976                          Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition
                                                   Baffin Regional School                            
                                                   Iqaluit, Northwest Territories
       Mar 1977 - Feb 1978      The Things That Make Us Beautiful/Nos Parures
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs                      
                                                   and Northern Development                          
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       September 1977               Wildlife of the Arctic: Eskimo Sculpture
                                                   Pucker/Safrai Gallery                             
                                                   Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       June 1978                          Works by Inuit and Indian Artists
                                                   Tundra Gallery                                    
                                                   Arctic Arts Ltd.                                  
                                                   Edmonton, Alberta
       July 1979 - May 1980       Inuit Art in the 1970s
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs                      
                                                   and Northern Development, and the                 
                                                   Agnes Etherington Art Centre                      
                                                   Kingston, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       Nov - Dec 1979                 In Celebration
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       May 1980                           Omingmak - The Muskox
                                                   National Museum of Natural Sciences               
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
       1982                                   Baffin Island Graphics
                                                   Arts Induvik Canada Inc.                          
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       Nov 1983 - Jan 1984        Inuit Art at Rideau Hall
                                                   Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern          
                                                   Development                                       
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
       Nov 1983 - Mar 1985       Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada
                                                   Department of Indian Affairs and Northern         
                                                   Development, Ottawa, presented at the             
                                                   General Assembly Building, United Nations         
                                                   New York, New York, U.S.A.
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       Nov - Dec 1984                Exhibition of Works by Enook Manomie and
                                                   Towaktugak Sako (both sons of Manomie Sako)       
                                                   Pitakvik Galleries                                
                                                   Calgary, Alberta
       1987                                   Collectable Sculpture 1987
                                                   Webster Galleries                                 
                                                   Calgary, Alberta
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March 1988                       Iqaluit
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (catalogue)
       June 1988                          Father and Sons
                                                   Gallery Indigena                                  
                                                   Waterloo, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March 1989                        White Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone
                                                   and Bone                                          
                                                   Arctic Artistry                                   
                                                   Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
       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)
       March - April 1993            The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture
                                                   The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery                         
                                                   Toronto
       Sep - Nov 1993                 The Bear: Sculpture
                                                   Albers Gallery                                    
                                                   San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

       Jan - Feb 1996                 Not Just a Dancing Step...
                                                   Galerie D'Art Vincent                             
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
       September 1979               Enook Manomie of Frobisher Bay
                                                   The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art                  
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       October 1981                    Enook Manomie of Frobisher Bay
                                                   The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art                  
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
       COLLECTIONS:
       Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario                              
       Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.                 
       Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories               
       McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario           
       National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario         
       Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories                    
       University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta                    
       University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta                  
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba                    
       HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
       1978     Enook's work was included in a slide presentation entitled 'Sculpture Today/
                Canada', held at Ontario Place, Toronto, in honour of the 10th International
                Sculpture Conference.
       1982     Commissioned by Arts Induvik Canada Inc., Frobisher Bay, to prepare a set of
                prints to be included in their 1982 Baffin Island Graphics collection.


       SELECTED REFERENCES:
                                                         
           MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC:  An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
           Masterworks.  Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
       Canada.  Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs     
           INUIT ARTS AND CRAFTS/:  L'ART ET L'ARTISANAT INUIT.  Ottawa :
           Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1983.
       Galerie d'art Vincent                             
           NOT JUST A DANCING STEP = PLUS QU'UN PAS DE DANSE:  An Inuit Art
           Exhibition organized by Galerie d'art Vincent, Chateau Laurier,
           Ottawa, Canada = Une exposition d'art Inuit...  Ottawa:  Galerie
           d'art Vincent [1996].
       Pucker/Safrai Gallery                             
           WILDLIFE OF THE ARCTIC:  Eskimo Sculpture.  Boston:
           Pucker/Safrai Gallery, 1977.
       Routledge, Marie                                  
           INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79.  Kingston,
           Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979.
       Shaqu, Mannumi                                    
           FATHER AND SONS:  [An exhibition by Mannumi Shaqu, Enook Manomie
           and Towatuga Sagouk.].  Kitchener: Gallery Indigena, 1988.
       Swinton, George                                   
           SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO.  Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.