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       OQUTAQ MIKKIGAK   (OHOTOK; OHUQTAQ)
       Born:  1936       Male       E7-1009
       Resides:  Cape Dorset
       Sculpture, Drawings, Prints
       Oqutaq's wife Qaunaq, and his brother Pee are also well known Cape Dorset     
       artists.                                                                      

       EXHIBITIONS:
       1961                                   Cape Dorset Graphics
                                                   (annual collection)                               
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       May - June 1969               Eskimo Sculpture '69
                                                   Robertson Galleries                               
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1970                                   Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada:
                                                   Second Collection                                 
                                                   Cultural Affairs Division, Department             
                                                   of External Affairs, Canada                       
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April 1971                          Canadian Eskimo Sculpture
                                                   Canadian Embassy                                  
                                                   Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
       April - June 1980               The Abbott Collection of Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (catalogue)
       Sep - Oct 1981                 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
                                                   Collection of Inuit Art                           
                                                   Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,                     
                                                   University of Regina                              
                                                   Regina, Saskatchewan
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       December 1987                Cape Dorset Sculpture
                                                   Eskimo Art Inc.                                   
                                                   Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
       January - April 1989         Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989
                                                   McMichael Canadian Collection                     
                                                   Kleinburg, Ontario
       May - June 1994               Cape Dorset Revisited - a collection
                                                   of previously unreleased prints, exhibited        
                                                   at selected commercial galleries, organized by    
                                                   West Baffin Eskimo Co-op                          
                                                   Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
       May 1994 - July 1995       Cape Dorset Revisited
                                                   McMichael Canadian Art Collection                 
                                                   Kleinburg, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       COLLECTIONS:
       Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  
       Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.        
       Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta          
       Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario       
       McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario        
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba                
       SELECTED REFERENCES:
                                                         
           URGENT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY ARTISTS:  [An abbreviated
           transcript of discussions between directors and staff of the
           Inuit Art Foundation and recipients of Vermont..Studio
           scholarships].  Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.3, Fall 1993,
           pp. 24-33.

       Gustavison, Susan J.                              
           ARCTIC EXPRESSIONS:  INUIT ART AND THE CANADIAN ESKIMO ARTS
           COUNCIL 1961 - 1989.  Kleinburg, Ont.:  McMichael Canadian Art
           Collection, 1994.
       Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery                      
           THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
           Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.


        (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995