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 HENRY NAPARTUK   (AINALIK; NAPAARTUQ; HENRI)
       Born:  February 15, 1932       Male       E9-1652
       Died:  November 15, 1985
       Resided:  Kuujjuaraapik
       Sculpture, Jewellery, Drawings, Prints, Printmaking
       EXHIBITIONS:
       1966                                   Esquimaux, Peuple du Quebec
                                                   Musee du Quebec                                   
                                                   Quebec City, Quebec
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1971 - 1973                       Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
                                                   Canadian Arctic                                   
                                                   Canadian Eskimo Arts Council                      
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1973                                    Arctic Quebec Print Collection
                                                   (annual collection)                               
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1973                                    Arctic Quebec Print Collection II
                                                   (annual collection)                               
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       February - April 1973       The Bessie Bulman Collection
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1974                                   Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
                                                   l'arctique canadien                               
                                                   Canadian Eskimo Arts Council                      
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - July 1975              Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent
                                                   Collection of Eskimo Sculpture                    
                                                   Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1976                                   Visages du Canada/Faces of Canada
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       March - July 1976              The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       August - November 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - April 1979            Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine
                                                   Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/                 
                                                   Dr. Harry Winrob Collection                       
                                                   Surrey Art Gallery                                
                                                   Surrey, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - April 1979            Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative
                                                   exhibition from the collection of Professor       
                                                   and Mrs. Philip Gray                              
                                                   Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State                  
                                                   University                                        
                                                   Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
                                                   (catalogue)
       October 1979                    Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
                                                   Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic                 
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       November - December 1979|
						   In Celebration
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       1980                                   A Taste of Arctic Quebec
                                                   Marion Scott Gallery                              
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
       March - April 1980            Jobie Crow and Great Whale River Artists
                                                   Sculpture 1980                                    
                                                   Snow Goose Associates                             
                                                   Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
       September 1980 - February 1981    
                                                   Things Made by Inuit
                                                   La Federation des Cooperatives du                 
                                                   Nouveau-Quebec                                    
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April 1981 - March 1982  Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from
                                                   the Collection of the National Museum of          
                                                   Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent           
                                                   Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada             
                                                   National Museum of Man, Ottawa and                
                                                   Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.                 
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       September - October 1981
						   The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
                                                   Collection of Inuit Art                           
                                                   Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,                     
                                                   University of Regina                              
                                                   Regina, Saskatchewan
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       February - August 1982   Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec
                                                   Musee du Quebec                                   
                                                   Quebec, Quebec
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       June 1983                          Miniature Show
                                                   The Guild Shop                                    
                                                   Toronto, Ontario

       October - December 1983
						   Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
                                                   the Collection of Indian and Northern             
                                                   Affairs Canada                                    
                                                   McMichael Canadian Collection                     
                                                   Kleinburg, Ontario
       July 1984                           Treasures from Canada's Arctic
                                                   Heritage Place                                    
                                                   Uxbridge, Ontario
       December 1984               Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections
                                                   from Private Collections and the Government       
                                                   of Canada                                         
                                                   Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives       
                                                   du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees           
                                                   Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University           
                                                   New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       1985 - 1986                       Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling
                                                   Celebration of Inuit Sculpture                    
                                                   Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers            
                                                   Ltd., with the assistance of                      
                                                   Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,               
                                                   Ottawa                                            
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       October 1985                    Our Hoods are Full
                                                   Arctic Artistry                                   
                                                   Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
       November 1985 - April 1986
						   Aboriginal Rights in Canada
                                                   National Library of Canada                        
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
       1986                                    Hunting in the Arctic
                                                   Alberta Provincial Museum and Archives            
                                                   Edmonton, Alberta

       August 1986                      Arctic Quebec Sculpture
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March 1988                       Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
                                                   Arctic Inuit Art Gallery                          
                                                   Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
       June - September 1988   Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
                                                   from the Collection                               
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       November - December 1991
						   The Hand:  Images in Inuit Sculpture
                                                   The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery                         
                                                   Toronto, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       November 1993 - January 1994        
                                                   Contemporary Inuit Drawings
                                                   Muscarelle Museum of Art                          
                                                   College of William and Mary                       
                                                   Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       November 1993 - March 1994            
                                                   The Inuit Imagination
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
       1994                                    Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo:
                                                   Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen            
                                                   Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde                
                                                   Munchen                                           
                                                   Munich, Germany
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - July 1995              Immaginario Inuit
                                                   Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi           
                                                   Galleria d'Arte Moderna                           
                                                   e Contemporanea                                   
                                                   Verona, Italy
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       COLLECTIONS:
       Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  
       Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal, Quebec  
       Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec   
       Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec 
       Confederation des caisses populaires et d'economie Desjardins, Levis, Quebec 
       Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta 
       London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
       McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario  
       Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec 
       Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Toronto, Ontario
       Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario  
       Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario 
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba   
       HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
       1982     January - Invited to carve at an International Snow Sculpting Competition in
                Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - Journal de Montreal, January 7/82.
       1982     March - invited to carve "Au Concours international de sculptures sur neige
                du Carnaval de Quebec" Rencontre, Vol. 3, #2.
       SELECTED REFERENCES:
       April, Jacqueline                                 
           ARTISANS A L'OEUVRE.  North/Nord vol. 23, no. 6, 1976. pp.10-11.
       Bertrand, Jean-Marie                              
           3 INUIT REPRESENTERONT LE QUEBEC EN ITALIE:  Concours
           International de Sculpture.  Journal de Montreal, January 7, 1982.
       Canada.  Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev.
           INUNNIT:  The Art of the Canadian Eskimo = L'art des Eskimaux du
           Canada. / by W. T. Larmour. French translation by Jacques
           Brunet.  Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
           Development, 1967.

       Canadian Eskimo Arts Council                      
           CRAFTS FROM ARCTIC CANADA = ARTISANAT DE L'ARCTIQUE CANADIEN.
           Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1974.
       Canadian Eskimo Arts Council                      
           SCULPTURE/INUIT:  Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the
           Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de
           l'Arctique canadien.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
           London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971.
       Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
           CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS
           D'ART QUEBEC:  The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts,
           c. 1900-1980.  Montreal:  Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.
       Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec     
           THINGS MADE BY INUIT.  Montreal:  La Federation des Cooperatives
           du Nouveau-Quebec.  Compiled and edited by M. Myers, 1980.
       Graburn, Nelson H.H.                              
           NALUNAIKUTANGA:  Signs and Symbols in Canadian Inuit Art and
           Culture.  Polarforschung, vol. 46, no. 1, 1976. pp.1-11.
       Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
           ARCTIC QUEBEC SCULPTURE.  Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of
           Vancouver, 1986.
       Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
           SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT:  Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
           Arctic.  Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
       McMichael Canadian Collection                     
           THE MCMICHAEL CANADIAN COLLECTION.  Kleinberg: McMichael
           Canadian Collection, 1979.
       Mitchell, Marybelle                               
           L'ART DE LA GRAVURE AU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC.  North/Nord, vol. 21, no.
           2, March-April, 1975. pp.17-21.  [Incorrectly cited as vol. 22
           on publication.].

       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.
       Musee du Quebec                                   
           ESQUIMAUX, PEUPLE DU QUEBEC.  Quebec: Ministere des Affaires
           Culturelles, 1966.
       Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery                      
           THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
           Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.
       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.
       Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited              
           ART/INUIT/ART:  La Collection Permanente de Sculpture
           Esquimaudes Rothmans/The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo
           Sculpture.  No publication information, 1975.
       Saucier, Celine                                   
           IMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC:  By Celine Saucier and Eugene
           Kedl.  Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988.
       Seidelman, Harold and James Turner                
           THE INUIT IMAGINATION:  Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
           Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
       Simard, Cyril                                     
           ARTISANAT QUEBECOIS: 3: INDIENS ET ESQUIMAUX.  Montreal: Les
           Editions de l'Homme, 1977.
       Surrey Art Gallery                                
           SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT:  Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov
           Collection/Dr. Harry Winrob Collection.  Surrey: The Surrey Art
           Gallery, 1978.

       Swinton, George                                   
           ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE.  Toronto:  McClelland
           and Stewart, 1965.
       Swinton, George                                   
           SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO.  Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
       Verona.   Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 
           IMMAGINARIO INUIT:  ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI.
           Commune di Verona:  Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di
           Palazzo Forti, 1995.
       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           THE BESSIE BULMAN COLLECTION.  Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
           Gallery, 1973.
       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           THE MULDERS' COLLECTION OF ESKIMO SCULPTURE.  Winnipeg: The
           Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1976.
       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART.  Winnipeg: The
           Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.