INNUKI OQUTAQ (ENOOKY; EUNUKEE; ENOOKIE)
Born: 1926 Male E3-740
Place of Birth: Cape Dorset
Died: 1986
Resided: Cape Dorset; also lived in Iqaluit and Coral Harbour
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints
Innuki Oqutaq was the brother of the famous Cape Dorset sculptor and graphic
artist Osuitok Ipeelee.
"Enooky is best known for his exquisitely engraved work on highly polished
caribou antler. His precise and delicate line work combined with the free,
natural form of the antler gives his work a sense of fluid movement. His
images are often concerned with sea life and traditional Inuit hunting
implements and clothing, particularly the kamik (boot). The kamik is often
repeated many times on a particular work. Enooky has a keen sensitivity to
the placement of these graphic elements within the positive and negative shape
of the antler, making him one of the most sophisticated artists in this
medium."*
*from "Enooky (Innuki Oqutaq)," exhibition brochure, Image of
the Inuit, Los Angeles, California, 1981.
EXHIBITIONS:
1968, 1970 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1968 Eskimo Canada
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
and La Federation des Cooperatives du
Nouveau-Quebec, held at Place
Bonaventure
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Sculpture from Frobisher Bay
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art
City Hall
Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
Nov - Dec 1984 Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the
Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
May - June 1994 Share the Vision
Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
April 1981 Enooky (Innuki Oqutaq)
Image of the Inuit
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS:
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, Quebec
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Canadian Guild of Crafts
ESKIMO CANADA. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts and La
Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1968.
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