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       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.