LIPA PITSIULAK (LABAN; LYPA; PITSEOLAK) Born: April 21, 1943 Male E6-436 Resides: Pangnirtung; also lived in Igloolik Sculpture, Drawings, Prints Lipa, who has spent much of his life on the land, has been the vice-president of the board of directors of the Pangnirtung co-operative. His prints often reflect the old oral tradition of Inuit songs and stories. EXHIBITIONS: August - Sep 1968 Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and Paintings of Norval Morrisseau Art Association of Newport Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69 Robertson Galleries Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, Pangnirtung Print Collection 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, (annual collection) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995 (illustrated catalogue) April 1973 First Collection of Prints from Pangnirtung The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario 1975 Pangnirtung Print Collection (printmaker) (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition Baffin Regional School Iqaluit, Northwest Territories Jan 1977 - June 1982 The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E. Lee Collection of Prints University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta (illustrated catalogue) November - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics Jerusalem Artists' House Museum Jerusalem, Israel (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) 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) November - Dec 1979 In Celebration of the Arts of the Canadian Eskimo of Pangnirtung, N.W.T. Inuit Art Gallery San Francisco, California, U.S.A. January - Feb 1980 Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia April 1980 Whalebone Carvings and Inuit Prints Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery St. John's, Newfoundland (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1981 Pangnirtung - Recent Sculpture Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) June 1981 Transformation The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/ Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture National Gallery of Modern Art Rome, Italy (illustrated catalogue) July - September 1983 Baffin Island Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) Nov 1983 - March 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) February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art City Hall Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland Feb 1984 - June 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - June 1984 The Oral Tradition National Museum of Man Ottawa, Ontario April 1984 Games of the Inuit Northern Images Yellowknife, Northwest Territories November - Dec 1984 Pangnirtung 1984: Eskimo Print Collection and Sculpture Images of the North San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) November - Dec 1984 50 Inuit Prints Canadian Arctic Producers in coordination with the Hudson's Bay Company Inuit Art Marketing Service, held at Simpson's Toronto, Ontario (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) Feb 1985 - April 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, presented by Commerzbank Frankfurt, Germany (tour) (illustrated catalogue) June 1985 Alaska Eskimo Dolls/Inuit Prints Provincial Museum of Alberta, sponsored by the Alaska State Council on the Arts Edmonton, Alberta (tour) June 1985 - Sep 1987 Chisel and Brush/Le ciseau et la brosse Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) July 1986 Pangnirtung Print Retrospective: 1973-1986 Organized by Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative Limited, Pangnirtung, at Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections: New Acquisitions Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba July - November 1987 Useful Bits of Bone Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba October 1987 A Preference for Bone The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario Dec 1987 - Feb 1988 Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras Arras, France (illustrated catalogue) Dec 1987 - Mar1989 Contemporary Inuit Drawings Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) April 1988 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet France July 1988 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon France November 1988 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Martres-de-Veyre France Dec 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada Canadian Museum of Civilization Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) Dec 1988 - Jan 1989 Exposition thematique sur l'ours L'iglou art esquimau, Galerie de l'ours Bourges, France January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. March - April 1989 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris France 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) June - July 1989 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle France August 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon France October 1989 Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille France Jan - Sep 1990 Arctic Mirror Canadian Museum of Civilization Hull, Quebec Nov - Dec 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990 Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien Paris, France Dec 1990 - Jan 1991 A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada's Arctic Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. Jan - Feb 1991 Pangnirtung Woven Tapestries The Upstairs Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba February 1991 Animals of the Arctic Arctic Inuit Art Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. February - June 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (first exhibition) Vancouver Inuit Art Society Vancouver, British Columbia March - April 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre La Ciotat, France April - May 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe Le Touquet, France April - June 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France May - June 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at La Halle aux Bles June - July 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere Ensisheim, France July 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation Thonon, France July - August 1991 Glaciopolis: Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison de Pesey Les Arcs, France Aug - Sep 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Akenaton Troyes, France Oct - Dec 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert Le Havre, France Nov - Dec 1991 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1991 Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Colombier Ville D'Avray, France February - April 1992 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Montador Dieppe, France Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) Sep - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans Edegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure) March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Verona, Italy (illustrated catalogue) February 1996 The Spirit World - 1977 to 1990: Baker Lake Clyde River and Pangnirtung Prints. A retrospective collection exhibited at selected commercial galleries, organized by Canadian Arctic Producers Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) SOLO EXHIBITIONS: April - May 1979 Sculpture and Prints by Lypa Pitsiulak of Pangnirtung The Upstairs Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) Sep - Oct 1983 Lipa Pitsiulak Gallery Phillip Don Mills, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) April - May 1991 Lypa Pitsiulak Gallery Indigena Stratford, Ontario COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A. Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1971 Participated in the Pangnirtung experimental graphic workshop from 1970 to 1971. 1977 Lipa's print 'Disguised Archer' was reproduced as a twelve cent stamp and was issued November 18,1977. 1984 Received an Explorations grant from the Canada Council to write a comparison of past and present Inuit lifestyles. 1988 The National Film Board of Canada produced a film about Lipa Pitsiulak entitled "Lypa." SELECTED REFERENCES: IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988. MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989. Browne, Evan INUIT CULTURE GETS STAMP OF APPROVAL. North/Nord, vol. 24, no. 6, November/December, 1977. pp.32-33. CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council] TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH LIPA PITSIULAK: Interviewed by Sharon van Raalte with translation by Annie Pitsiulak in May, 1985 in Pangnirtung, N.W.T. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council in collaboration with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, and the Natiional Film Board of Canada, 1985. Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs CONTEMPORARY INDIAN AND INUIT ART OF CANADA/L'ART CONTEMPORAIN DES INDIENS ET DES INUIT DU CANADA. Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1983. Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs CANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992. Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada CHISEL AND BRUSH = LE CISEAU ET LA BROSSE. Ottawa: Indian Affairs and Northern Affairs Canada, 1984. Canadian Arctic Producers LIPA PITSIULAK. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1983. Canadian Arctic Producers PANGNIRTUNG: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1981. Collinson, Helen INUIT GAMES AND CONTESTS: The Clifford E. Lee Collection of Prints. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Collections, 1978. Houston, John ART & SOUL: A roaring fire destroyed their home, but not their dreams. A story of the steel spirit and true heart of arctic art. EQUINOX: No. 81; June 1995, pp. 70-85. Jackson, Marion E. CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1987. Lipton, Barbara ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984. McGrath, Robin MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: The Clothing Motif in Inuit Legends and Art. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.4, Winter 1993, pp. 16-23. McMichael Canadian Collection THE MCMICHAEL CANADIAN COLLECTION. Kleinberg: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1979. Muehlen, Maria DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Federal Republic of Germany: Commerzbank, 1985. 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. National Film Board of Canada LYPA. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for D.I.A.N.D.; directed by Sharon van Raalte and Shelagh Mackenzie; (c)N.F.B, 1988. National Museum of Man THE INUIT PRINT = L'ESTAMPE INUIT: A Travelling Exhibition... = Une exposition itinerante... Ottawa: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1977. Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative PANGNIRTUNG PRINT RETROSPECTIVE: 1973-1986. Pangnirtung: Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative, 1986. Pioneer Woman - Na'amat Organization of Canada POLAR VISION: Canadian Eskimo Graphics from the Margaret P. Hess Collection, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Artists' House Museum, 1978. Robertson Galleries ESKIMO SCULPTURE '69. Ottawa: The Robertson Galleries, 1969. Routledge, Marie INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston, Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979. Upstairs Gallery SCULPTURES AND PRINTS BY LYPA PITSIULAK OF PANGNIRTUNG. Winnipeg: The Upstairs Gallery, 1979. 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 BAFFIN ISLAND. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983. (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995 |