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ELIJAH POOTOOGOOK (ELIYA; ELIJA; PUDLAT; ELIYAH) Born: July 4, 1943 Male E7-1175
Resides: Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Printmaking
Elijah Pootoogook is the son of the late graphic artist Etidlooie
Etidlooie (1911-1981), but was adopted by Sharni and Pudlat Pootoogook
(1919-1985), both artists as well. Elijah's sister Sarah Putuguk is an artist
and printer; his wife Iqarlik is a printer and carver.
EXHIBITIONS: 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1961, 1972 Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker)
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Inoonoot Eskima: Grafik och Skulptur fran
Cape Dorset och Povungnituk
Konstframjandet
Stockholm, Sweden
(catalogue)
January - February 1967 Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo
Prints & Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada,
in cooperation with the Canadian
Eskimo Art Committee
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September - Oct 1970 Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival
Alaska Methodist University Galleries
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1979 - Oct 1981 Images of the Inuit: from the Simon
Fraser Collection
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
May - July 1986 Cape Dorset Through the Years: 25 Years of
Graphics and Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1960 Imperial Oil Commission, Toronto. Elijah was one of five artists commissioned
by Imperial Oil to produce a special folio of prints.
1967 Commissioned to produce mural for Tundra Restaurant, Canadian Pavilion,
Expo '67.
1970 Invited to attend Expo'70 in Osaka, Japan. SELECTED REFERENCES:
ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by
Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in
association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.
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.
Crowe, Keith
ESKIMOS IN JAPAN. The Beaver (301): 56-60, Spring, 1971.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: 1965 - 1980. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, l982.
Metcalfe, Robert
ALMOST LIKE HOME. North 17:1-6, September/October, 1970.
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