KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK (KANAGINAK)
Born: January 1, 1935 Male E7-1168
Resides: Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints, Printmaking, Sculpture, Jewellery
EXHIBITIONS:
1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, Cape Dorset Graphics
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, (annual collection)
1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, (illustrated catalogue)
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981,
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986,
1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994, 1995
1959, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1970, Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker)
1971, 1977, 1978 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1963 ART ESKIMO
Galerie de France
Paris, France
(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)
1968 Eskimo Sculpture
Man & His World, Arctic Pavilion
Montreal, Quebec
November - Dec 1968 Eskimo Carvings
Waddington
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
September - Oct1970 Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival
Alaska Methodist University Galleries
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1973 - January 1974
Les Eskimos/De Eskimo's
Studio 44 - Passage 44
Brussels, Belgium
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1974 Ulu/Inua: Form and Fantasy in Eskimo Art
Casino Gallery, Ravinia Park
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
August 1974 Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October - Nov 1974 Eskimo Art
Queens Museum
Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 - 1979 We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions
des Animaux
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development in
cooperation with the Department
of External Affairs
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1976 Cape Dorset Prints
London Art Gallery,
Organized for the Central Huron Library
Clinton, Ontario
(tour)
March 1976 A Tribute to Cape Dorset Male Artists
Inukshuk Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
1977 The Contemporary Eskimo Prints and Sculpture
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1977 - Jun 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)
April 1977 Lithographs Dorset '77
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
April - September 1978 From the University Collection
University of New Brunswick
Art Centre Gallery, Memorial Hall
Fredericton, New Brunswick
(catalogue)
October - Nov1978 Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
November - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
1979 - 1981 By the Light of the Qulliq: Eskimo Life in the
Canadian Arctic
Smithsonian Institution, A travelling exhibition
of Inuit art from the Feheley Collection
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
(tour)
(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)
March - May 1979 Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1979 Inuit Prints
University of New Brunswick
Long Gallery, St. John Campus
St John, New Brunswick
(tour)
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)
July 1979 - Oct1981 Images of the Inuit: from the Simon
Fraser Collection
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - March 1980 Cape Dorset
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1980 First Annual Collectors' Invitational
Exhibition
Inuk 1/Eskimo Art
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
April - May 1980 The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit
Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1981 Festival of Birds
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
September 1981 The Year of the Bear
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
October 1981 - January 1983
Cape Dorset Engravings
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development, circulated
by the Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
October 1981 - February 1983
The Murray and Marguerite Vaughan Inuit
Print Collection
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Fredericton, New Brunswick
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1982 - January 1983
Noel au Chateau - Art inuit de la
collection Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
presented at Chateau Dufresne
Montreal, Quebec
February - March 1983 Return of the Birds
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1983 - April 1985 Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from
the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September - October 1983 Inuit Survival
Enook Galleries, Waterloo, Ontario
Presented at the University of Waterloo
Art Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
October 1983 Fantasy and Stylization - Cape Dorset
Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October - November 1983 The Cape Dorset Print
Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
November 1983 - January 1984
Inuit Art at Rideau Hall
Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
November 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 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)
June - August 1984 Cape Dorset Prints: Twenty-Five Years
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
September - October 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
October 1984 Images of the Far North
Studio Art Gallery,
State University of New York
Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.
December 1984 - February 1985
The Last and First Eskimos
Museum of Science and History
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
February 1985 - April 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Department of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada, Ottawa,
presented by Commerzbank
Frankfurt, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(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 - September 1987
Chisel and Brush/Le ciseau et la brosse
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1985 - April 1986 Aboriginal Rights in Canada
National Library of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
July 1986 - February 1988 Selections from the John and Mary Robertson
Collection of Inuit Art
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November - December 1986 Cape Dorset Prints and Sculpture
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
October - November 1987 1987 Eskimo Art
Franz Bader Gallery
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November 1987 Cape Dorset Prints: 25 Years
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
December 1987 - March 1989
Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
March - April 1988 A Collector's Feast
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
April 1988 Inuit Images in Transition
Augusta Savage Gallery,
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1988 Exhibition of Original Drawings by
Three Inuit Artists from Cape Dorset:
Kenojuak Ashevak, Kananginak Pootoogook
and Eliyakota Samualie
Gallery Phillip
Don Mills, Ontario
June - September 1988 The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta
January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art
from the Northwest Territories
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
January - April 1989 Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
May 1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset
& Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition
Print by Kananginak
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
June - July 1989 A New Day Dawning: Early Cape Dorset Prints
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1990 Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection
Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Alberta
January - Sept1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
February - March 1990 Inuit Drawings
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
France
April 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France
June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the
Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
July 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Thonon les Bains
France
November 1990 Inuit Masterworks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1990 Art Inuit
Galerie Saint Merri
Paris, France
January 1991 Sojourns to Nunavut: Contemporary Inuit Art
from Canada
at Bunkamura Art Gallery, presented by the
University of British Columbia Museum of
Anthropology and The McMichael Canadian Art
Collection
Tokyo, Japan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Theatre
La Ciotat, 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 1991 Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and
Playing
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
May - June 1991 Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
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
August - Sep 1991 Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters
& the Next Generation
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
August - Sep 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
Troyes, France
November - 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
November - Dec 1991 Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with
the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
November 1991 - March 1992
Moving Around the Form:
Inuit Sculpture and Prints
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
December 1991 - March 1992
In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades
of Inuit Printmaking
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
February 1992 The Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980
Westdale Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
February - Sep 1992 Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
April - May 1992 Salon International Europ'art '92
presented by Galerie Saint Merri
Geneva, Switzerland
June 1992 - Dec1993 Oonark, Pudlo, Kananginak
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
August 1992 Each Depends on the Other
Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
(illustrated brochure)
October - Nov 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the
Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1992 - January 1993
Borealis: Inuit Images of Man and Animals
Freeport Art Museum and Cultural Centre
Freeport, Illinois
December 1992 Small Sculptures by Great Artists I
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
1993 Muskox-Umingmak
Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
July - August 1993 Umingmak-Muskox
Houston North
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
(illustrated brochure)
October - Nov 1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
November - Dec 1993 The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November - Dec 1993 Drawings by Kananginak Pootoogook and
Sculpture by Eunice Shytoo Muckpah
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California
November 1993 - January 1994
Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1993 Small Sculptures by Great Artists II
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
May - June 1994 Share the Vision
Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
May - June 1994 Cape Dorset Revisited - a collection
of previously unreleased prints, exhibited
at selected commercial galleries, organized by
West Baffin Eskimo Co-op
Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
May 1994 - July 1995 Cape Dorset Revisited
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
September - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
November - Dec 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
April - June 1995 The Birds of Cape Dorset:
A collection of sculpture by
32 Cape Dorset Carvers
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
June 1995 Cape Dorset Engravings and Etchings
from the Sixties
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
July 1995 Sunakutagnuvalautut:
Things from the Past
Feheley Fine Art
Toronto, Ontario
September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
February - March 1975 Kananginak - Engravings
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
May 1976 - Feb 1977 Pudlo Prints
An exhibition organized in conjunction with
Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human
Settlements, Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
October 1986 Work by Kananginak
Eskimo Graphics
Kitchener, Ontario
1987 Drawings by Kananginak Pootoogook
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
November - Dec 1987 Kananginak: Dessins/Drawings
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
February 1988 Exhibition of Original Drawings by Kananginak
Pootoogook, Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
July - August 1989 Kananginak Pootoogook of Cape Dorset:
Prints and Sculpture
Gallery Indigena
Stratford, Ontario
COLLECTIONS:
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario
Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, Don Mills, Ontario
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
CIBC Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
GE Canada Inuit Art Collection, Mississauga, Ontario
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
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
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Shell Canada Collection, Calgary, Alberta
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
Mintmark Press Special Editions, Toronto. The artist is one of several
artists whose reproductions are presented in folios by Mintmark Press.
1957 Participated in an experimental graphic workshop in Cape Dorset in 1957 and
1958 (unpublished).
1958 Represented Cape Dorset on a good-will tour to Greenland.
1960 Imperial Oil Commission, Toronto. Kananginak was one of five artists
commissioned by Imperial Oil to produce a special folio of prints.
1961 Unicef Commission. Kananginak was one of five artists commissioned to create
works to be used as designs for Unicef Christmas cards.
1965 Chosen to represent Cape Dorset artists at the exhibition of prints and
sculpture at Stratford, Ontario.
1976 The artist's print 'Loon and Raven' was commissioned by Les Amis de la
Gravure, Montreal.
1976 United Nations Conference 'Habitat folio' Commission. Kaninginak was one of
four Cape Dorset artists commissioned to produce a collection of prints for
the Habitat Conference (United Nations); the prints appear in the Cape Dorset
Graphic annual catalogue of 1981.
1977 Commissioned to make four limited edition prints for the World
Wildlife portfolio; also included in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual cataloge
of 1978. Attended the preview of the portfolio at the Art Gallery of Ontario
in Toronto.
1977 'Inuit World' Collection; published in a boxed edition by Kingait Press.
1978 Attended the printmakers' conference in Ottawa, Ontario.
1978 Skate Canada, World's '78. The artist produced a print entitled 'Nanuk' in
1977, it was released in in 1978 for the Skate Competition held in Ottawa,
Ontario; and it is also documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue
of 1981.
1979 Commissioned by the National Museums to make two etchings for
inclusion in their 1979 gift catalogue. Entitled 'Sitgarriat I' and
'Sitgarriat II', released in 1979, and documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic
annual catalogue for 1981.
1979 Kananginak was commissioned by the Group of 100 (St. Lambert, Que.) to produce
a lithographic print entitled 'Caribou Resting' also included in the Cape
Dorset Graphic annual catalogue of 1979.
1980 Elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.
1980 'Etching Portfolio I'. Kananginak was one of six artists who assembled a
special portfolio of prints which is documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic
annual catalogue.
1982 'Etchings Portfolio IV'. The artist produced a special folio of prints which
appears in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue of 1982.
1982 'Etchings Portfolio V: Timiat'. The artist was one of three artists who
contributed to a special folio of work, documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic
annual catalogue of 1982.
1983 The artist's print 'Sitjarriat at Nest' was printed in 1979, and released by
the Westdale Gallery, Hamilton in 1982. The work is documented in the Cape
Dorset Graphic annual catalogue of 1983.
1986 Norgraphics Limited. Kananginak was one of several artists whose work was
acquired and released by Norgraphics Limited between 1976 and 1984. The works
that were selected are documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogues
of 1986 and 1987.
1988 Attended the opening of the solo exhibition 'Kananginak' in February, which
was held at The Guild Shop.
1988 Norgraphics Commission, Toronto.
1988 Guild of Crafts Commission, Toronto. The artist's 'Tuulliaraq/ Young Loon' was
commissioned by the Guild of Crafts in 1988.
1989 Attended the opening of the exhibition 'Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989'
held at the McMichael Canadian Collection.
1992 Kananginak participated as a speaker and panelist at the Inuit Art Conference
held at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in January.
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