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RUTH QAULLUARYUK (KAOLUAAYUK; KAOLOARYUK; KOWLAGEE; QALLUARYUK;
QAULUARYUK; KOWLAGEE; QUALLUARYUK; QAULLUARJUK;
QUALLURYUK)
Born: May 10, 1932 Female E2-296
Resides: Baker Lake; also lived in Back River area
Drawings, Prints, Wallhangings
N.B.: A drawing by Ruth Qaulluaryuk was incorrectly attributed to Francis
Kaluraq in Macdonald Stewart Art Centre's exhibition "Contemporary Inuit
Drawings", p.60. See syllabics.
"Both a draftsperson and a textile artist, Ruth Qaulluaryuk is best known
for her lyrical depictions of the Arctic, particularly its abundant wildlife,
dense, colorful vegetation, and virgin spaces. Qaulluaryuk has no formal
training as an artist, but, like many Inuit women of her generation, she had
adapted her traditional sewing skills and aesthetic sensibilities to the
making of wall-hangings and drawings.
Born and raised in the remote Back River area of the Keewatin region of
the Northwest Territories, Canada, Qaulluaryuk lived a traditional nomadic
existence until the late 1950s, when a severe shortage of land foods led to
starvation among the Inuit in the Central Arctic. Qaulluaryuk and her family
reluctantly moved to the nearby settlement of Baker Lake in the early 1970s to
find relief from the hardships of camp life and to enable the children to go
to school. Hers was one of the last families to do so.
In order to contribute to the family income Qaulluaryuk turned her hand to
sewing clothing and craft items for sale to the newly established Arts and
Crafts program operated by the federal government.... Qaulluaryuk is the
daughter of Baker Lake artist Luke Anguhadluq. Her husband, Josiah Nuilaalik,
is also an artist in Baker Lake. They have seven children and numerous
grandchildren."
Marie Bouchard
In "North American Women Artists
of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical
Dictionary" 1995.
EXHIBITIONS: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1990 Baker Lake Print Collection
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
July 1979 - 1981 Keewatin Wallhangings 1979-1981
Canadian Arctic Producers Ltd.
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
August - Nov 1979 Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sept - Oct 1979 Keewatin District Wallhangings 1979
Kaiser House Gallery
Kleinburg, Ontario
November 1979 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1979
The Raven
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
June 1980 Baker Lake Wallhangings 1980
Waddington Galleries
New York, New York, U.S.A.
November 1980 Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 1981 Small Wallhangings from Baker Lake:
Appliqued and Embroidered
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
February - April 1983 Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings:
1970-1976
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October - Dec 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
March - April 1984 Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces
of the Eskimo
Colorado Galleries of the Arts,
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.
March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1985 - Sept 1987 Chisel and Brush/Le ciseau et la brosse
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July - September 1985 Multiple Perspectives from Baker Lake
University of Michigan
Alumni Centre
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
December 1987 - March 1989 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1988 Embroidered and Appliqued Wallhangings
from Baker Lake
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
August - Sept 1989 Baker Lake Prints: 1970 - 1982
Retrospective
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
October - Nov 1990 A Woman's Vision
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
July 1991 The Great Northern Arts Festival
held in Inuvik
Northwest Territories
June - July 1992 Women of the North: An Exhibition
of art by Inuit Women of the
Canadian Arctic
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1993 Northern Lights: Inuit Textile Art from the
Canadian Arctic
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore
(tour)
November - Dec 1993 Women Who Draw: 30 Years of Graphic
Art from the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
Aug 1994 - April 1997 Qamanittuaq: Where the River Widens
Drawings by Baker Lake Artists
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1995 Baker Lake - Uncatalogued Prints 1979-1985
A retrospective collection exhibited at
selected galleries, organized by
Canadian Arctic Producers
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
COLLECTIONS:
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1993 Attended the opening of the Northern Lights exhibit in Baltimore where she
spoke about her life and work as well as demonstrating embroidery and applique
techniques.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
CHISEL AND BRUSH = LE CISEAU ET LA BROSSE. Ottawa: Indian
Affairs and Northern Affairs Canada, 1984.
Fernstrom, Katharine W. and Anita E. Jones
NORTHERN LIGHTS: Inuit Textile Art from the Canadian Arctic.
Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1993.
Gillmore, Alison
UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art. Arts Manitoba, vol. 4,
no. 3, Summer, 1985. pp.20-23.
Jackson, Marion E.
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre, 1987.
Muehlen, Maria
SOME RECENT WORK BY WOMEN OF BAKER LAKE. Inuit Art Quarterly,
vol. 7, no.3, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 30-35.
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 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.
Schrager, Reissa
CHISEL AND BRUSH. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol.1, no. 3, Fall,
1986. pp.12-13.
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