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        NUYALIAQ QIMIRPIK   (NEWGALEAK; NEWGILLIAK; NUVALIAQ; NEWQUILLIAK; 
        NOWEELEEAK; QIMIRQPIQ; QAMIRQUIPIK; QUIRMIKPIK)
       Born:  July 11, 1937       Male       E7-99
       Resides:  Kimmirut
       Sculpture
       Nuyaliaq has no preference for the types of materials he works with and will  
       carve using stone, ivory, whalebone or antler.  His father is Lake Harbour    
       sculptor Ooloopie Killiktee.  His wife Annie is a craft artist and sculptor.  
       His daughter Nakashoo, and his son Pitsiula, are both carvers.                

       EXHIBITIONS:
       1971                                    Sculpture in Miniature
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       January - March 1972       Eskimo Fantastic Art
                                                   Gallery 111, School of Art,                       
                                                   University of Manitoba                            
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (tour)
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October - November 1974
                                                   Eskimo Art
                                                   Queens Museum                                     
                                                   Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1975                                   Lake Harbour Eskimo Sculpture
                                                   Pucker/Safrai Gallery                             
                                                   Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       1977                                   Sculpture from Lake Harbour
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       March 1977                       White Sculpture of the Inuit
                                                   Simon Fraser Gallery,                             
                                                   Simon Fraser University                           
                                                   Burnaby, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       March - April 1979            Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine
                                                   Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/                 
                                                   Dr. Harry Winrob Collection                       
                                                   Surrey Art Gallery                                
                                                   Surrey, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April - May 1980                The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit
                                                   Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario               
                                                   University of Guelph                              
                                                   Guelph, Ontario
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       April - June 1980               The Abbott Collection of Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (catalogue)
       September - October 1981
                                                   The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
                                                   Collection of Inuit Art                           
                                                   Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,                     
                                                   University of Regina                              
                                                   Regina, Saskatchewan
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October - November 1982
                                                   Inuit Sculpture 1982
                                                   The Raven Gallery                                 
                                                   Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       July - September 1983     Baffin Island
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       March - June 1984            The Oral Tradition
                                                   National Museum of Man                            
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario
       October 1986                    Masterwork Sculpture 1986
                                                   Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
                                                   Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       September - November 1987
                                                   The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)
       October 1987                    [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux             
                                                   France
       November - December 1987
                                                   Art Inuit
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       December 1987 - February 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)
       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
       October 1988                    Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of
                                                   Animals and Man                                   
                                                   presented by Orca Aart at the                     
                                                   Adventurers' Club                                 
                                                   Chicago, Illinois
       November 1988                [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Les Martres-de-Veyre                           
                                                   France
       November - December 1988
                                                   Sculpture Inuit
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       November - December 1988
                                                   [Inuit Art Exhibition]
                                                   Orca Aart, presented at                           
                                                   Neiman Marcus                                     
                                                   Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
       December 1988                [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse                 
                                                   France
       February 1989                   Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's
                                                   Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists       
                                                   at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited                      
                                                   presented by Orca Aart, Chicago                   
                                                   Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
       February - March 1989     [L'art inuit]
                                                   Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai          
                                                   at St. Marcellin                                  
                                                   France
       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
       October - Dec 1989          Baffin Images
                                                   Orca Aart                                         
                                                   Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
       November - Dec 1989      Sculpture Inuit
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       August 1990                      Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art
                                                   Sculpture in Stone                                
                                                   Images of the North                               
                                                   San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       February - March 1991     Taste Of The Wild
                                                   Orca Aart                                         
                                                   Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
       May - August 1992            Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated brochure)
       November - Dec 1992      Sculpture Inuit
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec
       July 1994                            Arctic Spirit
                                                   35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art                    
                                                   Frye Art Museum                                   
                                                   Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
       July - September 1995     The Inuit: Managers of the Land
                                                   Chrysalis Gallery                                 
                                                   Southampton, New York, U.S.A.

       COLLECTIONS:
       Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec  
       Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  
       Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  
       Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia 
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba  
       SELECTED REFERENCES:
                                                         
           IN LAKE HARBOUR, CARVING IS A MAJOR ACTIVITY.  Inuit Art
           Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Fall, 1988. pp.22-29.
                                                         
           MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC:  An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
           Masterworks.  Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
       Adamson, Arthur                                   
           THE SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.  Inuit Art Quarterly,
           vol.3, no.1, Winter, 1988. pp.19-20.
       Inuit Gallery of Vancouver                        
           MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE.  Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of
           Vancouver, 1986.
       Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery                      
           THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
           Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.
       Pucker/Safrai Gallery                             
           LAKE HARBOUR ESKIMO SCULPTURE.  Boston: Pucker/Safrai Gallery,
           1975.
       Raven Gallery                                     
           INUIT SCULPTURE 1982.  Minneapolis: The Raven Gallery, 1982.
       Surrey Art Gallery                                
           SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT:  Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov
           Collection/Dr. Harry Winrob Collection.  Surrey: The Surrey Art
           Gallery, 1978.
       Swinton, George                                   
           SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO.  Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
       Walrus Imports                                    
           CATALOGUE OF INUIT ART.  Kennebunkport, Maine: Walrus Imports,
           1974.
       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           BAFFIN ISLAND.  Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983.
       Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
           SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.  Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.