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| EGEVADLUQ RAGEE (EEGEEVUDLUK; EYEEVUDLOOK; EEGYVUDLUK;
EGYVUDLO; EEGYVADLUK; EEJYVUDLUK) Born: October 30, 1920 Female E7-1013 Died: June 26, 1983 Resided: Cape Dorset Drawings, Prints, Printmaking Egevadluq was married to the carver and graphic artist Sakiassie Ragee. Her daughter Sorosoluto Onalik is a graphic artist and carver, now living in Iqaluit. "Eegyvudluk was the oldest child born to Pamiaktok and Sorisolutu at the small campsite of Ikarasak, on the southern tip of Baffin Island. Upon the birth of a younger sister, Eegyvudluk moved to the home of her grandparents, who lived in a nearby camp. She recalled little of her childhood, until her marriage to Kootoo. A son and daughter were born, the former having died as an infant. Kootoo himself died soon after of an undisclosed illness. When Eegyvudluk's daughter reached the age of four, she married again, to Sakkiassie. Together they adopted four children and lived first at Nuvudjuak, then later moving to Tikerak, some eight miles from Cape Dorset. From 1955-58 Eegyvudluk, Sakkiassie, and their oldest adopted son Peter, were in the Brandon, Manitoba sanitorium recovering from tuberculosis. They returned to Tikerak once again." -Patricia Ryan "Eegyvudluk began to draw in 1959 ... when she was living at Tikerak.... During those occasions when Egevadluq travelled to the settlement of Cape Dorset to trade for supplies, she would obtain graphite pencil and paper from the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. Her early works filled entire sheets of paper - mythical creatures, bird-animal-human transformations, and images from reality - all intermingled one with the other at random. By the mid-1960s, Eegyvudluk was utilizing wax crayons, or coloured felt pens on paper. A refinement developed in her work, resulting in a more simplified approach, yet never completely the bird-animal-human theme. In 1967, improved housing in Cape Dorset resulted in the Inuit abandoning most of the campsites. Eegyvudluk moved into the settlement, however this change in her life did not affect her artistic output. In the early 1970s, Eegyvudluk explored the use of arcrylic washes, on which she drew her well-known figures and birds." - WBEC profile sheet EGEVADLUQ RAGEE (continued) "I started drawing because I was 'tususkuk' (when I saw other people doing it, I wanted to do the same things)...When I start to make a drawing, I have a picture in my mind, but when I try to put that picture on paper, my hands won't do what my mind wants. When I have the picture in my head, I can't get it out by my hands. Sometimes I find it hard to draw when my children are in the house; I find it hard to think with so much noise around me. I make the kids go outside." Eegyvudluk Cape Dorset Print Catalogue, 1978. EXHIBITIONS: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, Cape Dorset Graphics 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, (annual collection) 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, (illustrated catalogue) 1980, 1981, 1982 1960 Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker) (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1963 ART ESKIMO Galerie de France Paris, France (illustrated 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) 1970 Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada: First Collection Cultural Affairs Division, Department of External Affairs, Canada Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) September - October 1970 Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival Alaska Methodist University Galleries Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1971 The Art of the Eskimo Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia (catalogue) January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue) 1973 Canadian Eskimo Lithographs: Third Collection Presented under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of External Affairs Canada Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January 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 - November 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics Jerusalem Artists' House Museum Jerusalem, Israel (illustrated catalogue) May 1979 Inuit Prints University of New Brunswick Long Gallery, St. John Campus St John, New Brunswick (tour) July 1979 - October 1981 Images of the Inuit: from the Simon Fraser Collection Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia (tour) (illustrated catalogue) August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) February - March 1981 Return to Origins The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/ Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture National Gallery of Modern Art Rome, Italy (illustrated 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 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) February - March 1983 Return of the Birds Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) June 1983 Return to Origins III The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. October - November 1983 The Cape Dorset Print Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Ottawa, Ontario September - October 1984 On the Land The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. November 1984 - February 1985 Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper: Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections Edmonton Art Gallery Edmonton, Alberta May - 1985 Selections from the McMaster Art Gallery Collection McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario June 1985 Alaska Eskimo Dolls/Inuit Prints Provincial Museum of Alberta, sponsored by the Alaska State Council on the Arts Edmonton, Alberta (tour) October - November 1985 Media and Techniques McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario June - July 1986 New Acquisitions Laurentian University Museum and Art Gallery Sudbury, Ontario June 1986 - April 1987 Graphics from the UNB Collection University of New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick (tour) November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic Arctic Artistry Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A. February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections: New Acquisitions Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba 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. March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec June - September 1988 The World Around Me University of Lethbridge Art Gallery Lethbridge, Alberta October 1988 Art/Facts McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario November 1988 - April 1989 Night Spirits: Cape Dorset 1960-1965 Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba February - April 1989 Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of Inuit Art Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Banff, Alberta (tour) (illustrated brochure) August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian & Northern Affairs Canada Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990 Arctic Artistry Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. 1991 Art/Facts McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario 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) August - September 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Akenaton Troyes, France November - December 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 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) November 1993 - January 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) 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) March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Verona, Italy (illustrated catalogue) June 1995 - February 1996 Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec Montreal, Quebec SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1980 Eegyvudluk Ragee: Acrylic Works on Paper Elca London Gallery Montreal, Quebec COLLECTIONS: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, 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. Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario 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 Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, Quebec 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. Eegyvudluk is one of several artists whose reproductions are presented in folios by Mintmark Press. 1982 'Etchings Portfolio V: Timiat'. Eegyvudluk was one of three artists who contributed to a special folio of work, documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue of 1982. 1984 Eegyvudluk Ragee Folio of Etchings. The artist produced a special folio of four prints, included in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue of 1984. 1986 Norgraphics Limited. Eegyvudluk 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 catalogue of 1986. SELECTED REFERENCES: Blakeman, Evelyn STONES, BONES, CLOTH AND PAPER: INUIT ART IN EDMONTON COLLECTIONS. Edmonton, Alta. : Inuit Art Enthusiasts Newsletter December 1-3, 1984. Blodgett, Jean IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADES OF INUIT PRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies, Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1991. Eber, Dorothy Harley ESKIMO PENNY FASHIONS. North, vol. 20, no. 1, January-February, 1973. pp.37-39. Gustavison, Susan J. ARCTIC EXPRESSIONS: INUIT ART AND THE CANADIAN ESKIMO ARTS COUNCIL 1961 - 1989. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1994. Houston, James A. ESKIMO PRINTS. Don Mills; Longmans Canada, 1971. Macdonald, John TAUVIJJUAQ; THE GREAT DARKNESS. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.2, Summer, 1993, pp. 19-25. 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. Reeves, John THE WOMEN ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET. City and Country Home, April: 35-43, 1985. 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. (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995 |
