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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