MANNUMI SHAQU (MUNAMEE 'A'; SARKO MUNAMEE; MUNAMEEKOTA; MANOME;
MUNNURME 'A'; MANOOMEE; MUNAMEE)
Born: January 7, 1917 Male E7-824
Resides: Cape Dorset; also lived in Iqaluit and Coral Harbour
Sculpture
"I was born in a winter camp near Dorset. I used to remember how old I was
but I have a poor memory and have forgotten now. I know it was around the
time Cape Dorset became a settlement. I was born in an igloo. My father was
Towatuga and my mother was Karalooatoo... . When I was young I loved to
follow my grandfather and the other men in the camp hunting. I don't remember
what it was like to hunt with spears and harpoons since most of the men had
rifles. As a boy I was afraid of whiteman because I imagined they wanted to
kidnap me... .
When I was a teenager I started to carve. At first I used to sit and etch
many ivory tusks. I later carved stone. My family needed money or food so
this is why I carved. I enjoy carving women out of hard dark stone best. For
many years I have carved. I usually carve every day. I have no other job."
from an interview with the artist
(date unknown)
EXHIBITIONS:
1963 Canadian Sculptors of the Arctic
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Jan - Feb 1963 ART ESKIMO
Galerie de France
Paris, France
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1968 Arts and Crafts Carving Competition
held in Iqaluit
Northwest Territories
May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1973 Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
1975 Sculpture from Frobisher Bay
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - July 1976 Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Arts Gallery
Edmonton, Alberta
Aug - Sept 1979 Cape Dorset: Recent Sculpture
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1979 Inuit Sculpture from the Collection of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene B. Power
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1980 Sculpture from Baffin Island
Pitakvik Inuit Galleries
Calgary, Alberta
June 1981 Transformation
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
October 1983 Fantasy and Stylization - Cape Dorset
Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art
City Hall
Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who
wrestled with them
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
May - 1985 Selections from the McMaster Art Gallery
Collection
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
July - August 1986 L'art et la Matiere: Peintures au sable
de Claude Durand - Sculptures d'Art Esquimaux
Conseil Municipal
Le Comite d'Animation Culturelle
Deauville-Touques, France
April 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet
France
June 1988 Father and Sons
Gallery Indigena
Waterloo, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
France
November 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Martres-de-Veyre
France
December 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse
France
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 - July 1989 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle
France
Oct - Dec 1989 Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
January 1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin
Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
France
February 1991 Animals of the Arctic
Arctic Inuit Art
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
Nov - 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
February 1992 The Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980
Westdale Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
Oct - Nov 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the
Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Nov 1993 The Bear: Sculpture
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Oct - Nov 1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Nov - Dec 1993 The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1993 Small Sculptures by Great Artists II
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
March - April 1994 Wildlife and Nature in Art
Arctic Experience
Hamilton, Ontario
Sept - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
Nov - Dec 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
March - July 1995 Opening Show
Geronimo's Studio
Munich, Germany
July 1995 Sunakutagnuvalautut:
Things from the Past
Feheley Fine Art
Toronto, Ontario
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
May - June 1971 Carvings by Manomee
Canadian Guild of Crafts
(The Guild Shop), Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
1977 Sculpture by Manomee "A"
Arctic Arts
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dow Chemical, Sarnia, Ontario
Gordon Richardson Education Centre, Iqaluit, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1971 Commissioned to make a sculpture for the Gordon Robertson Education Centre
in Iqaluit.
1974 Appeared in the film "The White Dawn."
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Canada. Dept. of Northern Affairs and National R.
CANADIAN ESKIMO ART. Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and
National Resources, 1955.
Canadian Arctic Producers
CAPE DORSET: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic
Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de
l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971.
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS
D'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts,
c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
CAPE DORSET SCULPTURE: Fantasy & Stylization. Vancouver: Inuit
Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
Jackson, Marion E.
INUIT SCULPTURE FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. EUGENE B.
POWER. Ann Arbor, Michigan : The University of Michigan Museum
of Art, 1979.
Marion Scott Gallery
ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET,
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.
Marion Scott Gallery
THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit
Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.
Riley, Jerry
SIX CAPE DORSET ELDERS. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.1,
Spring 1993, pp. 27-33.
Ritchie, Carson I.A.
THE ESKIMO AND HIS ART. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of
Canada, 1974. [London and New York, 1975].
Shaqu, Mannumi
FATHER AND SONS: [An exhibition by Mannumi Shaqu, Enook Manomie
and Towatuga Sagouk.]. Kitchener: Gallery Indigena, 1988.
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