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NICK SIKKUARK (NICHOLAS; EKSENGAYOK; EKINGAUYUK; SIGURAQ) Born: May 21, 1943 Male W1-209
Place of Birth: Garry Lake
Resides: Pelly Bay; also lived in Cambridge Bay,Whale Cove,Ottawa,Winnipeg,Gjoa Haven
Sculpture, Drawings, Paintings
EXHIBITIONS: 1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1976 Cultural Olympics
held in Montreal
Quebec
March - April 1984 Gjoa Haven Sculpture/Wallhangings
Atlantic Galleries
Fredericton, New Brunswick
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 1989 Kitikmeot
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1989 The Great Northern Arts Festival
held in Inuvik
Northwest Territories
Sept - Oct 1990 Gjoa Haven/Spence Bay Sculpture
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
November 1990 Inuit Masterworks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
Dorset 1990
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre Culturel Canadien
Paris, France
April - May 1991 Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
April - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
June - July 1991 Visions of Power
presented by the Earth Spirit Festival at
York Quay Gallery and Leo Kamen Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation
Thonon, France
July - August 1991 Glaciopolis: Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison de Pesey
Les Arcs, France
November 1991 Kitikmeot-Land of the Spirits
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1991 The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
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
Feb - Aug 1992 Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
April - October 1992 Indigena:
Contemporary Native Perspectives
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - October 1992 Nouveau Territoires...
350/500 Ans Apres, Presented at les maisons
de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-
de-Grace, and Rosemont-Petite Patrie
Montreal Recreation and Community
Development Service and les Ateliers
Visions Planetaire
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct 1992 - Mar 1993 Inuit Ivories from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
April - July 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of
Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
Nov - Dec 1993 Kitikmeot: Sculpture from Gjoa Haven,
Taloyoak and Pelly Bay
Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
Nov 1993 - Mar 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sept - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: February 1981 Carvings by Nick Sikkuark
Northern Images
Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories
June 1981 Sculpture by Nick Sikkuark
Northern Images
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
November 1981 Nick Sikkuark
Northern Images
Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories
Sept - Oct 1988 Nick Sikkuark of Gjoa Haven
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
May - June 1992 Nick Sikkuark of Pelly Bay
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1974 Received an award for craftsmanship in the competition/exhibition
'Crafts from Arctic Canada'
1976 Attended the Cultural Olympics held in Montreal. 1976 September: was a delegate at the 49th Annual Meeting of Canada Craft Council,
held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
1978 Selected to carve the ceremonial baton for the opening of
the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.
1981 June 11th: attended the opening of his solo exhibition at Northern Images,
Whitehorse.
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: (continued) 1989 In March, at Hall Beach, Nick instructed eleven local carvers at a carving
workshop. The group experimented using a variety of materials such as
caribou antler, musk ox horn, ivory tusk, and soapstone. The indigenous grey
soapstone is hard to carve and polish, and an alternate material is sought.
1991 Attended Qatuujiqatgit Sanaguatit-Contemporary Carving/Sculpting Session
organized by the Inuit Artists' College at the Ottawa School of Art in
April/May.
1993 Attended the opening of an Inuit art exhibition in Monaco, and demonstrated
stone carving for the Royal family and guests. Prince Rainier personally
purchased one of Nick's sculptures.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs
CANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992.
Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, F.D.R.: Inuit Galerie, 1988.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
KITIKMEOT: LAND OF THE SPIRITS. Vancouver : Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1991.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Mitchell, Marybelle
INDIGENA: Perspectives of indigenous peoples on five hundred
years. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Summer/Fall 1992,
pp. 41-43.
Mitchell, Marybelle
SEVEN ARTISTS IN OTTAWA. Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(3) Summer 1991:
6-17.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Sikkuark, Nick
BOOK OF THINGS YOU WILL NEVER SEE!. Yellowknife, N.W.T. :
Government of Northwest Territories, 1973.
Sikkuark, Nick
FACES. Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Government of Northwest
Territories, 1973.
Sikkuark, Nick
HARD TIMES GOOD TIMES. Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Government of the
Northwest Territories, 1973.
Sikkuark, Nick
MORE STORIES. Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Government of Northwest
Territories, 1973.
Sikkuark, Nick
NICK SIKKUARK OF GJOA HAVEN. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of
Eskimo Art, 1988.
Sikkuark, Nick
WHAT ANIMALS THINK. Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Government of
Northwest Territories, 1973.
The Earth Spirit Festival
VISIONS OF POWER: CONTEMPORARY ART BY FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND
JAPANESE CANADIANS: Essays by Ingo Hessel, Bryce Kanbara [and]
Alfred Young Man. Toronto: The Earth Spirit Festival, 1991.
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.
Vision Planetaire
NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art
aborigene contemporain du Canada. Montreal: Vision Planetaire:
Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992.
Wight, Darlene
COMMUNITY PROFILES: THE CENTRAL ARCTIC. Inuit Art and Crafts,
no.2, December 1984. pp. 4-21.
Wight, Darlene
FOCUS ON ARTISTS: THE CENTRAL ARCTIC. Inuit Art and Crafts,
no.2, December 1984. pp. 22-33.
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