ISAH QUMALU SIVUARAPI (QUMALU; ISA; SHEGOAPIK; SHEEG; SIVUARAPIK;
SHEEGUAPIK)
Born: December 7, 1925 Male E9-1464
Place of Birth: near Richmond Gulf
Died: 1979
Resided: Puvirnituq
Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS: April - May 1959 Contemporary Eskimo Sculpture
St. James Church
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
1967 Eskimo Art in Northern Quebec
presented by La Federation des
Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
at "Man and His World"
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
1968 Eskimo Sculpture from La Federation des
Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
Hartford National Bank,
from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon
Nov - Dec 1968 Eskimo Canada
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
and La Federation des Cooperatives du
Nouveau-Quebec, held at Place
Bonaventure
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
February - April 1973 The Bessie Bulman Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1975 Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Dec 1977 - Feb 1978 Povungnituk
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1981 - Mar 1982 Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from
the Collection of the National Museum of
Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada
National Museum of Man, Ottawa and
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
February - August 1982 Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec
Musee du Quebec
Quebec, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
Sep - Nov 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France
Dec 1992 - May 1993 Inuit Art: Tradition and Regeneration
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
Nov 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Confederation des caisses populaires et d'economie Desjardins, Levis, Quebec
Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec
Musee du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Toronto, Ontario
Saputik Museum, Povungnituk, Quebec
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1965 Invited to participate in a carving demonstration at Henry Birks and sons,
in Montreal.
SELECTED REFERENCES: Adamson, Arthur
THE SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Inuit Art Quarterly,
vol.3, no.1, Winter, 1988. pp.19-20.
Canada. Dept. of Northern Affairs and National R.
CANADIAN ESKIMO ART. Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and
National Resources, 1955.
Canadian Guild of Crafts
ESKIMO CANADA. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts and La
Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1968.
Furneaux, Patrick
ISAH SIVUARAPIK'S SEAL IN THE KANGIQAUQJUAQ QUARRY. Arts &
Culture of the North, vol. 2, no. 4, August, 1978. pp.111-112.
Gautsche, Nancy
INUIT ART: TRADITION AND REGENERATION: At the Canadian Museum
of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, December 17 to May 2 1993. Inuit
Art Quarterly, Vol. 8, No.2, 1993, pp.28-31.
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
ART/INUIT/ART: La Collection Permanente de Sculpture
Esquimaudes Rothmans/The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo
Sculpture. No publication information, 1975.
Saucier, Celine
IMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene
Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
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.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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