CHARLIE SIVUARAPIK (ARNGNAITUQ; SAALI; SHEEGUAPIK; SHEEQUAPIK;
ARNAITUK)
Born: 1911 Male E9-1460
Died: September 26, 1968
Resided: Puvirnituq
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Printmaking
Charlie was the first president of the Povungnituk Co-operative Society,
established in 1958, and remained president until 1967. He was also the first
and only Inuit artist to become a member of the Society of Canadian Sculptors.
Charlie is the father of Thomassiapik and Akinsie Sivuarapik, and brother
of Mina Matt.
EXHIBITIONS:
1963 Canadian Sculptors of the Arctic
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
1967 Eskimo Art in Northern Quebec
presented by La Federation des
Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
at "Man and His World"
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
February - April 1973 The Bessie Bulman Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Dec 1977 - Feb 1978 Povungnituk
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1979 - 1981 By the Light of the Qulliq: Eskimo Life in the
Canadian Arctic
Smithsonian Institution, A travelling exhibition
of Inuit art from the Feheley Collection
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - May 1979 Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Feb - Aug 1982 Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec
Musee du Quebec
Quebec, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
July - October 1986 Arctic Travel
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
March - July 1987 Winnipeg Collects: Inuit Art from
Private Collections
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Nov 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1990 Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection
Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Alberta
June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (second exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
May - August 1992 Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
May - August 1992 Arctic Wildlife: The Art of the Inuit
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
Oct 1992 - Mar 1993 Inuit Ivories from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
Dec 1992 - May 1993 Inuit Art: Tradition and Regeneration
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
James and Mary Jack Collection, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa., U.S.A.
Musee Amerindien et Inuit de Godbout, Godbout, Quebec
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1961 Participated in the Povungnituk experimental graphic workshop.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
CANADIAN ANTIQUES & ART REVIEW: Inuit Issue. Canadian Antiques
& Art Review, vol 2, no. 17, April, 1981.
Adamson, Arthur
THE SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Inuit Art Quarterly,
vol.3, no.1, Winter, 1988. pp.19-20.
Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill,
Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
Canada. Dept. of Northern Affairs and National R.
CANADIAN ESKIMO ART. Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and
National Resources, 1955.
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.
Craig, Mary
SIVUARAPIK, CHARLIE: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H.
Marsh, editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 3:1702,
1985.
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT COLLECTION OF THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY. Canadian
Antiques & Art Review, vol. 2, no. 17, April, 1981. pp.36-41.
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.
Harrington, Richard
ESKIMO STONE CARVING. Canadian Geographical Journal, vol. 59,
no. 2, August, 1959. pp.38-47.
Harrington, Richard
ESKIMOS CARVE SOAPSTONE. Popular Mechanics: September 1960, pp.
134-136.
Jordon, Wendy Adler
BY THE LIGHT OF THE QULLIQ: Eskimo Life in the Canadian
Arctic. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Exhibition Service, 1979.
Murdoch, Peter
IN RETROSPECT: FIVECENTSIAPIK: THE LITTLE FIVE CENTS: PETER
MURDOCH TALKS ABOUT EARLY COMMERCIAL CARVING ACTIVITY IN
POVUNGNITUK. Inuit Art Quarterly: 9(3) Fall 1994, pp. 51-57.
Murdoch, Peter
SEEGUAPIK: Artist. The Beaver, Winter, 1956. pp.24-31, 1956.
Nungak, Zebedee
INUIT STORIES: POVUNGNITUK = LEGENDES INUIT: POVUNGNITUK: /
[By] Zebedee Nungak and Eugene Arima. Hull: Canadian Museum of
Civilization, National Museums of Canada, 1988.
Oxorn, Pearl
AESTHETICS OF ESKIMO ART: Comparison with Other Cultures and
Visual Elements of Style. (Part I). Arts & Culture of the
North, vol. 5, no. 1, Winter, 1980. pp.291-295.
Saucier, Celine
IMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene
Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Swinton, Nelda
LA FAUNE DE L'ARCTIQUE = ARCTIC WILDLIFE: L'art des Inuit = the
Art of the Inuit. Montreal: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,
1993.
Toronto-Dominion Bank
THE TORONTO-DOMINION GALLERY OF INUIT ART. Toronto, Ont. :
Toronto-Dominion Bank, n.d.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.
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