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JOHN TIKTAK (TITTAK; TICTAC) Born: January, 1916 Male E1-266
Place of Birth: Kareak, between Arviat and Whale Cove
Died: 1981
Resided: Rankin Inlet; also lived in Arviat
Sculpture, Ceramics
"At first a hunter, [Tiktak] moved to Rankin Inlet in 1958 to work at the
nickel mine. The mine closed in 1962, and he took up carving 'professionally'
in 1963, having previously carved 'small sculptures representing Eskimo faces'
that he sold as souvenirs. His work, dating back to 1961, is in every museum
and major private collection of Inuit art. His personal style, with its
rounded shapes and hollows, has definite affinity with Henry Moore [British
sculptor, 1898-1986], who admired Tiktak's work greatly. Like Moore, he is an
icon maker, producing form and symbols rather than subject matter."
from "John Tiktak", in The Canadian Encyclopedia
(see reference below)
EXHIBITIONS: 1967 The Eskimo Art Collection of the
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1968 Outstanding Examples of World Art
Mexico City, Mexico
May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1970 Sculpture
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
a competition/exhibition organized as
a contribution to the Centennial of the
N.W.T.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1972 Eskimo Sculpture: Selections from the
Twomey Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Eskimo Sculpture from Rankin Inlet
Fleet Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1974 Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974
Lippel Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1976 The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Aug - Nov 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1979 Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative
exhibition from the collection of Professor
and Mrs. Philip Gray
Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State
University
Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
March - May 1979 Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1980 Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of
Important Inuit Sculpture
Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario
February - March 1980 First Annual Collectors' Invitational
Exhibition
Inuk 1/Eskimo Art
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
April - May 1980 The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit
Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
February - April 1981 Rankin Inlet/Kangirlliniq
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1981 - March 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)
Sept - Oct 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1981 Inuit Masks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1982 Sculpture Inuit: Stone/Bone
circa 1960-1979
Canadiana Galleries
Edmonton, Alberta
Oct - Dec 1982 Collector's Choice: 1965-1980
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1983 - April 1985 Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from
the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Dec 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
Nov 1983 - Mar 1985 Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development, Ottawa, presented at the
General Assembly Building, United Nations
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
Feb 1984 - Jun 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and Canadian
Arctic Producers
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov 1984 - Feb 1985 Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper:
Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections
Edmonton Art Gallery
Edmonton, Alberta
December 1984 Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections
from Private Collections and the Government
of Canada
Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives
du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
Mar 1986 - Mar 1987 Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit
Norman McKenzie Art Gallery
Regina, Saskatchewan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1986 Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of
Travel
Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
Jul 1986 - Feb 1988 Selections from the John and Mary Robertson
Collection of Inuit Art
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1987 The Williamson Collection of
Inuit Sculpture
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Nov 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1987 Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit
Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
April 1988 Inuit Images in Transition
Augusta Savage Gallery,
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst
der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the
Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit
Art in Canada
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July - September 1989 Mother and Child: Selections from the
Inuit Collection of the Art Gallery
of Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
November 1990 Inuit Masterworks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
February - June 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (first exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (second exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
Nov 1991 - Mar 1992 Moving Around the Form:
Inuit Sculpture and Prints
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
May - June 1994 Share the Vision
Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
May - July 1995 Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: March 1970 Tiktak: Sculptor from Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
COLLECTIONS: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
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
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1970 Received a Canada council travel grant to attend the opening of his solo
exhibition at Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
1970 Received an Honourable Mention for his sculpture of a figure in the 1970
Centennial Competition/Exhibition "Sculpture" organized by the Canadian
Eskimo Arts Council, Ottawa.
1973 Elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. SELECTED REFERENCES:
FRAGMENTS FROM THE NORTH: a Collage on Acculturation. Arts
Manitoba, vol.3, no.4, Fall 1984, pp. 26-28.
IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und
Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art
of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition
Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.
Adamson, Arthur
THE SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Inuit Art Quarterly,
vol.3, no.1, Winter, 1988. pp.19-20.
Blodgett, Jean
ESKIMO NARRATIVE. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Blodgett, Jean
GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family
Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
Blodgett, Jean
SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT
SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes
Etherington Art Centre, 1986.
Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill,
Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1970.
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.
Gallery One-One-One
TIKTAK: Sculptor From Rankin Inlet. Winnipeg: University of
Manitoba. School of Art. Gallery One-One-One, 1970.
Grenier, Claude
SOME WONDERFUL, CREATIVE YEARS IN RANKIN INLET. = LES ANNEES
FOLLES DES ARTISTES DE RANKIN INLET. About Arts and
Crafts/L'art et l'artisanat, vol. 5, no. 1, 1982. pp.28-34.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: 1965 - 1980. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, l982.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
INUIT MASKS. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, n.d.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
INUIT MASTERWORKS: November 3-November 24, 1990. Vancouver, B.
C.: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1990.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
James, Geoffrey
MASTERWORKS OF THE ARCTIC: An Impressive Summation. Time,
November 29, 1971. pp.12-13.
Lippel Gallery Inc.
INUIT SCULPTURE 1974/SCULPTURE INUIT 1974. Montreal: Lippel
Gallery Inc, 1974.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: ART OF THE CANADIAN INUIT. Archaeology,
January/February, 1985. pp.54-57.
MacMillan, Duane J.
PURE VISION: THE KEEWATIN SPIRIT. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol.1,
no.2, 1986. pp. 12.
MacMillan, Duane J.
PURE VISION: THE KEEWATIN SPIRIT. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol.1,
no.2, 1986. pp. 7.
Macduff, Alistair
LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By
Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
McMichael Canadian Collection
THE MCMICHAEL CANADIAN COLLECTION. Kleinberg: McMichael
Canadian Collection, 1979.
Mellen, Peter
LANDMARKS OF CANADIAN ART. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1978.
Mellen, Peter
TIKTAK: Mother and Child. In: LANDMARKS OF CANADIAN ART.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1978. pp.74-75.
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.
Ritchie, Carson I.A.
THE ESKIMO AND HIS ART. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of
Canada, 1974. [London and New York, 1975].
Swinton, George
ARTISTS FROM THE KEEWATIN. Canadian Art, vol. 23, no. 2, April,
1966. pp.32-34.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO ART RECONSIDERED. Artscanada, vol. 27, no. 6,
December-January, 1971-72. pp.85-94.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Swinton, George
THE SCULPTOR TIKTAK. Artscanada, vol. 27, no. 3, June, 1970.
p.47.
Swinton, George
TIKTAK, JOHN: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh,
editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 3:1823, 1985.
University of Regina. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Regina:
University of Regina. The Norman MackenzieArt Gallery, 1987.
Williamson, Robert G.
THE SPIRIT OF KEEWATIN, N.W.T. The Beaver, Summer, 1965. pp.4-13.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1967.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO SCULPTURE: Selections from the Twomey Collection.
Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1972.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
RANKIN INLET/KANGIRLLINIQ. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery,
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Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE MULDERS' COLLECTION OF ESKIMO SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1976.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.
Zepp, Norman
PURE VISION: THE KEEWATIN SPIRIT. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman
MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1986.
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