Axangayuk Shaa

AQJANGAJUK SHAA     (AXANGAYU; AKSANGAYUK; AQYHAGAYU; ARRANGAYJUKE; AUKJANGARKJUK)

 

Date of Birth:     March 17, 1937                                      Male/Female:    Male E7-1065

           

Place of Birth:    Cape Dorset     

 

Mother:             Paunichea Shaa

 

Father:              Munamee Shaa

                                                                                                                                               

 

“Aqjangajuk, who began carving in the lae 1950’s, does not do a great deal of detailing; instead he works for a total effect, concentrating on special interaction, expressive qualities and overall from.  While some of his carvings of human and animal subjects are compact, robust, solid and static, others are more open, outwardly thrusting, dynamic forms.  His only print, “Wounded Caribou” (1961) is a very effective portrayal of an animal stricken by a hunter’s arrow.”*

 

Aqjangajuk Shaa is the grandson of Kiakshuk, and the only child of Munamee Shaa, who was a carver and Paunichea, who was a well-known graphic artists.  His wife, Kilabuk Shaa, is also a carver. Three of their sons, Pudalik, Qiatsuq and Qavavau Shaa are also carvers in Cape Dorset.

 

*Jean Blodgett, “The Canadian Encyclopedia” (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1985), Page 68.

 

(Note: Photo #67 in Swinton, 1972, is now attributed to Aqjangajuk Shaa in Swinton, 1992.)

 

 

EXHIBITIONS:

 

1961                                                                 Cape Dorset Graphics

                                                                        (annual collection)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

December 1966                                                 Major Eskimo Sculpture: Cape Dorset

                                                                        Isaacs Gallery

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

1967                                                                 Eskimo Sculpture

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery, Presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

May – June 1969                                               Eskimo Sculpture ‘69

                                                                        Robertson Galleries

                                                                        Ottawa, Ontario

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

1970                                                                 Mythology in Stone

                                                                        Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec

                                                                        Montreal, Quebec


1971 – 1973                                                      Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic

                                                                        Canadian Eskimo Arts Council

                                                                        Ottawa, Ontario

                                                                        (tour)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

January – February 1971                                    The Art of the Eskimo

                                                                        Simon Fraser Gallery

                                                                        Simon Fraser University

                                                                        Burnaby, British Columbia

                                                                                                (catalogue)

 

January – March 1972                                        Eskimo Fantastic Art

                                                                        Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                        (tour)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

1974                                                                 Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974

                                                                        Lippel Gallery

                                                                        Montreal, Quebec

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

1974                                                                 Cape Dorset Sculpture

                                                                        Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec

                                                                        Montreal, Quebec

 

April 1974                                                          Eskimo Stone Sculpture, featuring Axangayuk, Johnniebo, Kenojuak

                                                                        The Arctic Circle

                                                                        Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

October – November 1974                                   Eskimo Art

                                                                        Queen’s Museum

                                                                        Flushing, New York, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

1975                                                                 Cape Dorset – Selected Sculpture from the collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

1977                                                                 Kata and Axangayuk

                                                                        Gallery Shop

                                                                        London Public Library

                                                                        London, Ontario

 

January 1977 – June 1982                                  The Inuit Print/L’estampe inuit

                                                                        Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man

                                                                        Ottawa, Ontario

                                                                        (tour)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

March – April 1979                                             Die Kunst aus der Arktis

                                                                        Inuit Galerie, Mannheim

                                                                        Held at the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute, University of Siegen

                                                                        At Villa Waldrich

                                                                        Siegen, Germany

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

March – April 1979                                             Die Kunst aus der Arkis

                                                                        Inuit Galerie, Mannheim

                                                                        Heldat the Rathaus Foyer

                                                                        Mainz, Germany

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

September 1979                                                Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen and Bears

                                                                        Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Art Ltd.

                                                                        Calgary, Alberta

 

October 1979                                                     Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

January – March 1980                                        Cape Dorset

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                                                (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)

 

November – December 1980                               Four Sculptors from Baffin Island

                                                                        The Upstairs Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

1981                                                                 Cape Dorset Sculptors and Their Sculpture

                                                                        The Inuit Art Collection

                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon

                                                                        Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)


September 1981                                                Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen and Bears

                                                                        Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Art Ltd.

                                                                        Calgary, Alberta

 

September – October 1981                                 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher

                                                                        Collection of Inuit Art

                                                                        Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery

                                                                        University of Regina

                                                                        Regina, Saskachewan

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

October – November 1981                                   The Inuit Sea Goddess

                                                                        Surrey Art Gallery

                                                                        (organized to complement the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit of the same name)

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

March – April 1982                                             Songs in Stone

                                                                        The Arctic Circle

                                                                        Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

1983                                                                 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories

                                                                        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)

 

October 1983                                                     Fantasy and Stylization – Cape Dorset Sculpture

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

February – March 1984                                       Canadian Inui Art

                                                                        Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers

                                                                        At City Hall

                                                                        Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland

 

February 1984 – June 1986                                 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit

                                                                        Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Produces

                                                                        Ottawa, Ontario

                                                                        (tour)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)


March – April 1984                                             Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo

                                                                        Colorado Galleries of the Arts

                                                                        Arapahoe Community College

                                                                        Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.

 

September – October 1984                                 On The Land

                                                                        The Arctic Circle

                                                                        Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

October 1984                                                     Images of the Far North

                                                                        Studio Art Gallery

                                                                        State University of New York

                                                                        Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.

 

February 1985 – April 1986                                 Die Kunst aus der Arktis

                                                                        Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa

                                                                        Presented by Commerzbank

                                                                        Frankfort, Germany

                                                                        (tour)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

March – May 1985                                             Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

December 1985                                                 Masterwork Sculpture 1985

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

 

May – June 1986                                               The Spirit of the Land

                                                                        The Koffler Gallery

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)

 

July 1986                                                          Baffin Island Sculpture

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

August – November 1986                                    Die Kunst aus der Arktis

                                                                        Presented by Inuit Galerie

Mannheim, Germany

(tour)

                                                                        (illustrated catalogue)

 

1987                                                                 Collectable Sculpture 1987

                                                                        Webster Galleries

                                                                        Calgary, Alberta

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)


January 1987                                                     Contemporary Sculpture from the Arctic

                                                                        Arctic Artistry

                                                                        Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.

 

March 1988                                                       Arctic Forms – Inuit Sculpture

                                                                        Arctic Inuit Art Gallery

                                                                        Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

 

April 1988                                                          [L’art inuit]

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Palais L’Europe

                                                                        Le Touquet, France

 

November 1988                                                  [L’art inuit]

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Les Martres-de-Veyre

                                                                        France

 

December 1988 – 1989                                       Im Schatten der Sonne: Zeitgenossische Kunst

                                                                        Der Indiane und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada

                                                                        Canadian Museum of Civilization

                                                                        Hull, Quebec

                                                                        (tour)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

January – February 1989                                    Images of the Far North

                                                                        Arctic Artistry

                                                                        (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)

                                                                        Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.

 

April 1989                                                          Master Works from the Early Years

                                                                        Arctic Artistry

                                                                        Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

 

November – December 1989                               Sculpture Inuit

                                                                        Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec

                                                                        Montreal, Quebec

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)

 

May 1990                                                          Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints by Well-known Inuit Artists

                                                                        Arctic Artistry

                                                                        Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

 

June – July 1990                                                Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

November 1990                                                  Inuit Masterworks

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

November – December 1990                               Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Centre Culturel Canadien

                                                                        Paris, France

 

February – March 1991                                       Cape Dorset Sculpture

                                                                        McMaster Art Gallery

                                                                        Hamilton, Ontario

 

March – April 1991                                             Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Le Theatre

                                                                        La Ciotat, France

 

April – May 1991                                                Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Palais L’Europe

                                                                        Le Touquet, France

 

May 1991                                                          Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

May – June 1991                                               Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At La Halle aux Bles

                                                                        Saint Malo, France

 

May – September 1991                                      Recent Acquisitions: Watercolors of the Arctic Landscape and Original Eskimo Sculpture

                                                                        Arctic Artistry

                                                                        Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

 

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

 

August – September 1991                                  Cape Dorset  Stone Sculpture: Masters and the Next Generation

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

November – December 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

 

May – August 1992                                            Hudson’s Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)      

 

October – November 1992                                   Arctic Ice: Sculpture in Marble by the Artists  of Cape Dorset, N.W.T.

                                                                        Marion Scott Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

November – December 1992                               Inuit Sculpture – New Acquisitions

                                                                        Pucker Gallery

                                                                        Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)      

 

September – November 1993                              The Bear: Sculpture

                                                                        The Albers Gallery

                                                                        San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

 

1994                                                                 Kanuitpit (?) Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo:

                                                                        Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlugen

                                                                        Staaliches Museum fur Volkekunde

                                                                        Munchen

                                                                        Munich, Germany

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

March – April 1994                                             Eegyvudluk Pootoogook, Eyeetsiak Peter, Axangayu Shaa Exhibition

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (video catalogue)

 

April – June 1994                                               The Shaa Family: Axangayu Shaa, Qiatsuq Shaa, Pudlalik Shaa

                                                                        The Albers Gallery

                                                                        San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)

 

July 1994                                                          Arctic Spirit

                                                                        35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art

                                                                        Frye Art Museum

                                                                        Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

 

January – February 1995                                    The Collectors’ Eye

                                                                        Inuit Art from Private Collections

                                                                        The Albers Gallery

                                                                        San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)      

 

May – September 1995                                      Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada

                                                                        Institute of American Indian Arts Museum

                                                                        Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

September 1995                                                Sedna: Spirit of the Sea

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

 

June 1996                                                         Images of our Past

                                                                        Art of Man Gallery

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

October – November 1996                                   Old Friends

                                                                        Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

November – December 1996                               Emerging Spirit

                                                                        Banff Centre

                                                                        Organized by Northern Art Impressions Inc.         

                                                                        Banff, Alberta

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

November – December 1996                               Sculpture Inuit

                                                                        Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec

                                                                        Montreal, Quebec

                                                                                                (brochure)

February – April 1997                                         Stone & Bone

                                                                        The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic

                                                                        The North West Company

                                                                        Held at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities

                                                                        Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.A.

 

May 1997                                                          Nunavut/Nunavik: Sculpture in the Time of Change

                                                                        Spirit Wrestler Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

June 1997                                                         Singing and Dancing and Playing

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (brochure)

 

November 1997                                                  Graphite and Stone

                                                                        Sculpture and Drawing: Baffin Artists in two mediums

                                                                        Spirit Wrestler Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Colombia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

November                                                          Inuit Art

                                                                        Waddington Galleries

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

January – February 1999                                    Nature and Transformation: Inuit Art

                                                                        Pucker Gallery

                                                                        Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

 

March 1999                                                       Inuit Art and Nova Scotian Art

                                                                        Houston North Gallery

                                                                        Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

March 1999                                                       Horizons

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

October – November 1999                                   Aqjangajuk Shaa: Facing Dorset\

                                                                        Exhibition by John Reeves (Photographer)

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

April 2000                                                          Axangayu Shaa: The Artist’s Hand

                                                                        Inuit Sculpture Portfolio

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

November – December 2000                               Small Sculptures by Great Artists 2000

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)      

 

February 2001                                                   Living Arctic

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)      

 

April – May 2001                                                Spirit of the Walrus

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)

 

June                                                                 Cross-Currents

                                                                        Cape Dorset in the 1960’s

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

July – September 2003                                       Tariungmutait: Of the Sea

                                                                        Home and Away

                                                                        Kennebunkport, Maine, U.S.A.

 

August – September 2003                                  Shaa and Sons: A Father’s Influence

                                                                        The Guild Shop

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 


October – November 2003                                   Vision and From

                                                                        The Norman Zepp – Judith Varga Collection

                                                                        Marion Scott Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

 

November – December 2003                               Honouring the Master Carvers

                                                                        Eskimo Art Gallery

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

2004                                                                 Masterworks III

                                                                        Canadian Arctic Gallery

                                                                        Basel, Switzerland

 

May – March 2004                                             The Jerry Twomey Collection

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

Spring 2005                                                       Cape Dorset Sculpture

                                                                        Spirit Wrestler Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

Fall 2007                                                           The First Tourist

                                                                        McMaster University Museum of Art

                                                                        Hamilton, Ontario

 

December, 2008                                                Mini Masterworks II

                                                                        Spirit Wrestler Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                    (illustrated catalogue)

 

Oct – Nov, 2008                                                 Shaman, Sedna and Spirits

                                                                        Spirit Wrestler Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

September – October, 2009                                Power and Passion

                                                                        Canadian Arctic Gallery

                                                                        Basel, Switzerland

 

October, 2010                                                    Dancing, Drumming, Singing

                                                                        Canadian Arctic Gallery

                                                                        Basel, Switzerland

 

May, 2010 – January, 2011                                 Highlights of Inuit Sculpture

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

March – April, 2011                                            Mini Masterworks IV

                                                                        Spirit Wrestler Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                            (illustrated catalogue)

 

February, 2011                                                  Rhythm and Drum dance

                                                                        Kulik Inuit Art

                                                                        Quebec city

 

April, 2011                                                         Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection

                                                                        Art Gallery of Ontario

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (Illustrated catalogue)

 

October, 2011                                                    Stone and Paper

                                                                        Cape Dorset 2011

                                                                        Native Art Gallery

                                                                        Oakville, ON

                                                                                    (illustrated catalogue)

 

March – April, 2012                                            Mini Masterworks IV

                                                                        Spirit Wrestler Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, BC

                                                                                    (illustrated Catalogue)

 

January, 2012                                                    Small Treasures

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

                                                                        Vancouver, BC

 

August – November, 2012                                   The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture

                                                                        Winnipeg Art Gallery

                                                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba

                                                                       

 

 

 

                                                                       

 

 

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

 

May 1970                                                          Axangayu

                                                                        The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

January 1974                                                     Sculpture by Axangayu  of Cape Dorset

                                                                        The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

September 1978                                                Axangayu Cape Dorset – Recent Sculptures

                                                                        Waddington Galleries

                                                                        Toronto, Quebec

 

June 1979                                                         Axangayu

                                                                        Waddington Galleries

                                                                        Montreal, Quebec

 

October 1980                                                     Sculpture by Axangayu

                                                                        Franz Bader Gallery

                                                                        Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

 

February – April 1981                                         Axangayu

                                                                        Robertson Galleries

                                                                        Ottawa, Ontario

1982                                                                 Shaa Axangayuk

                                                                        Inuit Galerie

                                                                        Mannheim, Germany

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

July – August 1984                                            Aqjangajuk Shaa – Sculpture

                                                                        Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Art Ltd.

                                                                        Calgary, Alberta

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

August 1992                                                      Aqjangajuk Shaa

                                                                        Houston North Gallery

                                                                        Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)

 

August 1995                                                      Major Sculpture by Aqjangaju Shaa

                                                                        Houston North Gallery

                                                                        Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

 

 

COLLECTIONS:

 

Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario

Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec

Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.

Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.

James and Mary Jack Collection, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Macmillan-Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, British Colombia

McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, N.Y., U.S.A.

Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec

Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal,  Quebec

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A.

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

The Arnold Aubert Vernon Inuit Collection at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.

University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

 


SELECTED REFERENCES:

 

ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal, Que.: Signum Press in association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, Ont.: 1974.

 

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, Ont.: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.

 

            OIL BOOM THREATENS INUIT ART FUTURE. Edmonton Journal, June 12, 1976.

 

            PORTRAIT OF A CANADIAN SCULPTURE. Saturday Night, June 1970.

 

Blodgett, Jean

AQJANBAJUK SHAA: In the Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh, editor-in-chief. Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig Publishers, 1:68, 1985.

 

Blodgett, Jean

GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family Collections of Inui Art. Toronto, Ont.:  Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.

 

Canadian Arctic Producers

            CANADIAN INUIT ART. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Arctic Producers, n.d.

 

Canadian Arctic Producers

SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic – La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d’oeuvre de l’Arctique canadien. Toronto, Ont.: 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, Que.:  Candian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.

 

Cook, Cynthia Waye

INUIT SCULPTURE: In the Collection of the Art Gallery of York University. North York, Ont.: Art Gallery of York University, 1988.           

 

Dewar, Patricia

YOU HAD TO BE THERE. Nepean, Ont.: Inuit Art Quarterly, 9(1), Spring 1994, pp. 20 – 28.

 

Driscoll, Bernadette

THE INUIT COLLECTION OF THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY. Canadian Antiques and Art Review, Vol. 2, No.17, April, 1981, pp. 36 – 41.

 

Driscoll, Bernadette

            UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art. Winnipeg, Man.: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1985.

 

French, Orland

BLUE CHIP ART: Inuit Art Still 15 Per Cent Investment: ‘There doesn’t seem to an end to it’. Ottawa Citizen, August 12, 1978.

 


Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art

MONUMENTS IN STONE: Recent Sculpture from Cape Dorse. Toronto, Ont.: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1988.

 

Institute of American Indian Arts Museum

KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995.

 

Inuit Art Collection

CAPE DORSET: Sculptors and Their Sculptures. Manchester, Conn.: The Inuit Art Collection, 1981.

 

Inuit Galerie

            AXANGAYUK SHAA. Mannheim, Germany. Inuit Galerie, 1990.

 

Inuit Galerie

            DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1986.

 

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

            AN ENDURINGTRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories. Vancouver,          B.C.: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.

 

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

            Baffin Island Sculpture. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery, 1986.

 

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

CAPE DORSET SCULPTURE. Fantasy and Stylization. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1991.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

CAPE DORSET SCULPTURE: MASTERS AND THE NEXT GENERATION: August 17 – September 6, 1991. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1991.

 

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

INUIT MASTERWORKS; November 3 – 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, B.C.: Inuit Gallery, 1979

 

Kritzwiser, Kay

NEW GALLERY DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO WORKS BY ESKIMOS. Toronto, Ont.: The Globe and Mail, 1970.

 

Lippel Gallery

INUIT SCULPTURE 1974/SCULPTURE INUIT 1974. Montreal, Que.: Lippel Gallery Inc., 1974.

 

Lipton, Barbara

ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984.

 

Macduff, Alistair

LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. /By Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North Vancouver, B.C.: Whitecap Books, 1982.

 

Malone, Judy

CONTRASTS VIVIDLY SHOWN BY TWO ESKIMO ARTISTS. London Evening Free Press, February 18, 1977.

 

 Marion Scott Gallery

ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver, B.C.: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.

 

National Museum of Man

THE INUIT PRINT – L’ESTAMPE INUIT: A Travelling Exhibition…” Une exposition itinerante… Ottawa, Ont.: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1977.

 

Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery

THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Regina, SK.: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.

Robertson Galleries

            ESKIMO SCULPTURE ’69. Ottawa, Ont.: The Robertson Galleries, 1969.

Shaa, Aqjangajuk

            AXANGAYU. Toronto, Ont.: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1974.

 

Swinton, George

ESKIMO ART RECONSIDERED. Artscanada, Vol. 27, No. 6, December – January, 1971 – 1972, pp. 85 – 94.

 

Swinton, George

ESKIMO FANASTIC ART. Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba. School of Art, Gallery,111, 1972.

 

Swinton, George

ESKIMO SCULPTURE – SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart,1965.

 

Vastokas, Joan M.

CONTINUITIES IN ESKIMO GRAPHICS STYLE. Artscanada, Vol 27, No.6, December/January 1971, pp. 69 – 83.

 

Winnipeg Art Gallery

            CAPE DORSET. Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.

 

Winnipeg Art Gallery

CAPE DORSET. Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1975.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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