Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
(Exhibition catalog)
2013Wight, Darlene Coward (Editor)
256 pages (color)
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1911 Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, Canada - 2007 Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Inuit sculpture, carving, figure, animals, symbolism, mythology.
Johnny Inukpuk RCA (1911 - 2007) (1). An important carver of the early 'modern period' of Inuit Art*, Johnny Inukpuk was born in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. In the... Read full biography
Johnny Inukpuk RCA (1911 - 2007) (1). An important carver of the early 'modern period' of Inuit Art*, Johnny Inukpuk was born in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. In the 1950s, he moved about 200 miles south, to Inukjuak (aka: Inoucdjouac or Port Harrison), Quebec where he... Read full biography
Johnny Inukpuk RCA (1911 - 2007) (1). An important carver of the early 'modern period' of Inuit Art*, Johnny Inukpuk was born in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. In the 1950s, he moved about 200 miles south, to Inukjuak (aka: Inoucdjouac or Port Harrison), Quebec where he lived the rest of his life and died. Inukpuk was one of the first Inuit artists elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. His life and work are discussed in numerous books on Inuit art, the... Read full biography
Johnny Inukpuk RCA (1911 - 2007) (1). An important carver of the early 'modern period' of Inuit Art*, Johnny Inukpuk was born in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. In the 1950s, he moved about 200 miles south, to Inukjuak (aka: Inoucdjouac or Port Harrison), Quebec where he lived the rest of his life and died. Inukpuk was one of the first Inuit artists elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. His life and work are discussed in numerous books on Inuit art, the Canadian Encyclopedia has an entry for him, and he was listed in the Canadian Who's Who until the year after his death. His carvings have been included in many landmark exhibitions and his works are in several important museum collections including The... Read full biography
Johnny Inukpuk RCA (1911 - 2007) (1). An important carver of the early 'modern period' of Inuit Art*, Johnny Inukpuk was born in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. In the 1950s, he moved about 200 miles south, to Inukjuak (aka: Inoucdjouac or Port Harrison), Quebec where he lived the rest of his life and died. Inukpuk was one of the first Inuit artists elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. His life and work are discussed in numerous books on Inuit art, the Canadian Encyclopedia has an entry for him, and he was listed in the Canadian Who's Who until the year after his death. His carvings have been included in many landmark exhibitions and his works are in several important museum collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art,* which has three of his sculptures in its permanent collection and illustrated online. Johnny is also the progeni... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (28)
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Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
2013The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky480 pages (color)Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection
2009
(Exhibition catalog)Hessel, Ingo; Sandra Dyck232 pages (color)Canadian Who's Who, 2008
2008Lumley, Elizabeth1,441 pagesArctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum (Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona)
2006
(Exhibition catalog)Hessel, Ingo240 pages (color)Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2006Wight, Darlene Coward192 pages (color)The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History in and Beyond the Arctic
2005Auger, Emily E.295 pagesBiographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing250 pagesInuit: When Words Take Shape (Exhibition of Natural HIstory Museum of Lyon, 2003-2008)
2002
(Exhibition catalog)Brousseau, Raymond, et al144 pages (color)Inuit Art: An Introduction
2002Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel198 pages (color)Inuit Art: A History
2000Crandall, Richard C.420 pagesSculpture of the Inuit
1999Swinton, George302 pages (color)Celebrating Inuit Art: 1948-1970 (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
1999
(Exhibition catalog)Von Finckenstein, Maria191 pages (color)St. James Guide to Native North American Artists
1998Matuz, Roger (Editor)691 pagesIn the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
1993
(Exhibition catalog)McMaster, Gerald et al538 pagesThe Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Seidelman, Harold; James Turner224 pages (color)Canadian Who's Who, 1993
1993Simpson, Kieran1,219 pagesSculpture of the Inuit-
1992Swinton, George288 pagesStories in Stone: Soapstone Sculptures from Northern Quebec and Kenya (Museum of Civilization)
1988Eisemon, Thomas Qwen, Lynn M. Hart and Elkana Onglesa79 pagesInuit Art: An Anthology
1988Houston, Alma128 pages (color)The Canadian Encyclopedia: Second Edition: (Four Volumes)
1988Marsh, James H. (Editor)2,736 pages (color)The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985Marsh, James H. (Editor)2,089 pages (color)Inuit Art Section: Catalogue of Services and Collections (Unpaginated Loose-Leaf Binder)
1984Editor, Research and Documentation Centre on Inuit Art0 pagesRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing448 pagesPassionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980Sisler, Rebecca296 pages (color)Sculpture of the Eskimo
1972Swinton, George255 pages (color)Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (British Museum exhibition)
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Taylor, William E. Jr., George Swinton and James Houston493 pagesArt Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970Bradfield, Helen Pepall603 pages