Sheokjuk Oqutaq (1920 – 1982). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor and carver, Sheokjuk Oqutaq (disc number* E7-919) was born in Shartoweetok camp, near Cape Dorset* (now: Kinngait), Nunavut on... Read full biography
Sheokjuk Oqutaq (1920 – 1982). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor and carver, Sheokjuk Oqutaq (disc number* E7-919) was born in Shartoweetok camp, near Cape Dorset* (now: Kinngait), Nunavut on Baffin Island and appears to have lived in Cape Dorset or its environs for most of his life. His works... Read full biography
Sheokjuk Oqutaq (1920 – 1982). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor and carver, Sheokjuk Oqutaq (disc number* E7-919) was born in Shartoweetok camp, near Cape Dorset* (now: Kinngait), Nunavut on Baffin Island and appears to have lived in Cape Dorset or its environs for most of his life. His works have been featured in exhibitions at major venues such as the British Museum, London, England; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. His sculptures... Read full biography
Sheokjuk Oqutaq (1920 – 1982). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor and carver, Sheokjuk Oqutaq (disc number* E7-919) was born in Shartoweetok camp, near Cape Dorset* (now: Kinngait), Nunavut on Baffin Island and appears to have lived in Cape Dorset or its environs for most of his life. His works have been featured in exhibitions at major venues such as the British Museum, London, England; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. His sculptures and carvings are in the collections of many museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York); the National Museum of the American Indian – Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.) and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). (1)(2). He... Read full biography
Sheokjuk Oqutaq (1920 – 1982). An important Canadian Inuit sculptor and carver, Sheokjuk Oqutaq (disc number* E7-919) was born in Shartoweetok camp, near Cape Dorset* (now: Kinngait), Nunavut on Baffin Island and appears to have lived in Cape Dorset or its environs for most of his life. His works have been featured in exhibitions at major venues such as the British Museum, London, England; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. His sculptures and carvings are in the collections of many museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York); the National Museum of the American Indian – Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.) and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). (1)(2). He started carving ivory in the 1940s and transitioned to stone and mixtures of stone and ivory in 1952. His most frequent subjects are Arctic wi... Read full biography
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About Sheokjuk Oqutaq: Books
Books & Publications (26)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Sculpture in Canada: A History
2017
Tippett, Maria
272 pages (color)
Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
2012
Wight, Darlene Coward
256 pages (color)
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2011
McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Hessel, Ingo; Sandra Dyck
232 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2007
Crandall, Richard C. and Susan M. Crandall
458 pages
Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
2006
Wight, Darlene Coward
192 pages (color)
ItuKiagatta!: Inuit Sculpture from the Collection of the TD Bank Financial Group (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
2005
Lalonde, Christine and Natalie Ribkoff
72 pages (color)
Inuit Art: A History
2000
Crandall, Richard C.
420 pages
Northern Rock: Contemporary Inuit Stone Sculpture (McMichael Canadian Art Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Giustavision, Susan Joan, et al
192 pages (color)
Inuit Art: An Introduction
1998
Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel
198 pages (color)
Inspiration: Four Decades of Sculptur by Canadian Inuit (Marion Scott Gallery)
1995
Zepp, Norman
94 pages (color)
Arctic Wildlife: The Art of the Inuit (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1993
Swinton, Nelda
63 pages
Sculpture of the Inuit
1992
Swinton, George
288 pages (color)
The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art
1991
Wright, Darlene Coward and Sheila Butler
175 pages
The McMichael Canadian Collection
1989
Blodgett, Jean
175 pages (color)
Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Lipton, Barbara
107 pages (color)
Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Blodgett, Jean
271 pages (color)
Cape Dorset Sculptors and their Sculpture
1981
Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. James and Terry Ryan
40 pages
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec)
1980
Watt, Virginia J., et al
207 pages (color)
By the Light of the Quiliq: Eskimo LIfe in the Canadian Arctic Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services
1979
Jordan, Wendy Adler
43 pages (color)
Inuit Art in the 1970s (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Routledge, Marie
104 pages (color)
Sheokiu of Cape Dorset and Eleven Sculptors of Baker Lake
1977
Victor Waddington Gallery
28 pages
Eskimo Art
1973
Burland, C.A.
96 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Eskimo
1972
Swinton, George
255 pages (color)
Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic (British Museum exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Taylor, William E. Jr., George Swinton and James Houston