Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was listed in the Canadian Who’s Who books and is mentioned in two articles of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hundreds of his works are in over thirty major... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was listed in the Canadian Who’s Who books and is mentioned in two articles of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hundreds of his works are in over thirty major museum collections such as the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of the American Indian), the Canadian Museum of History, and the National Gallery of Canada. (1). His mediums included graphite*, colored pencil, wax crayon,... Read full biography
Simon Tookoome (1934 – 2010). An important Canadian Inuit* draftsman*, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator (see sources), Simon Tookoome (disc number* E2-426) was born near Gjoa Haven, King William Island (near Chantrey Inlet) Keewatin [now Nunavut]. He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut in 1965, where he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was listed in the Canadian Who’s Who books and is mentioned in two articles of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hundreds of his works are in over thirty major museum collections such as the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of the American Indian), the Canadian Museum of History, and the National Gallery of Canada. (1). His mediums included graphite*, colored pencil, wax crayon, linocut*, stonecut*, stencil*, stone, bone, antler, wood, steel and mixed mediums. His subjects included faces, figures, fant... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (61)
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The Making of a Museum (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal)
2021
Nasby, Judith
216 pages (color)
Your Inner Zoo: A Guide to the Meaning of Animals and the Insights They Offer Us
2021
Recio, Belinda
408 pages (color)
Sculpture in Canada: A History
2017
Tippett, Maria
272 pages (color)
Savage Grace: A Journey in Wildness
2015
Griffiths, Jay
384 pages
Hunters, Predators and Prey: Inuit Perceptions of Animals
2015
Laugrand, Frederick and Jarich Oosten
408 pages
Encounters on the Passage: Inuit Meet the Explorers
2013
Eber, Dorothy
168 pages
The Cry of Nature: Art and the Making of Animal Rights
2013
Eisenman, Stephen F.
309 pages (color)
Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2011
McMaster, Gerald, Editor
271 pages (color)
Inuit Shamanism and Christianity: Transitions and Transformations in the Twentieth Century
2010
Laugrand, Frederic B. and Jarich G. Oosten
467 pages
The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany
2009
Gibson, Graeme and C.S. Richardson
367 pages (color)
Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Hessel, Ingo; Sandra Dyck
232 pages (color)
Kiviuq: An Inuit Hero and His Siberian Cousins
2009
Van Deusen, Kira
408 pages
The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History in and Beyond the Arctic
2005
Auger, Emily E.
295 pages
Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut
2004
Bennett, John R. and Susan Rowley
473 pages (color)
Survival: Inuit Art (Loveland Museum/Gallery Colorado) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Wagonfeld, Dr. Samuel
128 pages (color)
Vision and Form: The Norman Zepp-Judith Varga Collection of Inuit Art (Marion Scott Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Kardosh, Robert
172 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Irene Avaalaaqiaq: Myth and Reality
2002
Nasby, Judith
128 pages (color)
An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art
2001
Crandall, Richard C.
464 pages (color)
So Fine! Masterworks of Fine Art from the Heard Museum
2001
WalkingStick, Kay and Ann E. Marshall
64 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)
The Canadian Encyclopedia
1999
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,573 pages
The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North
1999
Tookoome, Simon with Sheldon Oberman
55 pages (color)
Inuit Art: An Introduction
1998
Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel
198 pages (color)
Qamanittuaq Drawings by Baker Lake Artists
1998
Nasby, Judith and David Tagoona
48 pages (color)
Qiviuq: A Legend in Art (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Gibson, Jennifer
54 pages
Canadian Who's Who 1996 Volume XXXI
1996
Lumley, Elizabeth (editor)
1,338 pages
Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada
1995
Editor, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
64 pages (color)
Qamanittuaq (When the River Widens): Drawings by Baker Lake Artists (Macdonald Stewart Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Nasby, Judith, Noah William, Marion Jacson and Peter Millard
136 pages (color)
Contemporary Native American Artists
1995
Reno, Dawn E.
230 pages
Arctic Expressions: Inuit Art and the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1961-1989
1994
Gustavison, Susan
142 pages (color)
In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization) (Exhibition catalog)
1993
McMaster, Gerald et al
538 pages
Contemporary Inuit Drawings: The gift collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman (Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary)
1993
Nasby, Judith
64 pages (color)
The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Seidelman, Harold; James Turner
224 pages (color)
New Territories: 350-500 Years After: An Exhibition of Contemporary Aboriginal Art of Canada (At Multiple Montreal Locations)
1992
Tetreault, Pierre-Leon
142 pages (color)
Dreaming with Open Eyes: The Shamanic Spirit in Twentieth Century Art and Culture
1992
Tucker, Michael
432 pages
The McMichael Canadian Collection
1989
Blodgett, Jean
175 pages (color)
Celebration 1988 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Lindland, Pauline
48 pages (color)
Contemporary Inuit Drawings: (Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelf) (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Jackson, Marion E. and Judity M. Nasby
118 pages (color)
The Art Collection of McMaster University: European, Canadian and American Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Sculpture
1987
Ness, Kim G.
328 pages (color)
Winnipeg Collects: Inuit Art from Private Collections (The Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1987
Wight, Darlene
48 pages
The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Wight, Darlene Coward
120 pages
Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel (Burnaby Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Lagasse, Robert
48 pages (color)
Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Zepp, Norman
140 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)
Baker Lakes: Prints & Print-Drawings, 1970-76 (The Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1982
Driscoll, Bernadette and Sheila Butler
92 pages (color)
Canadian Contemporary Printmakers (Bronx Museum of the Arts)
1982
Woods, Kay and Karen Green
60 pages
Treasures of Canada
1980
Samuel, Alan E., et al
415 pages (color)
Eskimo Narrative (Winnipeg Art Gallery)
1979
Blodgett, Jean
48 pages
The Coming and Going of the Shaman: Eskimo Shamanism and Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Blodgett, Jean
264 pages (color)
A Heritage of Canadian Art: The McMichael Collection
1979
Duval, Paul
208 pages (color)
Inuit Art in the 1970s (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Routledge, Marie
104 pages (color)
The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art (Winnipeg Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Zazelenchuk, Stanley
88 pages (color)
Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art (National Museum of Man)
1977
Karsh, Estrellita
36 pages
Colombo's Canadian References
1976
Colombo, John Robert
576 pages (color)
The McMichael Canadian Collection
1976
Duval, Paul; Dorothy Harley Eber
198 pages (color)
The People Within: Art from Baker Lake (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Gunn, Barry; Ruby Angrna'aag, Helga Goetz
62 pages (color)
Imprint '76' (Print and Drawing Council of Canada)
1976
Heller, Jules
44 pages
Arts of the Eskimo: Prints
1975
Roch, Ernst (Editor); Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler, Texts
240 pages (color)
A Directory of Eskimo Artists in Sculpture and Prints