LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (IKSEEKTARYUK; IKSEETARYUK; IKSEETARKYUK; TAKESSETARKYUK)
Born: 1909 Male E2-45
Place of Birth: the Kazan River area
Died: 1977
Resided: Baker Lake
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints
EXHIBITIONS:
November - December 1964 Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, Baker Lake Print Collection
1975, 1977 (annual collection)
(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)
January - February 1972 INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection
of Inuit Art
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 - 1979 We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions
des Animaux
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development in
cooperation with the Department
of External Affairs
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1975 - December 1977
Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
June - August 1976 The People Within - Art from
Baker Lake
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
January 1978 Luke Iksiktaaryuk of Baker Lake: Sculpture in
Antler/Johnnie Kavik of Rankin Inlet: Sculpture in
Stone
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
August - November 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
November - December 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
January - June 1979 Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit
of Baker Lake
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
March - May 1979 Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1979 - May 1980 Inuit Art in the 1970s
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development, and the
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1980 Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
April - May 1980 The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit
Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood
To Be Full
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1980 Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 1981 Transformation
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/
Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture
National Gallery of Modern Art
Rome, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
February - April 1983 Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings:
1970-1976
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(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 - December 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who
wrestled with them
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.
March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1985 Alaska Eskimo Dolls/Inuit Prints
Provincial Museum of Alberta,
sponsored by the Alaska State
Council on the Arts
Edmonton, Alberta
(tour)
July - September 1985 Multiple Perspectives from Baker Lake
University of Michigan
Alumni Centre
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
March 1986 - March 1987 Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit
Norman McKenzie Art Gallery
Regina, Saskatchewan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
September 1987 The Williamson Collection of
Inuit Sculpture
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
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)
August - September 1989 Baker Lake Prints: 1970 - 1982
Retrospective
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1989 Baker Lake Print Retrospective:
A Twenty Year Anniversary
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
June 1990 - July 1992 The First Passionate Collector: The
Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - November 1991 Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
November 1993 - March 1994
The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS:
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
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
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by
Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in
association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.
EIGHT ARTISTS FROM BAKER LAKE EXHIBIT AT ART GALLERY. City
Dweller, Ward-7 Edition (Toronto), July 1976.
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.
Art Gallery of Ontario
THE PEOPLE WITHIN = LES GENS DE L'INTERIEUR. Toronto: Art
Gallery of Ontario, 1976.
Blodgett, Jean
GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family
Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill,
Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
Butler, K.J.
MY UNCLE WENT TO THE MOON: [Transcribed and edited by Kay
Bridge.]. artscanada, vol. 30, nos. 5,6, December/January,
1973. pp.154-158.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
CRAFTS FROM ARCTIC CANADA = ARTISANAT DE L'ARCTIQUE CANADIEN.
Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1974.
Driscoll, Bernadette
UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1985.
Ferguson, Jeremy
ARCTIC ART AT AGO. Key to Toronto (entertainment guide), July
1976.
Galleria Nazionale D'Arte Moderna (Rome)
GIUOCHI ESCHIMESI: GRAFICHE E SCULTURE. Rome : De Luca
Editore, 1981.
Gillmore, Alison
UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art. Arts Manitoba, vol. 4,
no. 3, Summer, 1985. pp.20-23.
Halifax Mail Star
FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION OF INUIT ART TO BE DISPLAYED. Halifax
Mail Star, June 9, 1976.
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo
Art, 1974.
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.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Muehlen, Maria
WO DER WIND AUS DEM NORDEN KOMMT; DIE KUNST IM KEEWATIN - RANKIN
INLET/BAKER LAKE/ESK. Toronto, Ont. : Canada Journal
3(6):15-19, 1985.
Parkin, Jeanne
THE PEOPLE WITHIN: ART FROM BAKER LAKE = LES GENS DE
L'INTERIEUR: L'ART DE BAKER LAKE. Artmagazine, vol. 7, no. 28,
Summer/ete, 1976. pp.66-75.
Sanavik Cooperative
SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Swinton, George
ART IS AN ECONOMIC NECESSITY. Information North, Winter, 1986.
pp.1, 8.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
IMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI.
Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di
Palazzo Forti, 1995.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO CARVERS OF KEEWATIN N.W.T. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
Gallery with the Department of Northern Affairs and National
Resources, 1964.
Zepp, Norman
PURE VISION: THE KEEWATIN SPIRIT. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman
MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1986.
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