An Inuit Perspective Marie Bouchard 2000" When I first started carving, i was told to make human figures or animals. I carve more complicated pieces than this today by remembering legends and stories that I have heard from my grandparents, who raised me, and by using my imagination. today Inuit have Nunavut --- we have regained our homeland. through our sculptures, we pay tribute to our ancestors. They survived a difficult life for us. It is because of them that we are here today."-------------married to Ruth Qaullaryuk, son of J Oonark, brother of W Noah, J Kigusing, N Pukingrnak, V Mamngushualuk et al.---------Drawings, Prints, Crafts, Sculpture, JewelleryJoshua is the eldest son of Baker Lake artist Jessie Oonark. His wife, Ruth Qaulluaryuk, produces graphic work, prints, and wallhangings; their son, Armand Kannayuk, is a sculptor in Baker Lake. 1964 November - December: Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T., Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1967: Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery, presented at the Manitoba Legislative, Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1971: Baker Lake Print Collection, (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue)1976 - 1982: Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical, Symbolism in Eskimo Art, Canadian Arctic Producers and the National Museum of Man Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)1978 November - December: Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics, Jerusalem Artists' House Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (illustrated catalogue)1979 August - November: Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings, Winnipeg Art Gallery,Winnipeg, Manitoba1979 November - 1984 October: Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art, Arts and Learning Services Foundation (this is a duplicate of the C.A.P. and National Museum of Man exhibition of 1976-1981) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (tour)1980 November: Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba1981 June: Transformation, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)1986 October - 1987 February: Oonark's Family, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure)1987 September - November: The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1988 June - September: Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba1988 November - December: Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawings from the Canadian Arctic, Gallery 100 Hudson, New York, New York, U.S.A.1989 June - July: Baker Lake Sculpture, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1989 October: Baker Lake Print Retrospective: A Twenty Year Anniversary, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1992 October - 1993 January: Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure)1993 April - July: Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art GalleryWinnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure)1993 September - November: The Bear: Sculpture, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.1993 November - December: The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)1993 November - 1994 March: The Inuit Imagination, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba1994 April - May: Mythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A. Back to Top Collections: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, QuebecPrince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest TerritoriesWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Back to Top Honours, Achievements and Events: 1993 Awarded second prize in the Keewatin Arts and Crafts Festival sculpturecompetition. Back to Top Selected Bibliography: Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs: TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH JESSIE OONARK AND HER CHILDREN: Interviews conducted by Marion E. Jackson with interpretation by William Noah. Unpublished manuscript of background material for a project sponsored by the Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1984.Canadian Arctic Producers: SHAMANS AND SPIRITS = CHAMANS ET ESPRITS: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art = Les mythes et le symbolisme medical dans l'art esquimau. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers and the National Museum of Man, c1979.Driscoll, Bernadette: THE INUIT COLLECTION OF THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY. Canadian Antiques & Art Review, vol. 2, no. 17, April, 1981. pp.36-41.Marion Scott Gallery: THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.Seidelman, Harold and James Turner: THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.Swinton, George: MULTIPLE REALITIES: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter, 1993, pp. 43-47.Upstairs Gallery: BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Upstairs Gallery 1989.Wight, Darlene:BUILDING ON STRENGTHS: New Inuit Art from the Collection. Tableau, vol. 1, no.5, 1988. p.4.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.Winnipeg Art Gallery: SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.-------------www.elcalondon.comthis info might be repeatedDate of Birth/Date de naissance1928Community/CommunautéBaker LakeCollectionsCanadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba References Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs  TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH JESSIE OONARK AND HER CHILDREN: Interviews conducted by Marion E. Jackson with interpretation by William Noah. Unpublished manuscript of background material for a project sponsored by the Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1984. Canadian Arctic Producers  SHAMANS AND SPIRITS = CHAMANS ET ESPRITS: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art = Les mythes et le symbolisme medical dans l'art esquimau. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers and the National Museum of Man, c1979. Driscoll, Bernadette  THE INUIT COLLECTION OF THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY. Canadian Antiques & Art Review, vol. 2, no. 17, April, 1981. pp.36-41. Marion Scott Gallery  THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993. Seidelman, Harold and James Turner  THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993. Swinton, George  MULTIPLE REALITIES: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter, 1993, pp. 43-47. Upstairs Gallery  BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Upstairs Gallery 1989. Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea IMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESI CANADESI. Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palazzo Forti, 1995. Wight, Darlene  BUILDING ON STRENGTHS: New Inuit Art from the Collection. Tableau, vol. 1, no.5, 1988. p.4. 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. Winnipeg Art Gallery  SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.

Exhibitions

• Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawings from the Canadian Arctic, Gallery 100 Hudson
• Baker Lake Print Collection *71, (annual collection)
• Baker Lake Print Retrospective: A Twenty Year Anniversary, The Upstairs Gallery
• Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective, The Upstairs Gallery
• Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Baker Lake Sculpture, The Upstairs Gallery
• Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T., Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building
• Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
• Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Mythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery
• Oonark's Family, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics, Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
• Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art, Canadian Arctic Producers and the National Museum of Man
• Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art, Arts and Learning Services Foundation (this is a duplicate of the C.A.P. and National Museum of Man exhibition of 1976-1981)
• The Bear: Sculpture, Albers Gallery
• The Inuit Imagination, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery
• Transformation, The Arctic Circle

Collections

• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Publications

• AN EXHIBITION OF ESKIMO SCULPTURE, ESKIMO PRINTS AND PAINTINGS OF NORVAL MORRISSEAU — From the Collection Cartier, Montreal, Canada., Author: Art Association of Newport, Publication: Newport, R.I.: Art Association of Newport. (1968)