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Born: 1935 Male E2-167 Place of Birth: near Baker Lake Resides: Baker Lake; also lived in Rankin Inlet Sculpture Also Known as: Iquliq; Donat; Qualler; Toona; Erkolik; Ikuulik; Erkoolik; Erquluk Tuna's sons Johnny and Louie, and his daughter Camille, are all carvers. EXHIBITIONS: November - December 1964 Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T., Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1965 Arctic Values '65, New Brunswick Museum, with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, St. John, New Brunswick (illustrated catalogue) 1967 [Inuit Art Exhibition], Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1967 Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery, presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba (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) 1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Ottawa, Ontario, (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1972 INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection of Inuit Art, McMaster Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec March 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) June - August 1976 The People Within - Art from Baker Lake, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) June 1977 Sheokju of Cape Dorset & Eleven, Sculptors of Baker Lake, Victor Waddington Gallery, London, England (illustrated catalogue) August - November 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork, Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1979 In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec April - May 1980 Baker Lake - Drawings, Sculpture, Tapestries, Theo Waddington, Toronto, Ontario August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (illustrated catalogue) April 1981 - March 1982 Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada National Museum of Man, Ottawa and Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) July - August 1981 Three Artists of Baker Lake, Image of the Inuit, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. December 1981 Baker Lake - Sculpture and Wallhangings, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec February 1984 - June 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian, Arctic Producers, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (illustrated catalogue) December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) April - May 1986 Sixty Diminutive Eskimo Carvings, Images of the North, San Francisco, California July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of the Spirit, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) 1987 Collectable Sculpture 1987, Webster Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, (illustrated catalogue) September - November 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) December 1987 - February 1988 Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras, Arras, France (illustrated catalogue) October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man, presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club, Chicago, Illinois November 1988 Primitive Art from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry, Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. November - December 1988 [Inuit Art Exhibition], Orca Aart, presented at Neiman Marcus, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. November - December 1988 Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawings from the Canadian Arctic, Gallery 100 Hudson, New York, New York, U.S.A. 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) February - March 1989 [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at St. Marcellin, France March - April 1989 [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet, France June - July 1989 Baker Lake Sculpture, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) June - July 1989 The Iquliq Family of Baker Lake: Tuna, Camilla, Johnny, Louie., Albers Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) August 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France October 1989 Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille, France October - December 1989 Baffin Images, Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. December 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Chiroux, Centre Culturel de la Wallonie, Liege, Belgium 1990, Baker Lake Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) January 1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin, Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold, France January - September 1990 Arctic Mirror, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec February - March 1990 Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada), by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France, at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries, Brugge, Belgium March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison Falleur, Cambrai, France April 1990 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Palais de l'Europe, Le Touquet, France December 1990 - January 1991 A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada's Arctic, Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. February 1991 Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. April - June 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France June - July 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere, Ensisheim, France June - November 1991 Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario August - September 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Akenaton, Troyes, France October - December 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert, Le Havre, France October 1992 - January 1993 Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) April 1993 The Art of Keewatin, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. April - May 1994 Mythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A. July 1994 Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. September - October 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum, Huis Hellemans, Edegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure) November 1995 Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step..., Galerie D'Art Vincent, Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1996 Major/Minor, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1977 Sculpture by Erkoolik of Baker Lake, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario September - October 1979 Tuna Iquliq - Recent Sculpture, The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) June 1981 Tuna Iquliq, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany (illustrated catalogue) September 1993 Tuna Iquliq, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany (illustrated brochure) COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A. Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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