ABRAHAM ETUNGAT |
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Born: 1911 Died: 2000 Male E7-809 Place of Birth: Amadjuak Resided: Cape Dorset Sculpture Also Known as: Etungate EXHIBITIONS 1968 Eskimo Sculpture, Man & His World, Arctic Pavilion, Montreal, Quebec May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69, Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) 1974 Cape Dorset Sculpture, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition, Baffin Regional School, Iqaluit, Northwest Territories 1980 - 1981 In the Gallery: Winter 1980-1981, Theo Waddington, New York, New York, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) January - March 1980 Cape Dorset, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) February - March 1980 Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of, Important Inuit Sculpture, Waddington Galleries, Toronto, Ontario June - October 1982 Inuit Art from the Art Centre Collection, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario Sep - Oct 1984 On the Land, 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. December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) July 1986 Baffin Island Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) Jul 1986 - Feb 1988 Selections from the John and Mary Robertson, Collection of Inuit Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January 1987 Contemporary Sculpture from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry, Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. Jan - Feb1989 Images of the Far North, Arctic Artistry (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds) Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. March 1989 White Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone and Bone, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. May 1989 Spirit of the Birds, Gallery of the Arctic, Victoria, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) May 1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset & Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition Print by Kananginak, The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario June 1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly New York, New York, U.S.A. (tour)(illustrated catalogue) 1990 Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta January - September 1990 Arctic Mirror, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (second exhibition) Vancouver Inuit Art Society, Vancouver, British Columbia December 1992 Small Sculptures by Great Artists I, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario November - December 1993 The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba December 1993 Small Sculptures by Great Artists II, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario March - April 1994 Wildlife and Nature in Art, Arctic Experience, Hamilton, Ontario November - December 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario November 1995 Inspiration, Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) SOLO EXHIBITIONS: July - August 1976 Bird Sculptures by Etungat of Cape Dorset, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec December 1977 Abraham Etungat, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec 1978 Abraham Etungat, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec November 1979 Abraham Etungat, Waddington Galleries, Toronto, Ontario April 1980 Abraham Etungat, Cape Dorset - Sculpture, Theo Waddington Inc., Montreal, Quebec October 1980 Abraham Etungat - Sculpture, Theo Waddington, New York, New York, U.S.A. 1983 Abraham Etungat - Sculpture, Images Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Collection of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, London, England Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A. GE Canada Inuit Art Collection, Mississauga, Ontario Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1978 - Elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts at its annual dinner on November 18 in Toronto. 1981 - Etungat's 'Bird of Spring', in the collection of the Glenbow Museum, was reproduced in seven foot bronzes which are on display in Ryerson Community Park in Toronto and at the Court House in Vancouver. A fibre glass replica is also on display at the 8th Avenue Mall in Calgary. 1981 - Commissioned by Prince Charles' personal secretary to produce a sculpture to be presented as a wedding gift to the royal couple. SELECTED REFERENCES: Blakeman, Evelyn ABRAHAM ETUNGAT, MASTER SCULPTOR. Arts & Culture of the North, vol. 5, no. 2, Spring, 1981. pp.328-330. Blodgett, Jean SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1986. Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS D'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts, c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980. Images Art Gallery ABRAHAM ETUNGAT: Sculpture. Toronto: Images Art Gallery, 1981. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Baffin Island Sculpture. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery, 1986. Marion Scott Gallery INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT: Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996]. 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 SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. Winnipeg Art Gallery CAPE DORSET. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979. |
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