AXANGAYU SHAA |
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Born: March 17, 1937 Resides: Cape Dorset Sculpture, Drawings, Prints Also known as: Aqjangajuk; Aksangayuk; Aqyhagayu; Arrangayjuke; Aukjangarkjuk EHIBITIONS 1961 Cape Dorset Graphics. (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) December 1966 Major Eskimo Sculpture - Cape dorset, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1967 Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery, presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69, Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) 1970 Mythology in Stone, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec 1971 - 1973 Sculpture / Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1971 The Art of the Eskimo, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (catalogue) January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art, Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue) 1974 Inuit Sculpture 1974 / Sculpture Inuit 1974, Lippel Gallery, montreal, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) April 1974 Eskimo Stone Sculpture, featuring Axangayuk, Johnniebo, Kenojuak, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, USA October - November 1974 Eskimo Art, Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, USA (illustrated catalogue) 1975 Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) 1977 Kaka and Axangayuk, Gallery Shop, London Public Library, London, Ontario 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) March - April 1979 Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, held at Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute, University of Siegen at Villa Waldrich, Siegen, Germany (illustrated catalogue) September 1979 Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen and Bears, Cottage Craft Gifts & Fine Arts Ltd., Calgary, Alberta October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) 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 February - March 1980 First annual Collectors' Invitational Exhibition, Inuk 1/Eskimo Art, San Fransisco, California, USA April - May 1980 The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1980 Four sculptors from Baffin Island, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnepeg, Manitoba 1981 Cape Dorset Scultpors and Their Sculpture, The Inuit Art Collection, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon, Manchester Connecticut, USA (illustrated catalogue) September 1981 Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen & Bears, Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Arts Ltd. Calgary, Alberta September - October 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Colletion of Inuit Art, Norman Mackenzie Gallery, University of Regina, Regine, Saskatchewan (illustrated catalogue) October - November 1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess, Surrey Art Gallery (organized to complement the musée des beaux arts de Montréal exhibit of the same name) Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1982 Songs in Stone, The arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, USA 1983 An enduring Tradition IT: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories, Inuit Gallert of Vancouver, Vancourver, British Columbia (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 1983 Fantasy and Stylization- Cape Dorset Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, (illustrated catalogue) February 1984 - June 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Artic Producers, Ottawa, Ontario (tour)(illustrated catalogue) March - April 1984 Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo, Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado, USA September - October 1984 On the Land The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, California, USA October 1984 Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York, BInghamtion, New York, USA March - May 1985 Uumajut:Animal Imagery on Inuit Art, Winnepeg Art Gallery, Winnepeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) 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 catalogue) July 1986 Baffin Island Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) August - November 1986 Die Kunst aux der Arktis presented by Inuit Galerie Mannheim, Germany (tour)(illustrated catalogue) 1987 Collectable Sculpture 1987, Webster Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, (illustrated catalogue) January 1987 Comtemporary Sculpture from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry, Hartsdale, New York, USA October 1987 Recent Aquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Artistry, Harstdale, New York, USA April 1988 [L'art Inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet, France November 1988 [L'art Inuit] Presented by l'Ilou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Martres-de-Veyre, France 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, Canadiam Museum of Civilistation, Ottawa, Ontario (tour)(illustrated catalogue) January - February 1989 Images of the Far Northm Arctic Artistry (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds) Hartsdale, New York, USA April 1989 Master Works from the Early Years, Arctic Artistry, Hartsdale, New York, USA November - December 1989 Sculpture Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) May 1990 Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints by Well-Known Inuit Artists, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-On-Hudson, New Yourk, USA June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from Across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario November 1990 Inuit Masterworks, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France February - March 1991 Cape Dorset Sculpture, McMaster Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario March - April 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre, La Ciotat, France April - May 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe, Le Touquet, France May 1991 Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario May - June 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at La Halle aux Bles, Saint Malo, France May - September 1991 Recent Aquisitions: Watercolours of the Arctic Landscape and Original Eskimo Sculpture, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-On-Hudson, New Youk, USA July 1991 Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France July - August 1991 Glaciopolis: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison de Pesey, Les Arcs, France August - September 1991 Cape dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters & the Next Generation, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1991 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1991, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Colombier, Ville D'Avray, France May - August 1992 Hudson's Bay Compnay Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) October - November 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists ofCape Dorset, Northwest Territories, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1992 Inuit Sculpture - New Aquisitions, Pucker Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (illustrated brochure) September - November 1993 The Bear: Sculpture, Albers Gallery, San Fransisco, California, USA 1994 Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Muchen, Munich, Germany (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1994 Eegyvudluk Pootoogook-Eyeetsiak Peter-Axangayu Shaa Exhibition, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC (video catalogue) April - June 1994 The Shaa Family: Axangayu Shaa, Qiatsuq Shaa, Pudlalik Shaa, Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Fransisco, California, USA July 1994 Arctic Spirit, 35 Years ofCanadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA January - February 1995 The Collector's Eye, Inuit Art from Private Collections, Albers Gallery, Sna Fransisco, California, USA (illustrated brochure) May - September 1995 Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (illustrated catalogue) September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario SOLO EXHIBITIONS May 1970 Axangayu, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario January 1974 Sculpture by Axangayu of Cape Dorset, the Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) September 1978 Axangayu Cape Dorset - Recent Sculpture, Waddington Galleries, Toronto, Ontario June 1979 Axangayu, Waddington Galleries, Montreal, Quebec October 1980 Sculpture by Axangayu, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC, USA February - April 1981 Axangayu, Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario 1982 Shaa Axangayu, Inuit Galerie, Mennheim, Germany (illustrated catalogue) July - August 1984 Aqjangajuk Shaa - Sculpture, Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Arts Ltd., Calgary, Alberta (illustrated catalogue) August 1992 Aqjangajuk Shaa, Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (illustrated brochure) August 1995 Major Sculpture by Aqjangaju Shaa, Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia COLLECTIONS Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, USA Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories James and Mary Jack collection, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Macmillan-Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, USA Musee d'Art Contemporian de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Brunswick, Maine USA Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toront, Ontario University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta |
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