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Ennutsiak
Photo: Portrait of Enutsiak (Innutsiak), 1913–1914
Credit: Courtesy Library and Archives Canada and Robert & Frances Flaherty
Ennutsiak
Medium:
sculpture/carving
Artistic Community:
Iqaluit, NU
Date of Birth:
Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.
Nunavik
1896
Date of Death:
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1967
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Work
Ennutsiak
(Iqaluit)
Leap Frog, ca. 1955
Credit: Courtesy of Waddington's
Biography
Ennutsiak was a renowned and respected carver known for his skillful depictions of Inuit community life. Originally from the Nunavik region in northern Quebec, Ennutsiak spent the majority of his life on the land, eventually settling in Iqaluit, NU, where he became an active community leader, organizing traditional Inuit games during seasonal festivities and telling stories over the local radio broadcast. Depicting the details of everyday life in his art, Ennutsiak created captivating scenes of men butchering walrus, birthing scenes and families incorporating Christianity and southern trade goods into their households. People in Church (1965) is a fitting example, with five small figures seated, diminutive prayer books open before them. Near the end of his life and posthumously, Ennutsiak’s works gained substantial commercial success and were exhibited internationally. Currently, his works are held in several major public collections including the Canadian Museum of History, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
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Publications
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Title
Year
Author
Collector Profiles: Chris Bredt and Jamie Cameron
Fall 2017
Chris Bredt and Jamie Cameron
From Quarry to Co-op: The Art of Stone
Spring 2017
John Goeghegan
The Hon. Dan Chillcot Colllection
November 22, 2016
Waddington's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art
June 1995 - Feb 1996
Winnipeg Art Gallery
On Collectors and Collecting: Selections from the Herb & Cece Schreiber Family Collection
May - Aug 1994
The Art Gallery of Hamilton
Arctic Mirror
Jan - Sept 1990
Canadian Museum of History
Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, ON, Canada
Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, QC, Canada
Inuit Cultural Institute
Arviat, NU, Canada
Edit History
November 7, 2017
January 1, 1900
Created by: Benjamin Clément Updated by: Rebecca Gray
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