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Jutai
Toonoo
Photo: Jutai Toonoo
Jutai
Toonoo
Medium:
drawing, jewellry, printmaking, sculpture/carving, stone
Artistic Community:
Kinngait (Cape Dorset), 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.
Outpost camp near Kinngait, NU
1959
Date of Death:
Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.
2015
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Work
Jutai Toonoo
(Kinngait (Cape Dorset))
Some Day We Will Be Free of Cancer c. 2012
Credit: Copyright Dorset Fine Arts
Biography
Jutai Toonoo was an illustrator, printmaker, jeweller and sculptor based out of Kinngait, NU. Toonoo learned to carve at a young age from his father and began his artistic career in the 1990s, beginning with sculpting and moving towards drawing and printmaking. Toonoo became known for a bold art style that was representative of his emotional process. His works are dark and humorous, often focusing on religious themes or the social issues that concerned him within his community. Toonoo’s work has been exhibited extensively and is held in several major Canadian art institutions. He has also been featured multiple times in the Inuit Art Quarterly.
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Publications
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Title
Year
Author
A Sneak Peek at Some Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Fall 2017
Nancy Campbell
Tribute: Jutai Toonoo (1959-2015)
Spring 2016
Patricia Feheley
Jutai Toonoo: Inuit sculptor went against the grain
February 7 2016
James Adams
Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
Spectacular Beings
June - July 2018
Feheley Fine Arts
The Voiced Plate: Contemporary Inuit Prints
Dec 2016-Jan 2017
Marion Scott Gallery
Jutai Toonoo
November 2016
Madrona Gallery
Achievements
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Achievement
Year
Organization
Cover of the Inuit Art Quarterly
Spring 2009
Inuit Art Foundation
Filmography
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Title
Release Date
Role
The REBEL- Jutai Toonoo
May 24 2017
Featured Artist
Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage
2014
Featured Artist
Kinngait: Riding Light Into the World
2010
Featured Artist
Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, ON, Canada
Indigenous Art Collection at Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Gatineau, QC, Canada
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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November 23, 2017
Created By: Stephanie Barclay Updated By: Rebecca Gray
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