Luke Anowtalik Sold at Auction Prices
b. 1932 - d. 2006
LUKE ANOWTALIK (ANAUTALIK; ANOWTELIK)
Born: 1932 Male E1-524
Resides: Arviat; also lived in Kazan River area, and Nueltin Lake area
Sculpture
Luke's wife, Mary Ayaq Anowtalik, is a sculptor in Arviat.
EXHIBITIONS:
October 1975 Figures at Play from Eskimo Point
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
October 1975 - December 1977
Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
1978 Looking South
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood
To Be Full
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/
Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture
National Gallery of Modern Art
Rome, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
July - September 1982 Eskimo Point/Arviat
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated cataloguue)
September 1982 Eskimo Point
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
October - November 1982 Inuit Sculpture 1982
The Raven Gallery
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(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)
December 1984 Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections
from Private Collections and the Government
of Canada
Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives
du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
December 1984 An Exhibition of Mother and Child Carvings
by Inuit Artists
The Snow Goose
Ottawa, Ontario
July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of
the Spirit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
August - November 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
presented by Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1987 Rugged and Profound - Sculpture from
Eskimo Point
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
July - August 1987 Exposition Sculptures d'Arctique
Hotel d'Asfeld
St. Malo, France
September - November 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
April 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet
France
July 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
France
August - September 1988 Mother & Child
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Martres-de-Veyre
France
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 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse
France
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
August 1989 Arviat: Eskimo Point
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(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
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
December 1989 - April 1990 The Stone Sculpture of Arviat
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
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
June 1990 - July 1992 The First Passionate Collector: The
Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1990 Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art
Sculpture in Stone
Images of the North
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
November 1990 Art Inuit
Galerie Saint Merri
Paris, France
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
November 1990 - February 1991
Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
February 1991 Animals of the Arctic
Arctic Inuit Art
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
February - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Humbert
Nantes, France
March - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Theatre
La Ciotat, France
April - May 1991 Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
April - May 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France
April - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
May - June 1991 Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
May - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at La Halle aux Bles
Saint Malo, France
June - July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
Ensisheim, France
July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation
Thonon, France
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
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
April - May 1992 [Inuit art]
Galerie Saint Merri
Paris, France
April - May 1992 Salon International Europ'art '92
presented by Galerie Saint Merri
Geneva, Switzerland
February 1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit
Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein
in conjunction with the annual meeting
of the Association of Canadian Studies
at the Hotel am Badersee
Grainau, Germany
November - December 1993 The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
September - October 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(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, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
November - December 1995 Miniaturen
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(brochure)
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:
1984 Luke Anowtalik
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Blodgett, Jean
GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family
Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs
CANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992.
Dickie, Bonnie
RESURGENCE AT ESKIMO POINT: A Silence Ends. Up Here: Life in
Canada's North 1 (6):20-23, 1985.
SELECTED REFERENCES: (continued)
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT AMAUTIK: I Like My Hood to be Full. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.
Galerie d'art Vincent
NOT JUST A DANCING STEP = PLUS QU'UN PAS DE DANSE: An Inuit Art
Exhibition organized by Galerie d'art Vincent, Chateau Laurier,
Ottawa, Canada = Une exposition d'art Inuit... Ottawa: Galerie
d'art Vincent [1996].
Galleria Nazionale D'Arte Moderna (Rome)
GIUOCHI ESCHIMESI: GRAFICHE E SCULTURE. Rome : De Luca
Editore, 1981.
Hessel, Ingo
ARTISTS FROM ENNADAI LAKE. Ottawa : Inuktitut 62:25-30, Winter,
1985.
Hessel, Ingo
ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE KEEWATIN. Ottawa : Inuktitut (64):
43-48, Fall, 1986.
Hessel, Ingo
ARVIAT STONE SCULPTURE: Born of the Struggle with an
Uncompromising Medium. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1,
Winter, 1990. pp.4-15.
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from
Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American
Native Arts Museum, 1995.
Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Federal Republic of
Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1986, 1986.
Inuit Galerie
LUKE ANOWTALIK. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany :
Inuit Galerie, 1984.
SELECTED REFERENCES: (continued)
Kalluak, Mark
PELTS TO STONE: A History of Arts & Crafts Production in
Arviat. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada, 1993.
Marion Scott Gallery
ARVIAT: Eskimo Point. Vancouver: Marion Scott Ltd, 1989.
Marion Scott Gallery
MOTHER & CHILD. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1988.
Marion Scott Gallery
THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit
Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.
Steenhoven, Geert van den
ENNADAI LAKE PEOPLE 1955. The Beaver, Spring, 1968. pp.12-18.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Wight, Darlene
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. The WAG Magazine,
September/October, 1987. pp. 4-5.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO POINT/ARVIAT. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987
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