Thomasee Echalook Art for Sale at Auction

Sculptor, b. 1935 - d. 2011

THOMASEE ECHALOOK (THOMASSIE; ECHALUK; EKALUK)

Born: July 20, 1935 Male E9-1586
Place of Birth: Echalook's camp
Resides: Inukjuak
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints


Thomasee is the son of the Inukjuak carver Lucassie Echalook. His brother
Peter is also a carver.



EXHIBITIONS:

April - May 1959 Contemporary Eskimo Sculpture
St. James Church
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(catalogue)

1972, 1974, 1975 Arctic Quebec Print Collection
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

1973, 1974 Arctic Quebec Print Collection II
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

Oct - Nov 1973 Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

1975 Arctic Quebec Print Collection (printmaker)
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

1976 Inoucdjouac Print Collection
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

Jan 1977 - Jun 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)

August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)

Nov - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)

March - April 1979 Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative
exhibition from the collection of Professor
and Mrs. Philip Gray
Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State
University
Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
(catalogue)

Nov - Dec 1979 In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

1980 Eskimo Prints from Nouveau-Quebec 1974-1978
Ufundi Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario

June 1980 Sculptures from Inoucdjouac
The Inuit Art Collection,
James F. Bacon
Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

Feb - Aug 1982 Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec
Musee du Quebec
Quebec, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)

Oct - Nov 1982 Inuit Sculpture 1982
The Raven Gallery
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)

June 1983 An Enduring Tradition: Inuit Carving from
Arctic Quebec
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

September 1983 The Way We Were - Traditional Eskimo Life
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, USA

Jan - Feb 1984 Art Inuit
Galerie Castel
Avignon, France

May 1984 Art Inuit
Banque Royale du Canada
Paris, France

July 1984 Treasures from Canada's Arctic
Heritage Place
Uxbridge, Ontario

October 1984 Images of the Far North
Studio Art Gallery,
State University of New York
Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.

November 1986 The Ancestors/Links Between Worlds
Minnesota Museum of Art
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.

May - June 1987 Inuit Art Exhibition
Whitby Arts Incorporated,
The Station Gallery
Whitby, Ontario

November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.

October 1988 Inuit Legends in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)

April 1990 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France

Jun 1990-Jul 1992 The First Passionate Collector: The
Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

Dec 1990 - Feb 1991 Drummers
The Guild Shop
Toronto, 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 - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at La Halle aux Bles
Saint Malo, France

June - August 1991 Aux frontieres de l'imaginaire inuit
Galerie du Trait-Carre
Charlesbourg, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)

July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation
Thonon, France

November 1991 Early Masterpieces of Inuit Sculpture
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

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

March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec
Montreal, Quebec


COLLECTIONS:

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, U.S.A.
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Board of Education Archives and Museum, Toronto, Ontario
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba


SELECTED REFERENCES:

Barz, Sandra B., ed.
CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES. New York :
Arts & Culture of the North, 1990.

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.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION: Inuit Carving from Arctic Quebec.
Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.

Noel, Michel
NUNAVIMIUT: ART INUIT = INUIT ART. Pointe-Claire, Quebec:
Roussan en collaboration avec l'Institut cultural AVATAQ, 1992
(Collection LE TAMBOUR).

Roberts, A. Barry
THE INUIT ARTISTS OF INOUCDJOUAC, P.Q: Historical and
Biographical Information for the Viewers and Collectors of
Eskimo Art. Montreal: La Federation des Co-operatives du Noveau
Quebec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs, 1978.

Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.