Ashevak Tunnillie

ASHEVAK TUNNILLIE                (TUNILLIE)        

Date of Birth:    November 2, 1956                                 Male/Female:    Male E7-1516                           
Place of Birth:   Cape Dorset

Mother:             Ikayukta Tunnillie

Father:              Qavaroak Tunnillie
                                                                                                                                               

Ashevak’s father, Qavaroak Tunnillie was also a well-known artist in Cape Dorset.

EXHIBITIONS:

Our Land Transforming: Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of the Inuit
Arctic Raven Gallery
One Front Street, Second Floor
POB 2139
Friday Harbor, Washington, U.S.A.
(brochure)

1983                                                                
An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

September – October 1984                               
On the Land
The Arctic Circle Gallery
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

November – December 1984                             
Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

November – December 1985                             
Cape Dorset Sculpture by Ipellee Osuitok, Tutuiya Ikkidluak, Qavaroak Tunnillie, Ashevak Tunnillie, Peter Tunnillie
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

November – December 1986                             
Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

November – December 1987                             
Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

December 1987 – January 1988                         
The Art of the Eskimo
Newman Galleries
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

December 1987 – February 1988                       
Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d’hier et d’aujourd’hui
Presented by L’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai,
At Musee des Beaux-arts d’Arras
Arras, France
(illustrated catalogue)

March 1998                                                      
Arctic Forms – Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

July 1988                                                         
[L’art inuit]
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
At Chapelle de la Visitation
Thonon, France

October 1988                                                   
Tundra and Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man
Presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers’ Club
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

November 1988                                                
[L’art inuit]
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
At Les Martres-de-Veyre
France

November – December 1988                             
[Inuit Art Exhibition]
Orca Aart
Presented at Neiman Marcus
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

December 1988                                                
[L’art inuit]
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
At Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse
France

January 1989                                                    
Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

January – February 1989                                   
The Art of the Eskimo
Newman Galleries
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

February 1989                                                  
Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada’s Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists
At D’Erlien Fine Art Limited
Presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

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 Galerie Autre Regard
Paris, France

May 1989                                                         
Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset
& Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition
Print by Kananginak
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario

June 1989                                                        
Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks
Presented by Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

June – July 1989                                              
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
At Galerie Sanguine
La Rochelle, France

October – December 1989                                
Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

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

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 L’Europe
Le Touquet, France

May 1990                                                         
Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints by Well-Known Inuit Artists
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

June – July 1990                                              
Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

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

December 1990 – January 1991                         
A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada’s Arctic
Presented by Arctic Inuit Art
at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

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                                              
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
At Palais 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

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

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

February – September 1992                              
Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

November – December 1992                             
Inuit Sculpture – New Acquisitions
Pucker Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

September – November 1993                            
The Bear: Sculpture
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

October – November 1993                                
Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

April – May 1994                                              
Mythic Images
Ancestral Spirits Gallery
Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A.

September – October 1994                               
Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo’s
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)

April 1995                                                        
Inuit Mythology
Arctic Experience
Hamilton, Ontario

September 1995                                               
Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

November – December 1995                             
Miniaturen
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(brochure)

November 1996                                                
Small Sculptures by Great Artists V
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

November – December 1996                             
New Visions
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

January 1997                                                    
Stories in Stone: A Canadian Inuit Art Exhibition held on the occasion of the trade mission to Korea lead by Prime Minister, Jean Chetien
Held at the Westin Chosun Hotel
Organized by McKnight Associates
Seoul, Korea
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

February – April 1997                                        
Stone & Bone
The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic
The North West Company
Held at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities
Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.A.

March – April 1997                                            
Ashevak Tunnillie and Kellypalik Qimirpik
Sculpture
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

April 2000                                                        
Ashevak Tunnillie: The Artist’s Hand
Inuit Sculpture Portfolio
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

Spring 2005                                                     
Cape Dorset Sculpture
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

December 2005 – January 2006                         
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

2006                                                                
Rhythms in Motion
Galerie d’art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)

August – September 2006                                 
Second Generation Cape Dorset Carvers
Gallery Indigena
Stratford, Ontario

October 2007                                                   
Masterworks VI
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

April – May, 2008                                             
Arctic Wind – An Expression of Naturalism
Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia

January – February, 2009                                  
Small Treasures
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

March – April, 2009                                           
Arctic Wildlife
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

November – December, 2009                            
Form and Vision
The Innuit Gallery and
Jonathon Bancroft – Snell Gallery
London, Ontario

October, 2010                                                  
Arctic Wind III: An Expression of Survival
Coastal Peoples Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated brochure)

April, 2011                                                       
Tunnillie Family
Kulik Inuit Art
Quebec City, Quebec

June – July, 2011                                             
New Beginnings in the Arctic
Balzac Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

October – November 1995                                
Ashevak Tunnillie
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany

COLLECTIONS:

Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

SELECTED REFERENCES:

MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.: Amway Corporation, 1989.

Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Gemany: Inuit Galerie, 1986,

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories. Vancouver, B.C.: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.

Musee des Beaux-Arts (Arras, France)
INUK, INUIT: Art et tradition chez les Esquimaux d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. Arras, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1987.