Pudlalik Shaa

PUDALIK SHAA           

Date of Birth:     December 19, 1965                                Male/Female:    Male E7-1906

Place of Birth:    Cape Dorset

Mother:             Kilabuk Shaa
Father:              Aqjangajuk Shaa
                                                                                                                                                           
Pudalik’s parents, Aqjangajuk and Kilabuk Shaa, are Cape Dorset artists.  His father, Aqjungajuk, is a renowned sculptor.  Pudlalik’s brother, Qiatsuq is also a carver, as was his brother, Qavavau who died in 1991.

Pudalik was influenced by his father’s work. “I watched [my father] as he carved, he taught me. I did my first carving when I was twelve years old. It was a small seal, since then I have been carving, not all the time, but whenever I felt up to it.” * Impressed by his father’s carving style, Pudlalik has developed similar themes in his own work such as walrus and drum dancers.

*Interview with the artists, Inuit Art Section, November 1994.

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)

March – April 1979                                            
Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
Held at the Rathaus Foyer
Mainz, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)

November – December 1992                              
Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts
Montreal, Quebec         

February 1993                                                  
Kunstwerke der Inuit
Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein
In conjuction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee
Grainau, Germany

April - July 1993                                                
Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba      
(illustrated brochure)      

June – July 1993                                               
The Next Generation – Inuit Sculpture
Gallery Indigenia
Stratford, Ontario

March – April 1994                                            
Wildlife and Nature in Art
Arctic Experience
Hamilton, Ontario

April – June 1994                                              
The Shaa Family: Axangayu Shaa,Qiatsuq Shaa, Pudlalik Shaa
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

August - October 1994                                      
Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic
Bayly Art Museum
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.

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)

October – December 1995                                
Canadian Inuit Sculpture
The Next Generation
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)

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

November – December 1996                              
Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts
Montreal, Quebec                     
(brochure)

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.

June 1997                                                        
Singing and Dancing and Playing
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(brochure)

June – July 2000                                               
Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Exhibition title: Art in Stone
Canadian Arctic Gallery (Grunder)
Hammerstrasse 50, Basel, Switzerland
(illustrated catalogue)

October 2000                                                    
Seven Emerging Artists from Cape Dorset
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(brochure)

November – December 2000                              
Small Sculptures by Great Artists 2000
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)      

November, 2001                                                
Small Sculptures by Great Artists (November 2001)
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

August – September 2003                                 
Shaa and Sons: A Father’s Influence
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario

2004                                                                
Masterworks III
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

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

March 2005                                                      
Momentum
7 Emerging Artists from Cape Dorset
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

2006                                                                
Mini-Masterworks
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

December 2006 – January 2007                        
  Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

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

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

September – October, 2009                               
Power and Passion
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

December, 2009                                               
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)

March – April, 2010                                           
Vancouver Olympic Exhibition
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

May – June, 2010                                             
Polar Bears
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

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

October, 2010                                                   
Dancing, Drumming, Singing
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

December, 2010                                               
Survival: Staying Alive in a Harsh World
Images of the North
San Francisco

January – February 2011                                   
20 Great Sculptures
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

January – February, 2011                                  
Small Treasures 2011
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

February, 2011                                                 
Rhythm and Drum dance
Kulik Inuit Art
Quebec city

April, 2011                                                        
Flight Across the Tundra
Balzac Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

April 2011                                                         
Continuum
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

COLLECTIONS:

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995.

Wight, Darlene Coward
MULTIPLE REALITIES: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, April 7 – July 25, 1983. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1993.