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.