Markoosie Papigatuk

MARKOOSIE PAPIGATOK         (MARKOSIE; PAPIPAKATUK; PAPIKATUK)

Date of Birth:    May 27, 1976                                                    Male/Female:    Male                            
Place of Birth:   Cape Dorset    

Mother:             Komajuk Tunnillie

Father:              Tayaraq Papigatok
                                                                                                                                               

Markoosie began carving around the age of fifteen.  He is a prolific artist and often carves small-scale sculpture.  He depicts a variety of subject matter with exquisite detail and especially likes to depict animals in his work.

Although he is a self-taught carver, he has several artistic influences in his family.  Markoosie’s mother, Komajuk Tunnillie, and grandmother, Tayara Tunnillie are also talented Cape Dorset carvers.  His grandfather, the late Qavaroak (Kabubuwa) Tunnillie was a renowned sculptor in Cape Dorset.*

                                                                        *Courtesy – Feheley Fine Arts

EXHIBITIONS:

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)

March – April 1996                                            
Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia

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

November – December 1996                             
Emerging Spirit
Banff Centre
Organized by Northern Art Impressions, Inc.
Banff, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)

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

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

November 1998                                                
Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

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

November – December 2000                             
Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Exhibition title: Arctic Impressions
Canadian Arctic Gallery (Grunder)
Hammerstrasse 50, Basel, Switzerland
(illustrated catalogue)

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

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

November – December 2006                             
Arctic Miniatures
The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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

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

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

May – June, 2011                                             
Birds
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

June – September, 2011                                   
Bear Farandole
Kulik Art Inuit
Quebec City. Quebec

COLLECTIONS:

Musee d’art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, Quebec