Isaaci Etidloie

ISSACCI ETIDLOIE        (ISSACIE; ETIDLOUIE; ETIDLUI; ISAACI)

Date of Birth:    November 15, 1972                               Male/Female:    Male

Place of Birth:   Cape Dorset

Mother:             Letia Parr Etidloie         
Father:              Etulu Etidlui
                                                                                                                                                           
Isacci is the son of Cape Dorset carver, Etulu Etidlui, and the grandson of renowned graphic artists, Etidlooie and Kingmeata Etidlooie.

He has been carving since he was 7 years old and his favourite subjects are drum dancers.

EXHIBITIONS:

November – December 1991                             
Second Generation Cape Dorset Carvers
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

November – December 1991                             
The Hand; Images in Inuit Sculpture
The Issacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)

November – December 1993                             
Sculpture Inuit et Retrospective Pudlo Pudlat
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

November – December 1993                             
The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

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

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

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

September – October 1995                               
Two Eccentrics: Sculpture by Emily Illuitok of Pelly bay and Isacci Etidlooie of Cape Dorset
The Issacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario

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

November 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 Center for the Arts and Humanities
Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.A.

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

October – November 1999                                
Isaci Etidlooie: Facing Dorset
Exhibition by John Reeves (photographer)
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)

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

May – June 2001                                              
Baffin Island Sculpture
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)

August – September 2001                                 
Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts
Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

October – December 2002                                
Polar Bears: An Exhibition of Inuit Sculpture
(Online exhibition)
Galerie Inuit Plus
Timmins, Ontario

2005                                                                
Inuit Sculpture Now
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Spring 2005                                                     
Cape Dorset Sculpture
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

Summer 2005                                                   
Emerging Talent: New Work by Young Arctic Artists
Home and Away Gallery
Kennebunkport, Maine, U.S.A.

September – November 2005                            
Selections from the Lowell Schoenfeld
And Josephine Mitchell Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario

November 2005                                                
Unique Visions
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

December 2006                                                
Art Forms ‘06
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia

October 2007                                                   
Masterworks VI
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

October 2007                                                   
Inuit Sculpture Now
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

October 2008                                                   
Shaman, Sedna and Spirits
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, BC
(illustrated catalogue)

October 2008                                                   
Transfigurations
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, BC

November 2008                                                
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

December 2008                                                
Mini Masterworks 2
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, BC
(illustrated catalogue)

January, 2008                                                   
Masterworks VI
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland

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

Summer 2009                                                   
Summer Celebration
Images of the North
San Francisco

October – November, 2009                               
Mini Masterworks 3
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

November – December, 2009                           
New Views on Old Traditions
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario

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

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

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

March – April, 2011                                           
Mini Masterworks IV
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

April 2011                                                        
Continuum
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
                                                                   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

October 2009                                                   
Isaaci Etidloie
Let’s Play!
Inuit gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

COLLECTIONS:

Musee d’art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, Quebec
Art Gallery of Ontario

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Marion Scott Gallery
THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture.
Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.