Ishuhungitok Etungat

ISHUHUNGITUK ETUNGAT        (ISSUHUNGIETOOK; ISHUARNITOK; ISHUHATGITOK;
ISHURARNITOOK; ISHUHIUNGITU; ISSUGUNGIETOOK)

Date of Birth:    November 5, 1947                                 Male/Female:    Male E7-726

Place of Birth:   Cape Dorset

Mother:             Pitseolak         
Father:              Ashoona

Adopted by Isohagitok and Ulisia         
                                                                                                                                                           

Ishuhungituk’s wife, Pukaluk, the daughter of the late Etidlooie Etidlooie, is also an artist.

EXHIBITIONS:

1976                                                                
Debut – Cape Dorset Jewellery
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(brochure)

August – September 1979                                 
Cape Dorset: Recent Sculpture
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

November 1979                                                
Ishuhingito – Cape Dorset
Gallery One
Toronto, Ontario

September – October 1980                               
Cape Dorset
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario

February – March 1983                                     
Return of the Birds
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

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

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

May 1989                                                         
Spirit of the Birds
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

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

November - December 1994                              
Small Sculptures by Great Artists III
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

April – June 1995                                              
The Birds of Cape Dorset: A collection of sculpture by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers
The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

October – November 1996                                
Old Friends
Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)

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

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

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

COLLECTIONS:

Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Canadian Art Producers
Cape Dorset: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic
Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979.

Gallery of the Arctic
SPIRIT OF THE BIRDS.  Victoria: Gallery of the Arctic, 1989.

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