Sanagani Oshuitok

SANAGANI OSUITOK                (SANGANI; OSHWEETOK)

Date of Birth:    January 28, 1961                                   Male/Female:    Male E7-1698                           
Place of Birth:   Cape Dorset    

Mother:             Nipisha Osuitok

Father:              Oshitok Ipeelie
                                                                                                                                               

Sanagani was born in Cape Dorset and has lived there all his life and was raised in a family of Cape Dorset artists.  He started to carve around 1967 and his approach to carving has been strongly influenced by his father, Oshitok Ipeelie and is recognizable in his mature style.  His mother, the late Nipisha Osuitok and brother, Tuqiqi are also well-known carvers. Sanagani can recall selling his first piece of carving to Terry Ryan of the Cape Dorset Co-op.  He has said that he enjoys carving and although he is self-taught, he has also learned a great deal by watching his father.

EXHIBITIONS:

September 1992                                               
“Marble Show”
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia

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

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

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

May – June 2006                                              
Three Generations of Cape Dorset Sculpture
Gallery Indigena
Stratford, Ontario

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

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

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

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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

COLLECTIONS:

Musee de’art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, Quebec

HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVENTS:

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