Paulassie Pootoogook

PAULASSIE POOTOOGOOK     (PAULOOSIE; PAULOSSIE)      

Date of Birth:    February 14, 1927                                              Male/Female:    Male E7-1176

Place of Birth:   Igalalik (Andrew Gordon Bay); Resides, Cape Dorset

Mother:
Father:              Pootoogook
                                                                                                                                                           
Paulassie is the brother of artists, Eegyvudluk, Kananginak and Pudlat Pootoogook.  He is the son of he late Pootoogook (1887 – 1958).  Paulassie is married to graphic artists, Ishuhungitok; his son, Tookikalook is a carver, now living in Iqaluit.

EXHIBITIONS:

1959                                                                
Cape Dorset Print Collection (Printmaker)
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

1960, 1966                                                       
Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

January – February 1963                                   
ART ESKIMO
Galerie de France
Paris, France
(illustrated catalogue)

1967                                                                
Inoonoot Eskima: Grafik och Skulptur fran
Cape Dorset och Povungnituk
Konstframjandet
Stockholm, Sweden
(catalogue)

1968                                                                
Eskimo Sculpture
Man & His World – Arctic Pavilion
Montreal, Quebec

1970                                                               
Mythology in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

June – July 1970                                              
Sculpture
Canadian and Eskimo Arts Council – a competition/exhibition organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, N.W.T.
(illustrated catalogue)

1971                                                                
Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

June – September 1974                                    
Ulu/Inua: From and Fantasy in Eskimo Art
Casino Gallery, Ravinia Park
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(catalogue)

1875 – 1979                                                     
We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

March – July 1975                                            
Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

April 1976                                                        
Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition
Baffin Regional School
Iqaluit, N.W.T.

February – March 1980                                     
Collector’s Choice – An Exhibition of Important Inuit Sculpture
Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario

1981                                                                
Cape Dorset Sculptors and Their Sculpture
The Inuit Art Collection
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon
Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)

April 1981 - March 1982                                    
Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada
National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Ontario and
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

October – November 1981                                
The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery
Organized to complement the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit of the same name
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

March – April 1982                                            
Songs in Stone
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

June 1983                                                        
An Enduring Tradition: Inuit Carving from Arctic Quebec
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

March – April 1984                                            
Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo
Colorado Galleries of the Arts
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.

March – June 1984                                           
The Oral Tradition
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario

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

November – December 1984                             
Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

December 1984                                                
Takamit – Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections from Private Collections and the Government of Canada
Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

November 1986                                                
The Ancestors/Links Between Worlds
Minnesota Museum of Art
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

November – December 1986                             
Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

December 1987                                                
Cape Dorset Sculpture
Eskimo Art Inc.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

March 1988                                                      
Arctic Forms – Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

June – September 1988                                    
The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta

January – February 1989                                   
The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50’s and 60’s
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)

May 1989                                                         
Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset
& Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition
Print by Kananginak
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario

October – December 1989                                
Baffin Island
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

June – July 1990                                              
Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

June – September 1990                                    
Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959 – 1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

August – September 1991                                 
Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters and the Next Generation
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

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

December 1991 – March 1992                           
In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)

October – November 1992                                
Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

December 1992                                                
Small Sculptures by Great Artists I
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

1993                                                                
Arts from the Arctice
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Anchorage, Alaska
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

May – August 1994                                           
Selections from the Herb and Cece Schreiber Collection
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario

March – July 1995                                            
Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria de’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)

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

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

June 1996                                                        
Images of our Past
Art of Man Gallery
(illustrated catalogue)

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

March – April 1997                                            
Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia

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

November 1997                                                
Graphite and Stone
Sculpture & Drawings; Baffin Artiss in two mediums
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

                                                                       
ARCTIC ART – Master Works
Arctic Art Museum
Vancouver, British Columbia

November – December 2000                             
Small Sculptures by Great Artists 2000
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

June                                                                
Cross-Currents
Cape Dorset in the 1960’s
Feheley Fine Arts

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

November                                                        
Small Sculptures by Great Artists (November 2001)
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

September 2002 – May 2003                             
Terra Cognita: The Land We Know
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario

November 2004 – January 2005                         
Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)

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

March – June 2005                                           
Itukiagatta
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)

March – April 2006                                            
Amarok: The Wolf
The Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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

Oct – Nov, 2008                                               
Shaman, Sedna and Spirits
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

January – February 2011                                   
20 Great Sculptures
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario           

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1975                                                                
Pauloosie Pootoogook
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

May 1981                                                         
Paulassie Pootoogook
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)

April 1985                                                        
Paulassie Pootoogook
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany

June 1986                                                        
Paulassie Pootoogook, Cape Dorset
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario

November 1993                                                
Paulassie Pootoogook
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated brochure)

COLLECTIONS:

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, N.W.T.
Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Toronto, Ontario
Shell Canada Collection, Calgary, Alberta
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVENTS:

1993     The Inuit Galerie of Mannheim, Germany features Pootoogook’s sculpture in their 1993 calendar.

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Blodgett, Jean
IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADES OF INUIT PRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies and Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ontario: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1991.

Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
INUNNIT: The Art of the Canadian Eskimo – L’art des Eskimaux du Canada. / by W.T. Larmour. French translation by Jacques Brunet.  Ottawa, Ontario: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1967.

Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1970.

Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC  - GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS D’ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Art and Crafts. c.1900 – 1980. Montreal, Quebec: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.
Hessel, Ingo
ARCTIC SPIRIT: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, Heard Museum/Douglas & McIntyre, 2006.
Inuit Art Collection
CAPE DORSET: Sculptors and their Sculpture. Manchester, Connecticut: The Inuit Art Collection, 1981.
Inuit Galerie
INUIT MINIATUREN. Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1990.

Inuit Galerie
PAULASSIE POOTOOGOOK. Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1981.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carvings from the Northwest Territories. Vancouver, British Columbia: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
CAPE DORSET STONE SCULPTURE: MASERS OF THE NEXT GENERATION: August 17 – September 6, 1991. Vancouver, British Columbia: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1991.

Macduff, Alistair
LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthropology of Eskimo Sculptgure. /By Alistair Macdudd. Photographs by George M. Galpin.  North Vancouver, British Columbia: Whitecap Books, 1982.

Marion Scott Gallery
ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver, British Columbia: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.

Riley, Jerry
SIX CAPE DORSET ELDERS. Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 8, No.1, Spring 1993, pp. 27 – 33.

Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
ART/INUIT/ART: La Collection Permanente de Sculpture Esquimaudes Rothmans/The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture. No publication information, 1975.

Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
INUIT ART: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of The National Museum of Man, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and the Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture. No publisher given, (ISBN 0-620-05095-0), 1981.

Toronto-Dominion Bank
THE ESKIMO ART COLLECTION OF THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK. Toronto, Ontario: The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 1967.

Toronto-Dominion Bank
THE ESKIMO ART COLLECTION OF THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK. Toronto, Ontario: The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 1972.

Verona. Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
IMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI.
Commune di Verona: Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palazzo Forti, 1995.