Kavavaow Mannomee

KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE         (KAVAVAOU; MANOMEE; MUNAMEE; QAVAVAU; MANNUMI; KAVAVAU)

 

Date of Birth:     September 21, 1958                                           Male/Female:    Male E7-1664

 

Place of Birth:    Brandon, Manitoba   Resides: Cape Dorset

 

Mother:             Paunichea Mannomee   

Father:              Davidee Mannomee                                           

                                                                                                                                                           

Kavavaow was born in Brandon, Manitoba in 1958 where his mother, Paunichea, was hospitalized for treatment of Tuberculosis.  He returned to Cape Dorset as a very young child and has lived there since.

                                                                                                        

Kavavau has demonstrated a range of stylistic abilities- from the very literal to the more expressive.  His thematic concerns include depictions of Inuit legends and mythology, Arctic wildlife and illustrations of some of the more contemporary aspects of Inuit life.

 

“For several years, Kavavaow has been involved in the Co-op’s graphic arts program as a printmaker – first in the lithography studio and more recently in the stonecutting shops.  He is an accomplished and precise printmaker…

 

Kavavaow lives with his wife and son, Peter in Cape Dorset.

 

                                                                                    West Baffin Eskimo Co-op

 

EXHIBITIONS:

 

1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994,

1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012                    Cape Dorset Print Collection (Printmaker)

                                                                        (annual collection)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995                    Cape Dorset Graphics

1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004,                   (annual collection)

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,

2011,                                                                                        (illustrated catalogue)

 

 

March 1990                                                       Art Inuit, l’Art des Esquimaux du Canada

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Maison Falleur

                                                                        Cambrai, France

 

April 1990                                                          Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Palais de l’Europe

                                                                        Le Touquet, France

 

July 1990                                                          Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Thonon les Bains, France

November – December 1990                               Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Centre Culturel Canadien

                                                                        Paris, France

 

March – April 1991                                             Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Le Theatre

                                                                        La Ciotat, France

 

May 1991                                                          Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

May – June 1991                                               Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At La Halle aux Bles

                                                                        Saint Malo, France

 

October – December 1991                                  Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Galerie Maite Aubert

                                                                        Le Havre, France

 

November – December 1991                               Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1991

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Le Colombier

                                                                        Ville D’Avray, France

 

February – April 1992                                         Art Inuit

                                                                        Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai

                                                                        At Galerie Montador

                                                                        Dieppe, France

 

November 1993 – January 1994                           Contemporary Inuit Drawings

                                                                        Muscarelle Museum of Art

                                                                        College of William and Mary

                                                                        Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

July 1994                                                          Arctic Spirit

                                                                        35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art

                                                                        Frye Art Museum

                                                                        Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

 

September – October 1994                                 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo’s

                                                                        Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum

                                                                        Huis Hellemans

                                                                        Edegem, Belgium

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)

 

                                                                        1998 Annual Graphics Collections

                                                                        Dorset Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

 

June – September 2000                                      Arctic Spirit – Canadian Inuit Sculpture

                                                                        Boise State University

                                                                        Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.

 

February – March 2001                                       Drawings from Cape Dorset

                                                                        The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art

                                                                        San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

 

January 2003                                                     Then and Now – Inuit Prints from 1962 – 2002

                                                                        Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Ltd.

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

                                                                                                (illustrated brochure)

 

March – April 2003                                             Asingit: Inuit Art from the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Collection, University of Guelph

                                                                        Naprstek Museum

                                                                        Prague, Czech Republic

                                                                        (tour)

                                                                                                (illustrated catalogue)

 

March – April 2006                                             Supernatural: Inuit Fantastic Sculpture

                                                                        Marion Scott Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

 

December 2006 – January 2007                          Small Sculptures by Great Artists

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto Ontario

 

July – August, 2009                                           Extreme Drawing

                                                                        Marion Scott Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

 

November – December, 2009                              New Views on Old Traditions

                                                                        The Guild Shop

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

Oct 2009 – Jan 2010                                          Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking

                                                                        National Gallery of Canada

                                                                        Ottawa, Ontario

                                                                                    (illustrated catalogue)

 

October, 2009 – January, 2010                            Nunannguaq: In the Likeness of the Earth

                                                                        McMichael Canadian Art Collection

                                                                        Kleinburg, Ontario

 

October, 2009 – April, 2010                                Arctic Spirit:

                                                                        50^th Anniversary of Cape Dorset’s Kinngait Studios

                                                                        Art Gallery of Ontario

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

                                                                       

 

 

 

May – June, 2010                                              Facing Forward – New Works from Kinngait Studios

Marion Scott Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

 

June – July, 2010                                               North Meets South

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

July – December, 2010                                       Nipirasait: Many Voices

                                                                        Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset

                                                                        The Canadian Embassy Art Gallery

                                                                        Washington, DC

 

September, 2011                                               Fall Migration:

                                                                        A Selection of Birds in Sculpture, Prints and Drawings

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

October – November 2011                                   Surreal: Eight Artists in the Fantastical Tradition

                                                                        Marion Scott Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, Brit1sh Columbia

 

November, 2011                                                 Contemporary North:

                                                                        Drawings from Cape Dorset

                                                                        Madrona Gallery

                                                                        Victoria, British Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                   

 

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:                                         

 

April- May 1993                                                 Original Drawings by Kavavaow Mannomee of Cape Dorset

                                                                        The Issacs/Innuit Gallery

                                                                        Toronto, Ontario

 

April – May 1994                                                Kavavaow Mannomee – Original Drawings

                                                                        The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art

                                                                        San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

 

October – November 2003                                   Kavavaow Mannomee: Drawings

                                                                        The Albers Gallery

                                                                        San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

 

Fall 2005                                                           Birds and Spirits: Drawings by Kavavaow Mannomee

                                                                        The Albers Gallery

                                                                        San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

 

June 2008                                                         Kavavau Manumee: A Dialogue

                                                                        Feheley Fine Arts

                                                                        Toronto, ON

                                                                        (In conjunction with the World Washi Summit)

 

June – July, 2009                                               Kavavau Manumee Drawings

                                                                        Marion Scott Gallery

                                                                        Vancouver, British Columbia

 

 

COLLECTIONS:

 

Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Canadian Museum of  Civilization, Hull, Quebec

Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection 1959 – 1999, Cape Dorset, NU

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NWT

Art Gallery of Ontario

 

 

SELECTED REFERENCES:

 

Muscarelle Museum of Art (Willamsburg)

CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman.  Williamsburg,Va.: The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

 

Nasby, Judith

REVEALING THE TRUTH OF THE ARTIST’S HAND: Contemporary Inuit Drawings.  Inuit Art Quarterly: 9 (3), Fall 1994, pp. 4-13.

 

Ryan, Leslie Boyd

CAPE DORSET PRINTS: A Retrospective, Pomegranate, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.,2007

 

Dykk, Lloyd

            KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE

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