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Taqialuk Nuna
TAQIALUQ NUNA (TAKIALUK; TACKIALUK; NOONA; TUK)
Date of Birth: November 1, 1958 Male/Female: Male E7-1643
Place of Birth: Cape Dorset
Mother: Josie Niroukasia
Father: Sharky Nuna
Taqialuq is the son of Cape Dorset artist, Sharky Nuna. Taqiuluk learned how to carve through observing family and community members. He has since participated in various carving workshops and enjoys learning more about his art medium.
EXHIBITIONS:
March – April 1979 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
Held at the Rathaus Foyer
Mainz, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1984 Sculpture from Cape Dorset – The New Generation
The Inuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
November – December 1989 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
June – July 1990 Small Sculpture from Across the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
November 1990 This Is My World
Presented by Jordan Fine Arts
At the Windmill Gallery
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
November – December 1991 The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
October – November 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, NWT
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November – December 1992 Inuit Sculpture – New Acquisitions
Pucker Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
November – December 1992 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
February 1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit
Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein
In conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies
At the Hotel am Badersee
Grainau, Germany
March – April 1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
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)
May – September 1995 Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
October – December 1995 Canadian Inuit Sculpture
The Next Generation
ORCA AART Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
November – December 1995 Miniaturen
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(brochure)
November 1996 Small Sculptures by Great Artists V
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
January 1997 Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art
Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Paris, France
(tour)
(catalogue)
March – April 1997 Itinraire Inuit rencontrer un peuple travers son art held at Unesco Headquarters
Sponsored by Association Inuksuk L’homme debo \
Paris, France
(catalogue)
May 1997 Three Younger Masters: Tuck Nuna, Turaq Ragee and Toonoo Sharky
Loondance Gallery/Galerie L’envol Du Huart
Mont Tremblant, Quebec
June 1997 Singing and Dancing and Playing
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(brochure)
November 1998 Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
October 1999 Horizons
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
April 2000 Taqiuluk Nuna: The Artist’s Hand
Inuit Sculpture Portfolio
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November Small Sculptures by Great Artists (November 2001)
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
Spring 2005 Cape Dorset Sculpture
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
December 2005 – January 2006 Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
2006 Rhythms in Motion
Galerie d’art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June – July 2006 Polar Bears
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland
December 2006 – January 2007 Small Sculpture by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
February – March 2007 The Arctic Hare
The Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
April – May, 2008 Arctic Wind – An Expression of Naturalism
Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
December, 2008 Mini Masterworks II
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Summer 2009 Summer Celebration
Images of the North
San Francisco
December, 2009 Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
May – June, 2010 Polar Bears
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland
October, 2011 Stone and Paper
Cape Dorset 2011
Native Art Gallery
Oakville, ON
(illustrated catalogue)
January, 2012 Small Treasures
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
COLLECTIONS:
Inuit Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, NWT
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVENTS:
1987 Participated in the Second Experimental Stone Workshop – August 3 – 7 at the Iqaluit Jewellery Centre.
1988 Participated in the Third Experimental Stone Workshop –February 18 - 26 at the Iqaluit Jewellery Centre.
1990 Participated in the commission of the Sedna Legend, a group piece for the Royal Trust Company.
1992 Invited to give a demonstration of soapstone carving at the Snow-Goose Annual Mask Show, March 10.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada.
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995.
Marion Scott Gallery
ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTSOF CAPE DORSET, NWT
Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.
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