Tayaraq Tunnillie
Settlement: Cape Dorset / Kinngait
(1934) — E7-821
www.spiritwrestler.com The wife of the noted sculptor Qavaroak (Kabubuwa) Tunnillie, Tayaraq is an accomplished carver in her own right and has exhibited since 1970. She also participated in the early drawing experiments at Cape Dorset and has made drawings ever since. ----------------- Tayaraq Tunnillie (Cape Dorset) B. 1934 Tayaraq is an accomplished sculptor, exhibiting since 1970, and has also made drawings since the early days. Her husband, Qavaroak (Kabubuwa), was a renowned sculptor, and both her son, Peter and daughter, Letia, are also artists.
Exhibitions
- A Woman's Vision, Art Space Gallery
- Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them, The Arctic Circle
- In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing, Feheley Fine Arts
- Mythology in Stone, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Not Just a Dancing Step..., Galerie D'Art Vincent
- Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery
- Sculpture by Women, Feheley Fine Arts
- Sculpture in Miniature, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Sculpture Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery
- Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts
- Share the Vision Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art, Art Space Gallery
- Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts
- Sojourns to Nunavut: Contemporary Inuit Art from Canada, at Bunkamura Art Gallery, presented by the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology and The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
- Songs in Stone, The Arctic Circle
- Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, McMichael Canadian Collection
- The Year of the Walrus, The Arctic Circle
- Wildlife of the Arctic: Eskimo Sculpture, Pucker/Safrai Gallery
- Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic, Marion Scott Gallery
Collections
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
Exhibitions
A Woman's Vision
Art Space Gallery
Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them
The Arctic Circle
In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing
Feheley Fine Arts
Mythology in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Not Just a Dancing Step...
Galerie D'Art Vincent
Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset
Art Space Gallery
Sculpture by Women
Feheley Fine Arts
Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection
Surrey Art Gallery
Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
Share the Vision Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art
Art Space Gallery
Small Sculptures by Great Artists III
Feheley Fine Arts
Sojourns to Nunavut: Contemporary Inuit Art from Canada
at Bunkamura Art Gallery, presented by the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology and The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Songs in Stone
The Arctic Circle
Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings
McMichael Canadian Collection
The Year of the Walrus
The Arctic Circle
Wildlife of the Arctic: Eskimo Sculpture
Pucker/Safrai Gallery
Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic
Marion Scott Gallery
Public Collections
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| BIRDS | 2015-06 (June 2015) | |
| CARVING OF A WHALE AND A FISH | 2010-01 (January 2010) | |
| MYTHICAL BEING | 2011-02 (February 2011) | |
| SPIRIT FIGURE | 2009-09 (September 2009) | |
| TRANSFORMATION | 2012-04 (April 2012) |
