Northern Rocks Susan Gustavison 1999My interest is to put the story into the stone that I carve. My culture is important to me. therefore I like to tell others, and my own people, about our culture through my art. My children can also learn about our traditions, our culture, through my art.------------------Uriash's brother Louie Qingnaqtuq and his father-in-law Nelson Takkiruq  are well-known carvers. His sister, Mary Porter, makes wall hangings and his  other brother, Leo Hummituq, is a jewellery artist. His wife Lorraine is also an artist, as is their son Wayne. Uriash is the Mayor of Gjoa Haven and  a founding member of the Kinqunik Artists' Society.  EXHIBITIONS: May 1989 Kitikmeot Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November 1991 Kitikmeot-Land of the Spirits Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) January - March 1992 The Arctic Project: A Photographic Exchange Surrey Art Gallery  Surrey, British Columbia November - December 1993 Kitikmeot: Sculpture from Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay  Isaacs/Innuit Gallery  Toronto, Ontario November - December 1993 The Treasured Monument Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) 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) -1- URIASH PUQIQNAK (continued) EXHIBITIONS: (continued) December 1995 Images from the Arctic Galerie D'Art Vincent  Ottawa, Ontario June 1996 Images of our past Art of Man Gallery  (illustrated catalogue) November 1996 - January 1997 Vital North: The Spirited Sculpture of the Kitikmeot Inuit  Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1997 The Carver's Truth Pucker Gallery  Boston, Massachusetts (illustrated catalogue) February - April 1997 Stone & Bone The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic  The North West Company  held at the Sun Valley Centre for the Arts and  Humanities  Ketchum, Idaho May 1997 Nunavut/Nunavik: Sculpture in the Time of Change Spirit Wrestler Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1989 Travelled to Ottawa to meet with the Board of Directors of the Inuit Art Foundation, in December. 1991 Attended Qatuujiqatgit Sanaguatit-Contemporary Carivng/Sculpting Session organized by the Inuit Artists' College at the Ottawa School of Art in April/May. -2- URIASH PUQIQNAK (continued) HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: (continued) 1992 Was an instructor at the three-week carving workshop organized by the Inuit Artists' College at the Ottawa School of Art in August. 1993 Was featured in the video "Keeping Our Stories Alive: The Sculpture of Canada's Inuit" produced by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 1993 Taught a one week sculpture workshop to non-Inuit students at the Ottawa School of Art, July 1993. The workshop was co-taught by Pitseolak Niviaqsi, and marks the first time that Inuit sculptors have been employed as professional instuctors at a southern art school. SELECTED REFERENCES: Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs  KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: THE SCULPTURE OF CANADA'S INUIT. Produced by the Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1993. Institute of American Indian Arts Museum  KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  KITIKMEOT. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1989. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  KITIKMEOT: LAND OF THE SPIRITS. Vancouver : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1991. Marion Scott Gallery  THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993. Mitchell, Marybelle  SEVEN ARTISTS IN OTTAWA. Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(3) Summer 1991: 6-17. URIASH PUQIQNAK (continued) SELECTED REFERENCES: (continued) Mitchell, Marybelle  THE ARTISTS SPEAK: ABOUT LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER; ABOUT PLEASING BUYERS; ABOUT PERSONAL POWER. Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4, Fall/Winter, 1992, pp. 38-44. Svensson, Tom G.  ETHNIC ART IN THE NORTHERN FOURTH WORLD: THE NETSILIK. in: ETUDES INUIT STUDIES, Vol. 19, No.1, pp. 69-102, 1995.

Exhibitions

• Images from the Arctic, Galerie D'Art Vincent
• Images of our past, Art of Man Gallery
• Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
• Kitikmeot, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Kitikmeot-Land of the Spirits, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Kitikmeot: Sculpture from Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay, Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• The Arctic Project: A Photographic Exchange, Surrey Art Gallery
• The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery

Publications

• FROBISHER BAY JEWELLERY SHOP--INUIT ARTISTS CREATE EXCLUSIVE NORTHERN JEWELLERY., Author: Souchotte, Sandra, Publication: Northwest Explorer 9 (3):41-45. (1985)