FLOSSIE PAPIDLUK *1904-1994http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Holman/english/artists/index.php3#c21Papidluk was born in the Prince Albert Sound area, near Read Island. Her first husband, Akoakhion, the father of Harry Egotak, died young. Her second husband, Harry Niakoalok, the father of Margaret Kanayuk and Joseph Haluksit, died in Holman after an illness in 1959/1960. The family remained in Holman and Papidluk did not return to traditional camp life, supporting herself instead through a range of arts and crafts activities.Papidluk made her first drawings when Barry Coomber visited the community as an art advisor in 1964. She continued to make occasional drawings over the years. Birds are her favourite subjects. She left the printing of her drawings to others at the print shop. Between 1966 and 1984, eleven of her works have been translated into prints for the annual collections. According to her daughter Margaret Kanayuk, sewing interested Papidluk much more than drawing. Kanayuk recalls her mother sewing continuously, producing a steady stream of mitts, kamiks, small tapestries, and stuffed animals made from sealskin.From an interview with Flossie Papidluk's daughter, Margaret Kanayuk, by Darlene Coward Wight, Holman, May 11, 2000* Papidluk's birth date was given incorrectly as 1916 in the 1968 print catalogue.

Exhibitions

• 4th National Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby Art Society
• 50 Inuit Prints, Canadian Arctic Producers in coordination with the Hudson's Bay Company Inuit Art Marketing Service, held at Simpson's
• Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative exhibition from the collection of Professor and Mrs. Philip Gray, Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University
• Holman Prints *66, (annual collection)
• Holman Prints *68, (annual collection)
• Holman Prints *70, (annual collection)
• Holman Prints *77, (annual collection)
• Holman Prints *79, (annual collection)
• Holman Prints *82, (annual collection)
• Holman Prints *84, (annual collection)
• 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 and Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
• The Story Tellers of Holman Island: A retrospective exhibition of rare stonecut prints from 1968 - 1979, The Arctic Circle

Collections

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
• Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
• University of Alberta, Edmonton
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg