Technique: Sculpture;Jewellery making Sex: Male Address: Frobisher Bay Northwest Territories Canada Born: 16 June 1920 File Location: University of Calgary LibraryLondon Public LibraryNational Gallery of Canada - Library and ArchivesWinnipeg Art Gallery - Clara Lander Library------------------is the father of Seepee Ipeelie who is now deseased. In addition to being a sculptor, he has received the Award of Merit in a jewellery competition sponsored by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. His works have been included in numerous exhibitions in North America and Greenland.-------ww.elcalondon.comCollections Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.  Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba  Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories  Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario  Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario  University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba References  THE THINGS THAT MAKE US BEAUTIFUL. About Arts and Crafts, vol. 2, no. 3, Winter, 1978. pp.20-23. Blodgett, Jean  GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983. Canadian Arctic Producers  NOUVEYA IPELLIE: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1981. Canadian Arctic Producers  NUVEEYA IPELLIE. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd, 1981. Gallery of the Arctic  SPIRIT OF THE BIRDS. Victoria: Gallery of the Arctic, 1989. Graburn, Nelson H.H.  SIXTY DIMINUTIVE ESKIMO CARVINGS: [by] Nelson H.H. Graburn and Molly Lee. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 2, Summer, 1986. pp.10-11, 1986. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1986. Routledge, Marie  INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston, Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979. Schrager, Reissa  THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND. Toronto, Ont. : Inuit Art Quarterly 1(2):8, 1986.--------------NUVEEYA IPELLIE (IPPELLIE; IPEELEE; NOUVEYA; NOOVEYA; IPEELIE;   Born: June 20, 1920 Male E7-509 Place of Birth: Lake Harbour Resides: Iqaluit; also lived in Pangnirtung and Cape Dorset Sculpture, Jewellery Nuveeya Ipellie is the father of Iqaluit carver Seepee Ipeelie.  EXHIBITIONS: May - June 1973 Eskimo Art Exhibition with Masterwork Artists Beckett Gallery  Hamilton, Ontario 1975 Sculpture from Frobisher Bay Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition Baffin Regional School  Iqaluit, Northwest Territories March 1977 - February 1978 The Things That Make Us Beautiful/Nos Parures Department of Indian Affairs  and Northern Development  Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure) October - November 1978 Eskimo Art Embankment Gallery  London, England (illustrated catalogue) April - May 1979 Seepee Ipellie/Nooveya Ipellie Waddington Galleries  Toronto, Ontario July 1979 - May 1980 Inuit Art in the 1970s Department of Indian Affairs  and Northern Development, and the  Agnes Etherington Art Centre  Kingston, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1979 Fine Carvers of Frobisher Bay Inuk 1  San Francisco, California, U.S.A. January - February 1980 Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia March 1980 Travel - A Means to Life The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art  Toronto, Ontario April - May 1980 The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario  University of Guelph  Guelph, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) September - October 1980 La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea Goddess  Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal  Montreal, Quebec (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1981 Seepee Ipeelee/Nooveya Ipeelee Mazelow Gallery  Toronto, Ontario September 1981 The Year of the Bear The Arctic Circle  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. April 1982 Sculpture Inuit: Stone/Bone circa 1960-1979  Canadiana Galleries  Edmonton, Alberta January 1983 The Face of the Inuit The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art  Toronto, Ontario May 1983 - April 1985 Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art  Art Gallery of Ontario  Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) November 1983 - March 1985 Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada Department of Indian Affairs and Northern  Development, Ottawa, presented at the  General Assembly Building, United Nations  New York, New York, U.S.A. (tour) (illustrated brochure) February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers  at City Hall  Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland September - October 1984 On the Land The Arctic Circle  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. 1985 - 1986 Selected Canadian Sculpture Webster Galleries  Calgary, Alberta (illustrated brochure) June - August 1985 The Art of Frobisher Bay Arctic Artistry  Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) April - May 1986 Sixty Diminutive Eskimo Carvings Images of the North  San Francisco, California  May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land The Koffler Gallery  Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) October 1986 Masterwork Sculpture 1986 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) 1987 Collectable Sculpture 1987 Webster Galleries  Calgary, Alberta (illustrated catalogue) March 1988 Iqaluit Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (catalogue) October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man  presented by Orca Aart at the  Adventurers' Club  Chicago, Illinois January - February 1989 Images of the Far North Arctic Artistry  (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)  Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. February 1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists  at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited  presented by Orca Aart, Chicago  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. May 1989 Spirit of the Birds Gallery of the Arctic  Victoria, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) October - December 1989 Baffin Images Orca Aart  Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. January - September 1990 Arctic Mirror Canadian Museum of Civilization  Hull, Quebec June 1990 - July 1992 The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art  Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue) August 1990 Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone  Images of the North  San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) November 1990 This Is My World Presented by Jordan Fine Arts  at the Windmill Gallery  Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. November 1990 - February 1991 Espaces Inuit Maison Hamel-Bruneau  Ste-Foy, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) January 1991 Bears of the North Snow Goose Associates  Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. February 1991 Animals of the Arctic Arctic Inuit Art  Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. EXHIBITIONS: (continued)March 1991 Art Inuit Galerie Saint Merri  Paris, France March - April 1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery  Toronto April - July 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation  Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) May - August 1994 On Collectors and Collecting: Selections from the Herb & Cece Schreiber  Family Collection  The Art Gallery of Hamilton  Hamilton, Ontario (illustrated brochure) May - August 1994 Selections from the Herb and Cece Schreiber Collection  Art Gallery of Hamilton  Hamilton, Ontario April - May 1995 Three Inuit Artists: Grandfather, Father and Son  Arctic Artistry  Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. December 1995 Images from the Arctic Galerie D'Art Vincent  Ottawa, Ontario December 1995 - January 1996 Inuit Art: from the collection of Maurice Yacowar  Collector's Gallery  Calgary, Alberta -6- NUVEEYA IPELLIE (continued) EXHIBITIONS: (continued) January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step... Galerie D'Art Vincent  Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) March - November 1996 Head and Face: Selected Views of Inuit Sculpture National Gallery of Canada  Ottawa, Ontario SOLO EXHIBITIONS: May 1973 Sculpture by Nooveeya Ipellie of Frobisher Bay and Fabian Oogark of Pelly Bay and Davidee Itulu of  Lake Harbour  Beckett Gallery  Hamilton, Ontario February 1981 Nouveya Ipellie: Recent Sculpture Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) 1982 Nuveeya Ipellie Images for a Canadian Heritage  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) COLLECTIONS: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.  Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario  Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.  Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba  -7- NUVEEYA IPELLIE (continued) COLLECTIONS: (continued) Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories  Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario  Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario  University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba  HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1977 Received the Award of Merit in the jewellery competition 'The Things That Make Us Beautiful', which was sponsored by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. 1978 Nuveeya's work was included in a slide presentation of the work of 76 outstanding Canadian sculptors brought together in honour of the 10th International Sculpture Conference, which was held at Ontario Place in Toronto. SELECTED REFERENCES:  .  MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.  THE THINGS THAT MAKE US BEAUTIFUL. About Arts and Crafts, vol. 2, no. 3, Winter, 1978. pp.20-23. Blodgett, Jean  GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983. Brandson, Lorraine E.  CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill, Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994. -8- NUVEEYA IPELLIE (continued) SELECTED REFERENCES: (continued) Canadian Arctic Producers  CANADIAN INUIT ART. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers, n.d. Canadian Arctic Producers  NOUVEYA IPELLIE: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1981. Canadian Arctic Producers  NUVEEYA IPELLIE. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd, 1981. Gagnon, Louis  ESPACES INUIT: Dessins et Sculpture. Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Maison Hamel-Bruneau, 1990. Gallery of the Arctic  SPIRIT OF THE BIRDS. Victoria: Gallery of the Arctic, 1989. Graburn, Nelson H.H.  SIXTY DIMINUTIVE ESKIMO CARVINGS: [by] Nelson H.H. Graburn and Molly Lee. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 2, Summer, 1986. pp.10-11, 1986. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  IQALUIT. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1988. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1986. Macduff, Alistair  LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982. Routledge, Marie  INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston, Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979. SELECTED REFERENCES: (continued) Schrager, Reissa  THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND. Toronto, Ont. : Inuit Art Quarterly 1(2):8, 1986. Swinton, Nelda  LA DEESSE INUITE DE LA MER. = THE INUIT SEA GODDESS. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1980. Wight, Darlene Coward  MULTIPLE REALITIES: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, April 17-July 25, 1983. Winnipeg, Man.: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1993. Winnipeg Art Gallery  THE FIRST PASSIONATE COLLECTOR: THE IAN LINDSAY COLECTION OF INUIT ART: Le premier collectionneur passionne: La Collection d'art inuit Ian Lindsay. Winnipeg : Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1990.(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1997  

Exhibitions

• Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art
• Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists, at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
• Arctic Mirror, Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Art Inuit, Galerie Saint Merri
• Baffin Images, Orca Aart
• Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition, Baffin Regional School
• Bears of the North, Snow Goose Associates
• Canadian Inuit Art, Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
• Collectable Sculpture 1987, Webster Galleries
• Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, presented at the General Assembly Building, United Nations
• Eskimo Art, Embankment Gallery
• Eskimo Art Exhibition with Masterwork Artists, Beckett Gallery
• Espaces Inuit, Maison Hamel-Bruneau
• Fine Carvers of Frobisher Bay, Inuk 1
• Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, Art Gallery of Ontario
• Images from the Arctic, Galerie D'Art Vincent
• Images of the Far North, Arctic Artistry (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)
• Inuit Art in the 1970s, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
• Inuit Art: from the collection of Maurice Yacowar, Collector's Gallery
• Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Iqaluit, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea Goddess, Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
• Masterwork Sculpture 1985, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Masterwork Sculpture 1986, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Not Just a Dancing Step..., Galerie D'Art Vincent
• Nouveya Ipellie: Recent Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Nuveeya Ipellie, Images for a Canadian Heritage
• On Collectors and Collecting: Selections from the Herb & Cece Schreiber Family Collection, The Art Gallery of Hamilton
• On the Land, The Arctic Circle
• Sculpture by Nooveeya Ipellie of Frobisher Bay andFabian Oogark of Pelly Bay and Davidee Itulu of Lake Harbour, Beckett Gallery
• Sculpture from Frobisher Bay, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Sculpture Inuit: Stone/Bone circa 1960-1979, Canadiana Galleries
• Seepee Ipeelee/Nooveya Ipeelee, Mazelow Gallery
• Seepee Ipellie/Nooveya Ipellie, Waddington Galleries
• Selected Canadian Sculpture, Webster Galleries
• Sixty Diminutive Eskimo Carvings, Images of the North
• Spirit of the Birds, Gallery of the Arctic
• The Art of Frobisher Bay, Arctic Artistry
• The Face of the Inuit, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Guelph
• The Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery
• The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• The Things That Make Us Beautiful/Nos Parures, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
• The Year of the Bear, The Arctic Circle
• This Is My World, Presented by Jordan Fine Arts at the Windmill Gallery
• Three Inuit Artists: Grandfather, Father and Son, Arctic Artistry
• Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone, Images of the North
• Travel - A Means to Life, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man, presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club

Collections

• Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Eskimo Museum, Churchill
• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
• Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton
• Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg