Northern Rock Susan Gustavison (1999)Inuit Art Quarterly fall 1998the work of carving takes all kinds of knowledge. Knowledge of the land so that you can find your way to the quarry site. And when you are there, knowledge of the site so that you will know where to dig in the snow. And, of course, it takes knowledge to get the stone out of the ground. It also takes money to get there---to buy quarrying tools and gas and grub.And it takes more time than you would think to get just a few hundred pounds of stone. Where I live, we need at least three people to do the job usccessfully and safely. i should say that we need three people with snowmobiles and money to buy gas and food to last for a week.that's how long it takes to get enough stone to bring back to town for the three of us to work on for a while.------inu-art.comMatiusi Iyaituk was born in a hunting camp not far from Cape Smith (now called Akulivik). He moved with his family to Ivujivik in 1955. Iyaituk attended various schools in the North and in the South. In Montreal, he received police training, and became a policeman in Ivujivik. After receiving a Canada Council grant, he resigned from the force in 1984 to devote his time to carving and hunting.His early sculptures, dating from the 1960s, were heavily influenced by the work of his older brother, Nutaraaluk. In the late 1970s, Iyaituk developed his own "abstract" carving style, blending traditional subjects and techniques with innovative modern ones. He is noted for reviving the old community style of using ivory, bone, and antler inlay with dark soapstone, and drilling small dots to represent parka trim.----------Matusie began to carve abstract forms in 1979 and has continued in this style, becoming a well-respected leader of the Inuit art world. His work is also notable for it's use of a variety of materials within one-------the younger brother of Nutaraluik, was born in November, 1950, near Cape Smith. He lives now in Ivujivik. After the success of 2 solo exhibitions (in 1981 & 1984), he was able to devote his time and energy totally to carving.--------------- Matiusi Iyaituk b. 1950About the Artist Matiusi Iyaituk was born in a hunting camp not far from Cape Smith (now called Akulivik). He moved with his family to Ivujivik in 1955. Iyaituk attended various schools in the North and in the South. In Montreal, he received police training, and became a policeman in Ivujivik. After receiving a Canada Council grant, he resigned from the force in 1984 to devote his time to carving and hunting. His early sculptures, dating from the 1960s, were heavily influenced by the work of his older brother, Nutaraaluk. In the late 1970s, Iyaituk developed his own "abstract" carving style, blending traditional subjects and techniques with innovative modern ones. He is noted for reviving the old community style of using ivory, bone, and antler inlay with dark soapstone, and drilling small dots to represent parka trim.---------Collections Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec  Musee du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario  Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba References  INUIT ART: An Anthology. Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer Publishing Ltd, 1988. Canadian Arctic Producers  SANAUGASI TAKUJAKSAT: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture. Winnipeg: Canadian Arctic Producers, 1985. Hessel, Ingo  ART NEWS: Northern Art Exhibit; The National Gallery of Canada; Profiles of Young Artists. Inuktitut, no. 61, Fall, 1985. pp.55-64. Inuit Galerie  MATIUSIE IYAITUK. Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1990. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  ARCTIC QUEBEC SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1986. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  ARTISTS OF ARCTIC QUEBEC. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983. Mitchell, Marybelle  SEVEN ARTISTS IN OTTAWA. Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(3) Summer 1991: 6-17. Noel, Michel  NUNAVIMIUT: ART INUIT = INUIT ART. Pointe-Claire, Quebec: Roussan en collaboration avec l'Institut cultural AVATAQ, 1992 (Collection LE TAMBOUR). Saucier, Celine  IMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988. The Earth Spirit Festival  VISIONS OF POWER: CONTEMPORARY ART BY FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND JAPANESE CANADIANS: Essays by Ingo Hessel, Bryce Kanbara [and] Alfred Young Man. Toronto: The Earth Spirit Festival, 1991. Tulugak, Aliva  HE HAD A PRIMITIVE STYLE. Information North, Winter, 1986. pp.10-11. Vision Planetaire  NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art aborigene contemporain du Canada. Montreal: Vision Planetaire: Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992.---------------Inuit art foundation:"When you look at my sculpture, you don't understand all of it. For this reason, you have the freedom to dream. Everyone has opinions about art so I just put titles for each piece and leave the rest for dreams.I started to do abstract forms in 1979. One day, I was doing a sculpture of a man but I did not like it. So, I just made forms on one side. Since that time, I have been doing sculptures using abstract forms.I also inlay different materials such as caribou antler, or different colour stone for faces or other details like tools. The inlaying of bone faces is an old form of art used by earlier Inuit sculptors.My work is in both worlds because the abstract forms I use are considered by many to be a modern way of doing art but combine the abstract forms with the old Inuit technique of inlaying.Before 1979, I was doing my sculptures like the way I saw it done In Ivujivik, Quebec. I used to put detail on my work like everyone else until I fell in love with abstract form. It makes me feel good to work in abstract form, therefore I know it is the right form of art for me."---------MATTIUSI IYAITUK   Born: November 20, 1950 Male E9-1939Place of Birth: near Cape SmithResides: IvujivikSculpture Mattiusi's father Markusi is a carver. When you look at my sculpture, you don' t understand all of it.For this reason, you have the freedom to dream. Everyone has their own opinions about art so I just put titles for each piece and leave the rest for dreams. I started to do abstract forms in 1979. One day, I was doing a sculpture of a man but I did not like it. So, I just made forms on one side. Since that time, I have been doing sculptures using abstract forms. I also inlay different materials such as caribou antler, or different color stone for faces or other details like tools. The inlaying of bone faces is an old form of art used by earlier Inuit sculptors. My work is in both worlds because the abstract forms I use are considered by many to be a modern way of doing art but I combine the abstract forms with the old Inuit technique of inlaying. Before 1979, I was doing my sculptures like the way I saw it done in lvujivik, Quebec. I used to put detail on my work like everyone else until I fell in love with abstract form. It makes me feel good to work in abstract form, therefore I know it is the right form of art for me. Mattiusi Iyaituk, "Abstract Artist" (Artist's Statement)  EXHIBITIONS: á October - November 1978 - Eskimo Art, Embankment Gallery London, England (catalogue) á 1979 - Group Show, Gallery Manfred, Dundas, Ontario á 1979 - Group Show, Images Art Gallery Toronto, Ontario á November - December 1979 - In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec á September 1980 - February 1981 - Things Made by Inuit, La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau —Quebec, Montreal, Quebec (tour) (illustrated catalogue) á October - November 1981 - The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan (illustrated catalogue) á 1980 — 1981 — Things Made Inuit, La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, Montreal, Quebec á 1982 - Group Show, International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario á 1982 - Group Show, Gallery Phillip, Don Mills, Ontario á December 1983 - Artists of Arctic Quebec, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) á March - June 1984 - The Oral Tradition, National Museum of Man, Ottawa, OntarioEXHIBITIONS continued: á October 1984 - Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York á December 1984 - Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections from Private Collections and the Government of Canada, Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey (illustrated brochure) á 1985 - 1986 - Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture, Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers Ltd. with the assistance of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada (tour) (illustrated brochure) á 1986 — Inuit: Eskimo Art of Arctic Canada, Miharudo, Japan, Mejiro, Japan á 1986 — Inuit Art: Featuring Selected Works of Mattiusi Iyaituk, Alaska Shop, New York á August 1986 - Arctic Quebec Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) á October 1987 - Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Artistry Hartsdale, New York á June 1988 - An Exhibition of Master Works from Arctic Quebec, Galerie Le Chariot, Montreal, Quebec á January - February 1989 - Images of the Far North, Arctic Artistry (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds) Hartsdale, New York á February - March 1989 - L' art inuit Presented by l' Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at St. Marcellin, France á March - April 1989 - L' art inuit Presented by l' Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l' Europe, le Touquet, France á August 1989 - Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l' Iglou Art, Esquimau, at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France á September - October 1989 Sculpture from Arctic Quebec: The New Generation/Masterworks by five artists, Snow Goose, Seattle, Washington á October 1989 - Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada. Presented by l' Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille, France á December 1989 - Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada. Presented by l' Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Chiroux, Centre Culturel de la Wallon Liege, Belgique, France á February - March 1990 - Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada) by l' Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries, Brugge, Belgium á November - December 1990 - Matiusie Iyaituk The Guild Shop Toronto, Ontario á November 1990 - February 1991 - Espaces Inuit Maison, Hamel-Bruneau Ste-Foy, Quebec, (illustrated catalogue) á December 1990 - February 1991 - Drummers, The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario á June - July 1991 - Visions of Power, presented by the Earth Spirit Festival at York Quay Gallery and Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) EXHIBITIONS continued: á 1992 — The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba á 1992 — New Territories 350/500 Years After, Les Maisons de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-de-Grace, and Rosemount-Petite Patrie, Montreal, Quebec á 1994 — Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum, Huis Hellemans, Edegem, Belgium á November - December 1994 - Three Young Carvers from Cape Dorset and Drawings by Aoudla Pudlat Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, USA. á May - July 1995 - Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada Orca Aart Gallery Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. á December 1995 - Images from the Arctic Galerie D'Art Vincent Ottawa, Ontario á January - February 1996 -Not Just a Dancing Step. . . Galerie D'Art Vincent Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)  á November - December 1996 - New Visions Spirit Wrestler Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) á January 1997 — Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art presented by Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Foreign Affairs International Trade Canada Paris, France (tour) (illustrated catalogue) á January 1997 — Stories in Stone: A Canadian Inuit Art Exhibition held on the occassion of the trade mission to Korea lead by Prime Minister Jean Chretien held and the Westin Chosun Hotel orgainzed by McKnight Associates Seoul, Korea (tour) (illustrated catalogue) á February 1997 - Legendary Animals Inuit Art Foundation Presented by the graduating students Cultural Industries Training Program Nepean (Ottawa), Ontario á May 1997 Nunavut/Nunavik: Sculpture in the Time of Change, Spirit Wrestler Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) á Artists of Nunavik Inuit and Indian Art Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Hull, Quebec, Canada  SOLO EXHIBITIONS: á 1980 - Matiusie Iyaituk The Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario á September 1981 - Matiusie Iyaituk Images of the North, San Francisco, California á 1983 - Matiusie Iyaituk, Gallery Phillip, Don Mills, Ontario á March 1986 - Matiusi Iyaituk: Inuit Sculptor Ivujivik, Arctic Quebec, The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario á 1990 — Matiusi Iyaituk, Inuit Galerie Mannheim, Germany (illustrated catalogue) á 1990 — Matiusie Iyaituk, The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario SOLO EXHIBITIONS continued: á 1991 — Stories in Stone: Sculpture by Matiusie Iyaituk, Ivujivik, Arctic Quebec, Images of the North, San Francisco, California á 1992 — Matiusie Iyaituk Recent Sculptures, Aux Multiples Collection, Quebec City, Quebec á 1995 — Mattiusi Iyaituk: Memoire Vive, Centre d'Exposition de Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec á 2000 — The Freedom to Dream, Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)  COLLECTIONS: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USACanadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, OntarioMillard Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, ManitobaMusee du Quebec, Quebec City, QuebecNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, OntarioSarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, OntarioStillwell Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario  HONOURS: 1981 - Attended the opening of his solo exhibition at Images of the North in San Francisco.1982 - Submitted a maquette for stone decoration to the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.1982 - Demonstrated carving at the Gallery Phillip exhibition.1983 - Guest speaker at Canada's Peoples - Cultural Contributions' conference hosted by Mohawk College, Hamilton, and York College, Pennsylvania1984 - Was awarded an Explorations grant from the Canada Council to work as a sculptor1986 - Attended opening of solo exhibition held in March at The Guild Shop in Toronto.1988 - Attended the opening of the Arctic Quebec exhibition held at Galerie le Chariot in Montreal.1991 - Attended Qatuujiqatgit Sanaguatit-Contemporary Carving/Sculpting Session organized by the Inuit Artists' College at the Ottawa School of Art.  SELECTED REFERENCES: Blodgett, JeanTHE ART OF THE INUIT . Art and Artists 15, no.1, May, 1980. pp. 42 -47. Canada. Indian and Northern AffairsCANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992. Canadian Arctic ProducersSANAUGASI TAKUJAKSAT : A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture. Winnipeg. Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-QuebecFINE ARTS AND CRAFTS FROM NOUVEAU QUEBEC. Montreal: La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1988. Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-QuebecTHINGS MADE BY INUIT. Montreal: La Federation des Cooperati ves du Nouveau-Quebec. Compiled and edited by M. Myers, 1980. SELECTED REFERENCES continued: Gagnon, LouisESPACES INUIT: Dessins et Sculpture. Maison Hamel-Bruneau, 1990. Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Galerie le ChariotNOUVEAU QUEBEC - ARCTIC QUEBEC. 1988. Montreal: Galerie le Chariot, Hessel, IngoART NEWS: Northern Art Exhibit; The National Gallery of Canada; Profiles of Young Artists. Inukti tut , no. 61, Fall, 1985. pp. 55- 64. Inuit GalerieDIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany, Inuit Gallerie, 1987. Inuit GalerieMATIUSIE IYAITUK. Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1990. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver ARTISTS OF ARCTIC QUEBEC. Vancouver, 1983. Mitchell, Marybelle SEVEN ARTISTS IN OTTAWA . 6-17.Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(3) Summer 1991: Mitchell, MarybelleTHE IYAITUK BROTHERS: NUTARAALUK AND MATTIUSIE. In: INUIT ART: AN ANTHOLOGY. Winnipeg: Watson and Dyer, 1988. pp.64-75. Noel, MichelNUNAVIMIUT: ART INUIT = INUIT ART. Pointe-Claire, Quebec: Roussan en collaboration avec l' Institut cultural AVATAQ, 1992 (Collection LE TAMBOUR). Norman Mackenzie Art GalleryTHE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981. Saucier, CelineIMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988. Swinton, GeorgeSCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Rev. and updated edi tion of Sculpture of the Eskimo. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1992. The Earth Spirit FestivalVISIONS OF POWER: CONTEMPORARY ART BY FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND JAPANESE CANADIANS: Essays by Ingo Hessel, Bryce Kanbara [and] Alfred Young Man. Toronto: The Earth Spirit Festi val, 1991. Tulugak, AlivaHE HAD A PRIMITIVE STYLE. pp .10 -11. Information North, Winter, 1986. Vision PlanetaireNOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS aborigene contemporain du Canada. Ville de Montreal:APRES: Une exposition d'art Montreal: Vision Planetaire UNESCO, 1992.: SELECTED REFERENCES continued:  Winnipeg Art GalleryTHE 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.  Last Revised: October 2000{c) Inuit Art Section, INAC  Forward story Forward storyPrint Story Print Story Today's Date11/8/2005All Information on this site is propriatary and the property of Gallery of the Kanadasª

Exhibitions

• An Exhibition of Master Works from Arctic Quebec, Galerie Le Chariot
• Arctic Quebec Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
• Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Chiroux, Centre Culturel de la Wallonie, Liege
• Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille
• Artists of Arctic Quebec, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada), by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries, Brugge, Belgium
• Contact Grandeur Nature: Exposition d'arts amerindien et inuit du Quebec, Ministere de la Sante et des Services sociaux
• Drummers, The Guild Shop
• Eskimo Art, Embankment Gallery
• Espaces Inuit, Maison Hamel-Bruneau
• Group Show, Gallery Manfred
• Group Show, Images Art Gallery
• Group Show, International Art Fair
• Group Show, Gallery Phillip
• Images from the Arctic, Galerie D'Art Vincent
• Images of Influence: Contemporary Inuit Art, Surrey Art Gallery
• Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York
• Images of the Far North, Arctic Artistry (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)
• In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Inuit and Inuvialuk Sculptures and Prints by Bill Nasogaluak and Elisha Sanguya, Art Mode Gallery
• Inuit Art: Featuring Selected Works of Matiusi Iyaituk, Alaska Shop
• Inuit: Eskimo Art of Arctic Canada, Miharudo Gallery
• Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans
• Matiusi Iyaituk: Inuit Sculptor Ivujivik, Arctic Quebec, The Guild Shop
• Matiusie Iyaituk, Images of the North
• Matiusie Iyaituk, The Beckett Gallery
• Matiusie Iyaituk, Gallery Phillip
• Matiusie Iyaituk, Inuit Galerie
• Matiusie Iyaituk, The Guild Shop
• Matiusie Iyaituk Recent Sculptures, Aux Multiples Collection
• Mattiusi Iyaituk: Memoire Vive, Centre d'Exposition de Baie-Saint-Paul
• Not Just a Dancing Step..., Galerie D'Art Vincent
• Nouveau Territoires... 350/500 Ans Apres, Presented at les maisons de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame- de-Grace, and Rosemont-Petite Patrie, Montreal Recreation and Community Development Service and les Ateliers Visions Planetaire
• Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Artistry
• Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture, Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers Ltd., with the assistance of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa
• Sculpture from Arctic Quebec: The New Generation/Masterworks by five artists, Snow Goose Associates
• Share the Vision Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art, Art Space Gallery
• Stories in Stone: Sculpture by Matiusie Iyaituk, Ivujivik, Arctic Quebec, Images of the North
• Takamit - Canadian Eskimo Art: Selections from Private Collections and the Government of Canada, Organized by La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
• The Bear: Sculpture, Albers Gallery
• The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina
• The Oral Tradition, National Museum of Man
• Things Made by Inuit, La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
• Three Young Carvers from Cape Dorset and Drawings by Aoudla Pudlat, Albers Gallery
• Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada, Orca Aart Gallery
• Visions of Power, presented by the Earth Spirit Festival at York Quay Gallery and Leo Kamen Gallery
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at St. Marcellin

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City
• Musee du Quebec, Quebec City
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg