as of 1997THOMASSIE KUDLUK (KUDLIK)     Born: 1910 Male E8-873Died: October 16, 1989Resided: KangirsukSculpture, Drawings  EXHIBITIONS: á February - April 1973 - The Bessie Bulman Collection Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) á January 1977 — The Eccentric Art of Payne Bay The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario á March 1978 - Arctic Oddities The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure). á July 1979 - May 1980 - Inuit Art in the 1970'S. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre Kingston, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) á December 1979 - Free Spirits of the Inuit The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. á January - February 1980 - Inuit Master Artists of the 1970'S. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia á September - October 1980 - Decade of Mystery and Change: Tenth Anniversary Exhibit The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) á September 1980 - February 1981 - Things Made by Inuit La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau - Quebec Montreal, Quebec (tour) (illustrated catalogue) á April - May 1981 - Festival of Birds The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. á September 1981 - The Year of the Bear The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U. S .A. á September 1982 - Break-up and Freeze-up The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, (catalogue) U.S.A.á June 1984 - Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled wi th them The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. EXHIBITIONS continued: á August 1984 - Old Masters: Sculpture by Thomassie Kudluk and Adamie Kovianatuk The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario. 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, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) á March - May 1985 - Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) á 1988 - 1990 - Stories in Stone: Soapstone Sculptures From Northern Quebec and Kenya La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec Montreal, Quebec {tour) (illustrated catalogue) á March 1988 - Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture Arctic Inuit Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, U. S .A. á June - September 1988 - Building on Strengths: New from the Collection Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba á December 1988 - 1989 - Im Schatten der Sonne: Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada Canadian Museum of Civilization Hull, Quebec (tour) (illustrated catalogue) á June 1990 - July 1992 - The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue) á November 1990 - February 1991 - Espaces Inuit Maison Hamel-Bruneau Ste-Foy, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) á April - July 1993 - Multiple Realities: Inuit Shamanic Transformation Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure). á 1994 - Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen Munich, Germany (illustrated catalogue) á June 1995 - February 1996 - Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated brochure) á November 1995 - Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)  SOLO EXHIBITIONS á December 1979 - Thomassie Kudlik, Payne Bay The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. á June - July 1981 - The Eccentric Art of Thomassie from Payne Bay The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) á  COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, OntarioAvataq Cultural Institute, Montreal, QuebecCanadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QuebecKlamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, OntarioMusee de la civilisation, Quebec City, QuebecMusee du Quebec, Quebec City , QuebecNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, OntarioWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba  HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1981 - In June of 1981, Thomassie attended the opening of a solo exhibition of his work at the Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art in Toronto .  SELECTED REFERENCES: IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zei tgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada. (In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada). Stuttgart: Edition Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.THE INUTTITUT MONTHS OF THE YEAR = LES MOIS DE L'ANNEE EN INUKTITUT. TUMIVUT 4, winter=hiver, 1993, pp. 28-41. Arctic CircleDECADE OF MYSTERY AND CHANGE 1970-1980: tenth anniversary exhibit, September 26 - October 9, 1980. Los Angeles, Calif: THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, 1980. Blodgett, JeanTHE ART OF THE INUIT . pp.42-47. Art and Artists 15, no.1, May, 1980. SELECTED REFERENCES continued: Canada. Indian and Northern AffairsCANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992. Craig, MaryTHE WORLD ACCORDING TO THOMASSIE KUDLUK. Arts & Culture of the North, vol. 5, no.2, Spring, 1981. pp.322-324, 1981. Driscoll, BernadetteUUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuitart. Gallery, 1985. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art GALLERY, 1985. Eisemon, Thomas OwenSTORIES IN STONE = LA PIERRE RACONTE: Soapstone Sculptures Northern Quebec and Kenya = Sculptures de steati te du Nouveau-Quebec et du Kenya. Ottawa: La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec and The Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988. Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec THINGS MADE BY INUIT. Montreal: La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec. Compiled and edited by M. Myers, 1980. Gagnon, Louis ESPACES INUIT: Dessins et Sculpture . Maison Hamel-Bruneau, 1990. Sainte-Foy, Quebec :Innuit Gallery THE ECCENTRIC ART OF THOMASSIE KUDLUK FROM PAYNE BAY. Toronto. The Innuit Art Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1981. Institut culturel AvataqINUIT GAMES = JEUX INUIT: Competitions & Ajuttaq; Inugaq & other Games; Children' s Games; Modern Games. Special section of TUMIVUT, Spring/Summer, 1991. Northern Quebec Inuit Association(TAQRAMIUT) THE NORTHERNERS; LES SEPTENTRIONAUX. Kuujjuaq, P.Q.Northern Quebec Inuit Association, 1974.Routledge, MarieINUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston, Ont: The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979. Routledge, Marie and Ingo HesselREGIONAL DIVERSITY IN CONTEMPORARY INUIT SCULPTURE . Inuit ArtQuarterly: Vol. 5, No.3, Summer 1990, pp. 11-23. Saucier, CelineIMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988. SELECTED REFERENCES continued: Swinton, GeorgeSCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Rev. and updated edition of Sculpture of the Eskimo. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1992. Winnipeg Art GalleryTHE BESSIE BULMAN COLLECTION. The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg: 1973. 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. Witt, BertPROFILE (OF THOMASSIE KUDLUK). Arts & Culture of the North, vol.5, no.2, Spring, 1981. pp.323-324. Last Revised: September 1997(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC  

Exhibitions

• Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
• Arctic Oddities, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Break-up and Freeze-up, The Arctic Circle
• Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Decade of Mystery and Change: Tenth Anniversary Exhibit, The Arctic Circle
• Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them, The Arctic Circle
• Espaces Inuit, Maison Hamel-Bruneau
• Festival of Birds, The Arctic Circle
• Free Spirits of the Inuit, The Arctic Circle
• Im Schatten der Sonne: Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Inuit Art in the 1970s, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
• Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
• Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Old Masters: Sculpture by Thomassie Kudluk and Adamie Kovianatuk, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Stories in Stone: Soapstone Sculptures From Northern Quebec and Kenya, La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
• 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 Bessie Bulman Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Eccentric Art of Payne Bay, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• The Eccentric Art of Thomassie Kudluk from Payne Bay, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Year of the Bear, The Arctic Circle
• Things Made by Inuit, La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
• Thomassie Kudlik, Payne Bay, The Arctic Circle
• Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City
• Musee du Quebec, Quebec City
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg