Nalenik has been carving since he was fifteen years old. His wife Itee and his brother Takealook are also artists. He carves primarily in stone, but also uses ivory and antler when they are available. Nalenik lived in camps out on the land until the late 1970s. Exhibitions: 1967: The Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank,Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)1972 January - March: Eskimo Fantastic Art, Gallery 111, School of Art, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue)1974: Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974, Lippel Gallery, Montreal, Quebec (illustrated catalogue)1975 February: Eskimo Sculpture, Aberbach Fine Art, New York, New York, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)1977: Sculpture from Lake Harbour, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec1979 March - April: Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine, Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)1979 November - December: In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec1984 February - March: Canadian Inuit Art, City Hall, Nuuk/Godthab, GreenlandJune 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario1986 July - 1988 February: Selections from the John and Mary Robertson, Collection of Inuit Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)1986 November - December: Art Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec1987 October 1987 [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux, France1987 December - 1988 February: Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras, Arras, France (illustrated catalogue)1988 April: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet, France1988 June: The Inuit Experience: Animals of the Tundra and the Sea, Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (brochure)1988 July: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France1988 November: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Les Martres-de-Veyre, France1988 December - 1989 January: Exposition thematique sur l'ours, L'iglou art esquimau, Galerie de l'ours, Bourges, France1989 March - April: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris, France1989 June: Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, New York, U.S.A. (tour) (illustrated catalogue)1989 June - July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle, France1990 January: Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin, Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold, France1990 March: Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Maison Falleur, Cambrai, France1990 April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Palais de l'Europe, Le Touquet, France1990 July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Thonon les Bains, France1990 August: Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone, Images of the North, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)1990 November: This Is My World, Presented by Jordan Fine Arts, at the Windmill Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.1990 November - December: Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France1991 February - March: Taste Of The Wild, Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.1991 February - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Humbert, Nantes, France1991 March - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Le Theatre, La Ciotat, France1991 April - June: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France1991 May - June: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at La Halle aux Bles, Saint Malo, France1991 June - July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere, Ensisheim, France1991 August - September: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Akenaton, Troyes, France1991 October - December: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Maite Aubert, Le Havre, France1992 February - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Montador, Dieppe, France1993 June - August: Masterworks of the Arctic: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada, Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.1994 September - October: Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum, Huis HellemansEdegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure)1994 October: Sculpture of the Inuit: Major Works by the Masters of Stone, Maslak McLeod Canadian Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. 1995 January - February: The Collector's Eye, Inuit Art from Private Collections, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA (illustrated brochure) Back to Top --------------------ww.elcalondond.wwwCollections: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, OntarioAmway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, QuebecDennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, QuebecToronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, OntarioWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Back to Top Honours, Achievements and Events: 1981 A sculpture "Bear and Seal" by Nalenik Temela was presented to His RoyalHighness Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on the occasion of theirwedding July 29, 1981 by the Hudson's Bay Company. Back to Top Selected Bibliography: MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary InuitMasterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.Blodgett, JeanSELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUITSCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The AgnesEtherington Art Centre, 1986.Canadian Guild of Crafts QuebecCANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERSD'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts,c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.CollectionsAgnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario  Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.  Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.  Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec  Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba References  MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989. Blodgett, Jean  SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1986. Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS D'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts, c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.

Exhibitions

• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Akenaton
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Montador
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Humbert
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at La Halle aux Bles
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Thonon les Bains
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe
• Art Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
• Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
• Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien
• Canadian Inuit Art, Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
• Eskimo Fantastic Art, Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba
• Eskimo Sculpture, Aberbach Fine Art
• Exposition thematique sur l'ours, L'iglou art esquimau, Galerie de l'ours
• In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974, Lippel Gallery
• Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras
• Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans
• Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly
• Masterworks of the Arctic: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada, Orca Aart
• New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• Sculpture from Lake Harbour, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Sculpture of the Inuit: Major Works by the Masters of Stone, Maslak McLeod Canadian Art
• Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery
• Selections from the John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University
• Taste Of The Wild, Orca Aart
• The Collector's Eye Inuit Art from Private Collections, Albers Gallery
• The Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank
• The Inuit Experience: Animals of the Tundra and the Sea, Houston North Gallery
• This Is My World, Presented by Jordan Fine Arts at the Windmill Gallery
• Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone, Images of the North
• Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada, Orca Aart Gallery
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Martres-de-Veyre
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet

Collections

• Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston
• Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada
• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
• Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg