Mary Anowtalik(Ayaq)Born: October 1938Birthplace: Haivolik near PadleiCommunity: Arviat.Female - SculptureMary is the daughter of Elizabeth Nutaraluk and the late Andy Aulatjut.Mary's husband Luke Anowtalik is a well-known carver in Arviat.Mary and Luke often collaborated on artworks.-----Mary Ayaq Anowtalik was born in Haivolik, near Padlei, and resides currently in Arviat. Her husband is well-known artist Luke Anowtalik. Her parents were Elizabeth Nutaraluk and Andy Aulatjut.------------------------www.elcalondon.comCollections Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba ReferencesDriscoll, Bernadette  THE INUIT AMAUTIK: I Like My Hood to be Full. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981. Hessel, Ingo  ARTISTS FROM ENNADAI LAKE. Ottawa : Inuktitut 62:25-30, Winter, 1985. Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art  BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1974. Institute of American Indian Arts Museum  KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995. Kalluak, Mark  PELTS TO STONE: A History of Arts & Crafts Production in Arviat. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1993. Macduff, Alistair  LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982. Marion Scott Gallery  ARVIAT: Eskimo Point. Vancouver: Marion Scott Ltd, 1989. Marion Scott Gallery  THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993. Sanavik Cooperative  SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974. Steenhoven, Geert van den  ENNADAI LAKE PEOPLE 1955. The Beaver, Spring, 1968. pp.12-18. Swinton, George  SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. Winnipeg Art Gallery  ESKIMO POINT/ARVIAT. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982. Winnipeg Art Gallery  SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.----------Selected ReferencesVision and Form (2003), Robert Kardosh-------------Mary Ayaq Anowtalik (Anowtelik; Iya; Akjar; Anautalik; Ayaq; Anowtalik; Amautalik)   Born: October 1938 Female E1-447Place of Birth: Haivolik near PadleiResides: ArviatSculptureMary often works in collaboration with her husband Luke Anowtalik, who is also a well-known carver in Arviat. She is also the daughter of artist Elizabeth Nutaraluk and the late Andy Aulatjut.COLLECTIONS:Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QuebecKlamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of OntarioMuseum of Anthropology, University of British Coumbia, Vancouver, British ColumbiaWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, ManitobaSELECTED REFERENCES:Hessel, IngoArtists From Ennedai Lake. Ottawa: Inuktitut 62: 25-30, WinterMacduff, AlistairLords of the Stone: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. By Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.------------

Exhibitions

• A Woman's Vision, Art Space Gallery
• Arctic Art, Lippel Gallery, presented at Place Bonaventure
• Arviat: Eskimo Point, Marion Scott Gallery
• Baker Lake Sculpture, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada), by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries, Brugge, Belgium
• Eskimo Point/Arviat, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
• Kunstwerke der Inuit, Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee
• Major/Minor, Marion Scott Gallery
• The Art of the Eskimo, Newman Galleries
• The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Stone Sculpture of Arviat, McMichael Canadian Art Collection
• The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery
• [Inuit art], Galerie Saint Merri
• [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 Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet

Collections

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg