Simon Shaimaijuk (1915-2000)date of death is also listed as 1999uncle of Rose Okpik and Josephee Kilabuk, brother of Jim Kilabuk "I draw what comes to my mind from the days when I was young and try to make it close to what I have seen. It is very hard to come up with an idea sometimes, so I just doodle and erase until an idea appears. Somehow I want to show how hard life was for the older generation of men." Born at Umanajuaq camp, Simon moved his young family to Pangnirtung in the 1960s. He was well acquainted with the harsh life of a nomadic hunter. Once, while seal hunting, he was cast adrift on a pan of ice that broke away. For several days, he moved from one piece of ice to another, sleeping on those that were most solid. Exhausted and terrified of losing his life, Simon dreamt of the creatures that would later people his drawings.---------Simon Shaimaijuk (1915-2000)"I draw what comes to my mind from the days when I was young and try to make it close to what I have seen. It is very hard to come up with an idea sometimes, so I just doodle and erase until an idea appears. Somehow I want to show how hard life was for the older generation of men."Born at Umanajuaq camp, Simon moved his young family to Pangnirtung in the 1960s. He was well acquainted with the harsh life of a nomadic hunter. Once, while seal hunting, he was cast adrift on a pan of ice that broke away. For several days, he moved from one piece of ice to another, sleeping on those that were most solid. Exhausted and terrified of losing his life, Simon dreamt of the creatures that would later people his drawings.----------------

Exhibitions

• 50 Inuit Prints, Canadian Arctic Producers in coordination with the Hudson's Bay Company Inuit Art Marketing Service, held at Simpson's
• Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers
• Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and Paintings of Norval Morrisseau, Art Association of Newport
• From the Pangnirtung Weave Shop, The Guild Shop
• Inuit Graphic Art from Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Inuit Survival, Enook Galleries, Waterloo, Ontario Presented at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *77, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *78, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *79, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *83, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *84, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *85, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *86, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *92, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Collection *94, (annual collection)
• Pangnirtung Print Retrospective: 1973-1986, Organized by Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative Limited, Pangnirtung, at Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Pangnirtung Prints and Stonecuts, Northern Images
• Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics, Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
• The Lindsay and Swartz Collections: New Acquisitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Useful Bits of Bone, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Whalebone Carvings and Inuit Prints, Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery

Collections

• Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's
• Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg