Inuit Artists Print Workbookmother of Echalook Nuturalook, Thomasie Alashua, Lydia Quarak, Caroline Angutigalu, and Alice Aullaas with most of the early print artists, She probably carved all her own stones and did some of the printing in the beginning years. Annie produced about 56 images in 8 collections from 1962 to 1973. There is a tribute to her in the 1984 POV print catalog.------------------Prints, Printmaking, Crafts Annie's parents were Sandy Nuvalinga and Lydia Qinnalu. She and her  husband Nataraalu, who died in 1955, had six children between 1922 and 1945,  the oldest and youngest of whom were thought to be one and the same person  through a miracle of rebirth. When "miracle baby" Caroline Angutigalu was  born on February 26, 1945, it was somehow perceived that she was in fact the  Caroline Angutigalu who was born in 1922 and who had died May 25, 1945.  Namesakes are a common occurrence in Inuit culture as elsewhere, and there is  also a more intimate relationship, called "saunak" in which at least part of  the soul is transferred from one person to another. The first person need not be deceased, and the second not necessarily newborn; they need not even be the same sex. (For example Ali Tulugak, the excellent carver, translator and  entrepreneur, is the saunak of Joe Talirunili, Arctic Quebec's famous carver,  who died in 1976.) Reincarnation within one family and one generation raises  interesting kinship designations.   During her printmaking career, 1962-1973, Annie authored fifty-nine  catalogued prints, another seven issued in 1965 apparently sold after the  catalogue was published. Only Juanisialuk, with a total of 79 prints,  surpassed her output during the same period.   Echalook, Annie's son, produced some drawings in 1987-88 in response to a competition and has had other drawings translated into prints, but so far no  other family member has followed her graphic career.   Mary Craig 1991   [Further research by Sandra Barz indicates that several of Annie  Mikpiga's children tried their hands at graphic art. Echalook Nutaraluk,  Alasi Audla Tullaugak, and Tamusi Alasua Nutaraalu are artists, Lydia Quarak  is a printer.]  EXHIBITIONS: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, Povungnituk Print Collection 1970, 1972, 1973 (annual collection)  (illustrated catalogue) 1973 Batik - Povungnituk Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec Jan 1977 - Jun 1982 The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit Department of Indian Affairs and  Northern Development and the  National Museum of Man  Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1979 Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative exhibition from the collection of Professor  and Mrs. Philip Gray  Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State  University  Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A. (catalogue) Sept 1980 - Feb 1981 Things Made by Inuit La Federation des Cooperatives du  Nouveau-Quebec  Montreal, Quebec (tour) (illustrated catalogue) February - August 1982 Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec Musee du Quebec  Quebec, Quebec (illustrated brochure) November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic  Arctic Artistry  Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A. 1987 The Bond Between Mother and Child The Arctic Circle  Los Angeles, California March - July 1987 Winnipeg Collects: Inuit Art from Private Collections  Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past Arctic Artistry  Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A. November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987 Arctic Artistry  Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A. March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art  Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec 1990 Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection Glenbow Museum  Calgary, Alberta June - Sept 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990 Arctic Artistry  Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. February 1992 Prints from Povungnituk 1962-1988 Albers Gallery of Inuit Art  San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Nov - Dec 1993 Women Who Draw: 30 Years of Graphic Art from the Canadian Arctic  Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario March - August 1994 Kunst aus der Arktis Volkerkundmuseum der Universitat Zurich  Zurich, Switzerland (illustrated catalogue) July 1994 Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art  Frye Art Museum  Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art  Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec  Montreal, Quebec COLLECTIONS: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario  Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal, Quebec  Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario  Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta  Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec  Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario  Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba  HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1978 The artist contributed a print to be used in the 1978 Puvirnituq calendar. 1979 A print by the artist was contributed to the 1979 Puvirnituq calendar. SELECTED REFERENCES:  ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974. Barz, Sandra B., ed.  CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES. New York : Arts & Culture of the North, 1990. Blakeman, Evelyn  IN MEMORIAM: ANNIE MIGPIKA. Edmonton, Alta. : Inuit Art Enthusiasts Newsletter(25)1, January, 1985. Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev. INUNNIT: The Art of the Canadian Eskimo = L'art des Eskimaux du Canada. / by W. T. Larmour. French translation by Jacques Brunet. Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1967. 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. Hassler, Gitta  KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS: GRAPHIKEN DER INUIT IN KANADA. Zurich: Volkerkundmuseum der Universitat Zurich, 1994. Hessel, Ingo  ANNIE MIKPIGA (NUVALINGA) (1900-1984). In North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A biographical Dictionary/ Garland, 1995. National Museum of Man  THE INUIT PRINT = L'ESTAMPE INUIT: A Travelling Exhibition... = Une exposition itinerante... Ottawa: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1977. Saucier, Celine  IMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988. Simard, Cyril  ARTISANAT QUEBECOIS: 3: INDIENS ET ESQUIMAUX. Montreal: Les Editions de l'Homme, 1977. Van Raalte, Sharon  INUIT WOMEN AND THEIR ART. Communique, May 1975. p.21-23.

Exhibitions

• Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum
• Batik - Povungnituk, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative exhibition from the collection of Professor and Mrs. Philip Gray, Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University
• Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection, Glenbow Museum
• Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990, Arctic Artistry
• Inuit Graphics from the Past, Arctic Artistry
• Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry
• Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987, Arctic Artistry
• Kunst aus der Arktis, Volkerkundmuseum der Universitat Zurich
• Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec, Musee du Quebec
• Povungnituk Print Collection *62, (annual collection)
• Povungnituk Print Collection *64, (annual collection)
• Povungnituk Print Collection *65, (annual collection)
• Povungnituk Print Collection *66, (annual collection)
• Povungnituk Print Collection *68, (annual collection)
• Povungnituk Print Collection *69 (for catalogue see Povungnituk Prints 1960-1970 Retrospective), (annual collection)
• Povungnituk Print Collection *72, (annual collection)
• Povungnituk Print Collection *73, (annual collection)
• Prints from Povungnituk 1962-1988, Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
• The Bond Between Mother and Child, The Arctic Circle
• The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man
• Things Made by Inuit, La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
• Winnipeg Collects: Inuit Art from Private Collections, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Women Who Draw: 30 Years of Graphic Art from the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
• Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art, Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec

Collections

• Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston
• Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal
• Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Glenbow Museum, Calgary
• Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City
• Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg