ELI TIKEAYAK (MEEKINGWAKNAK; MANGELIK) Born: 1933 Male E2-166 Place of Birth: Kazan River Resides: Rankin Inlet; also lived in Whale Cove Sculpture, Ceramics Eli had done some stone carving before joined the ceramic workshop in  Rankin. His brothers, Evoo Samgusak Magelik and Tuna Iquliq are also well  known carvers.  EXHIBITIONS: November - Dec 1965 Arctic Values '65 New Brunswick Museum  with the cooperation of the Department  of Indian and Northern Affairs  St. John, New Brunswick (illustrated catalogue) 1967 Keewatin Eskimo Ceramics '67 Department of Indian Affairs and  Northern Development, Ottawa  Co-sponsored by the Junior League  of Toronto  (illustrated catalogue) 1967 Eskimo Sculpture Winnipeg Art Gallery  presented at the Manitoba Legislative  Building  Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) 1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic  Canadian Eskimo Arts Council  Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) February - March 1972 Eskimo Sculpture: Selections from the Twomey Collection  Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) October - Nov 1978 Eskimo Art Embankment Gallery  London, England (illustrated catalogue) February - April 1981 Rankin Inlet/Kangirlliniq Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) September 1987 The Williamson Collection of Inuit Sculpture  Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,  University of Regina  Regina, Saskatchewan (tour) (illustrated catalogue) July - September 1989 Mother and Child: Selections from the Inuit Collection of the Art Gallery  of Ontario  Art Gallery of Ontario  Toronto, Ontario February - August 1992 Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) 1994 Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen  Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde  Munchen  Munich, Germany (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1996 Major/Minor Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia COLLECTIONS: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba  Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories  Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick  Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba  SELECTED REFERENCES: Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev. KEEWATIN ESKIMO CERAMICS '67. Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1967. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council  SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971. University of Regina. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Regina: University of Regina. The Norman MackenzieArt Gallery, 1987. Winnipeg Art Gallery  ESKIMO SCULPTURE: Selections from the Twomey Collection. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1972. Winnipeg Art Gallery  RANKIN INLET/KANGIRLLINIQ. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981. (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995

Exhibitions

• Arctic Values '65, New Brunswick Museum with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
• Eskimo Art, Embankment Gallery
• Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building
• Eskimo Sculpture: Selections from the Twomey Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
• Keewatin Eskimo Ceramics '67, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa Co-sponsored by the Junior League of Toronto
• Major/Minor, Marion Scott Gallery
• Mother and Child: Selections from the Inuit Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario
• Rankin Inlet/Kangirlliniq, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
• The Williamson Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina

Collections

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Eskimo Museum, Churchill
• Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
• Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
• Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
• Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg