Samwillie (Ekalook; Samuelee; Sam Willie; Echalook; Samuili; Ekalok) Iqaluq (* 1925) --------Born: 1925 MaleDied: October, 1993Resided: SanikiluaqSculptureSamwillie's wife Mina and his son Jimmy are both carvers. Back to Top Courtesy: Bayat Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada Back to Top Exhibitions: 1972: Belcher Island Sculpture, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec1973 February - April: The Bessie Bulman Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1973 June: Eskimo Sculpture, Pucker/Safrai Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue)1976 March - July: The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1978: August - November: The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1979 December: Sculpture from the Belcher Islands, Theo Waddington, Montreal, Quebec1981 June - August: Belcher Islands/Sanikiluaq, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1984 February - March: Canadian Inuit Art, City Hall, Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland1985 March - May Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1986 June: New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario1987 May - June: [Inuit Art Exhibition] Whitby Arts Incorporated, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario1988 March: Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.1989 October - December: Baffin Images, Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.1990 September - October: Recent Sculpture from Sanikiluaq, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.1990 November: This Is My World, Presented by Jordan Fine Arts, at the Windmill Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.1993 February 1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit, Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee, Grainau, Germany1993 April - July: Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) Back to Top Collections: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, OntarioCanadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, QuebecLaurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, OntarioLuther College, Decorah, Iowa, U.S.A.Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, QuebecPrince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest TerritoriesRed Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, AlbertaThe Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, ManitobaUniversity of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AlbertaWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Back to Top Selected Bibliography: 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.Driscoll, Bernadette: UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art, Gallery, 1985.Saucier, Celine: IMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988.Swinton, George: SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.Winnipeg Art Gallery: BELCHER ISLANDS/SANIKILUAQ. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery,1981.Winnipeg Art Gallery: THE MULDERS' COLLECTION OF ESKIMO SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: TheWinnipeg Art Gallery, 1976.Winnipeg Art Gallery: THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: TheWinnipeg Art Gallery, 1978. Back to Top

Exhibitions

• Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
• Baffin Images, Orca Aart
• Belcher Island Sculpture, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Belcher Islands/Sanikiluaq, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Canadian Inuit Art, Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
• Eskimo Sculpture, Pucker/Safrai Gallery
• Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
• Kunstwerke der Inuit, Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee
• Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• Recent Sculpture from Sanikiluaq, Albers Gallery
• Sculpture from the Belcher Islands, Theo Waddington
• The Bessie Bulman Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• This Is My World, Presented by Jordan Fine Arts at the Windmill Gallery
• Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• [Inuit Art Exhibition], Whitby Arts Incorporated, The Station Gallery

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury
• Luther College, Decorah
• Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City
• Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
• Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer
• The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
• University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg