Born: December, 1929 Male E9-24Resides: SanikiluaqSculptureJohnassie's wife Mina is also a sculptor. Back to Top Courtesy: Bayat Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada Back to Top Exhibitions: 1971 - 1973: Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)1973 February - April: The Bessie Bulman Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1979 March - April: Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)1980 August - October: The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1981 April - May: Sculpture from Belcher Islands, Images of the North, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.1981 June - August: Belcher Islands/Sanikiluaq, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1987 September - November: The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)1987 December - 1988 February: Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musée des Beaux-arts d'Arras, Arras, France (illustrated catalogue)1988 October: Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man, presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club, Chicago, Illinois1988 November - December: [Inuit Art Exhibition] Orca Aart, presented at Neiman Marcus, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.1989 February: Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited, presented by Orca Aart, Chicago, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.1990 September - October: Recent Sculpture from Sanikiluaq, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.1991 June - September: Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (second exhibition), Vancouver Inuit Art Society, Vancouver, British Columbia1993 February: 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, Germany Back to Top Collections: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Back to Top Selected Bibliography: 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.Driscoll, Bernadette: THE INUIT AMAUTIK: I Like My Hood to be Full. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.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: SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.

Exhibitions

• Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists, at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
• Belcher Islands/Sanikiluaq, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (second exhibition), Vancouver Inuit Art Society
• Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras
• 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
• Recent Sculpture from Sanikiluaq, Albers Gallery
• Sculpture from Belcher Islands, Images of the North
• Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery
• Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
• The Bessie Bulman Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man, presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club
• [Inuit Art Exhibition], Orca Aart, presented at Neiman Marcus

Collections

• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Publications

• MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCE LIST - ESKIMOS AND INDIANS., Author: Ontario Department of Education, Publication: Toronto, Ont. : Ontario Department of Education. (1969)