Sculpture, Crafts She moved to  Spence Bay in 1965 and began carving in 1968. The themes of many of Maudie's sculptures are supernatural spirits, deities and creatures. She enjoys  working in whalebone and stone. Maudie's husband, James Okittuq, is also a  carver in Spence Bay.   EXHIBITIONS: 1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de l'arctique canadien  Canadian Eskimo Arts Council  Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/  Dr. Harry Winrob Collection  Surrey Art Gallery  Surrey, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) July 1979 - May 1980 Inuit Art in the 1970s Department of Indian Affairs  and Northern Development, and the  Agnes Etherington Art Centre  Kingston, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) Sept - Oct 1980 Spence Bay Sculpture: An Expressive Force The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art  Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) December 1982 Spence Bay Sculpture Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art City Hall  Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland 1985 - 1986 Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture  Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers  Ltd., with the assistance of  Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,  Ottawa  (tour) (illustrated brochure) Aug - Nov 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis presented by Inuit Galerie  Mannheim, Germany (tour) (illustrated catalogue) December 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis Inuit Galerie, Mannheim  held at the Niedersaechsisches Landesmuseum  Hannover, Germany Dec 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the  Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit  Art in Canada  Canadian Museum of Civilization  Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)  Oct - Nov 1990 A Woman's Vision Art Space Gallery  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. April - May 1991 Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou Art Space Gallery  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Aug - Sept 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai  at Galerie Akenaton  Troyes, France Nov - Dec 1991 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape

Exhibitions

• A Woman's Vision, Art Space Gallery
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Montador
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Akenaton
• Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1991, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Colombier
• Canadian Inuit Art, Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
• Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de l'arctique canadien, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
• Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim held at the Niedersaechsisches Landesmuseum
• Die Kunst aus der Arktis, presented by Inuit Galerie
• Im Schatten der Sonne: Zeitgenossische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art in Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
• Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Inuit Art in the 1970s, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
• Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
• Kitikmeot: Sculpture from Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay, Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• Kunstwerke der Inuit, Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee
• Major/Minor, Marion Scott Gallery
• Maudie Okittuq, Inuit Galerie
• Maudie Okittuq -Sculpture, Images Art Gallery
• Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou, Art Space Gallery
• Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture, Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers Ltd., with the assistance of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa
• Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery
• Spence Bay Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Spence Bay Sculpture: An Expressive Force, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• The Inuit Imagination, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic, Marion Scott Gallery

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Publications

• ARCTIC WHALERS ICY SEAS — Narratives of the Davis Strait Whale Fishery, Author: Ross, W. Gillies, Publication: Toronto: Irwin Publishing (1985)
• ARTISTS' SUPPLEMENT, Author: Inuit Art Quarterly, Publication: Nepean, Ont.: Inuit Art Quarterly (1990)
• CLYDE RIVER — Sculpture, Author: Canadian Arctic Producers, Publication: Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited. (1980)
• ESKIMO DOLLS., Author: Alaska State Council on the Arts, Publication: Anchorage: Alaska State Council on the Arts. (1982)
• ESKIMO SCULPTURE '69., Author: Robertson Galleries, Publication: Ottawa: The Robertson Galleries. (1969)
• IMAGES OF THE INUIT., Author: Simon Fraser Gallery, Publication: Burnaby: The Simon Fraser Gallery. (1979)
• MOTHER AND CHILD — Selections from the Inuit Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, July 7 to Sept. 22, 1989, Author: Art Gallery of Ontario, Publication: Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario (1989)
• SPIRIT OF THE LAND — Inuit art from the Art Gallery of York University Collection, Author: York University. Art Gallery, Publication: Toronto, Ont.,: York University (1987)
• THE FAR NORTH : 2000 YEARS OF AMERICAN ESKIMO AND INDIAN ART, Author: National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Publication: Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art. (1973)