http://www.inuitarteskimoart.comGIDEON QAUQJUAQ (KAOOKJUAK; KADOJUAK; QUAJUAK) Born: May 1, 1941 Male E4-392 Place of Birth: Ekirahak near Fort Ross Resides: Gjoa Haven; also lived in Taloyoak and Iqaluit Sculpture, Jewellery, Drawings Born about 150 miles north of Taloyoak, Qauqjuaq moved around quite a bit when he was younger, between Taloyoak, Gjoa Haven, and Thom Bay. He moved to  Gjoa Haven in 1991; this is where his wife's family is from.   Qauqjuaq saw Charlie Ugyuk making good money from carving, and decided to take it up himself in 1969. He is self-taught; he remembers his first carving was a stone polar bear. Qauqjuaq gradually switched to whalebone as his  preferred medium, because of the heavy demand for whalebone pieces in the  early 1970s. He carved mostly people, polar bears, and seals. He has carved  a few shamanic pieces, but prefers animals and people. He also prefers to  carve fairly small scale pieces. Qauqjuaq now carves mostly small animals,  often on request. Qauqjuaq thinks it is easier to carve when he thinks of  stories he has heard, even when he is carving straightforward representations  of animals. He has a fondness for stories about animals who turned into  people.   Qauqjuaq once took a jewellery making course in Iqaluit; that is where he learned to carve ivory. His wife Alice has just finished a jewellery course  in Gjoa Haven. Two of Qauqjuaq's siblings are carvers in Taloyoak: Maudie  Rachel Oqittuq and Nick Uquqtuq.   Interview with the artist, October 1992.  EXHIBITIONS: October A Selection of Whalebone Carvings from Spence Bay  Waddington Galleries  Montreal, Quebec (illustrated brochure) 1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic  Canadian Eskimo Arts Council  Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)  March 1977 - February 1978 The Things That Make Us Beautiful/Nos Parures Department of Indian Affairs  and Northern Development  Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure) May 1980 Eskimo Miniature Carvings by Ada Eyetoaq, Jackoposie Opakat, Gideon Quaqjuaq  Images Art Gallery  Toronto, Ontario December 1982 Spence Bay Sculpture Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia January 1983 The Face of the Inuit The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art  Toronto, Ontario March - April 1984 Gjoa Haven Sculpture/Wallhangings Atlantic Galleries  Fredericton, New Brunswick March - April 1984 Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo  Colorado Galleries of the Arts,  Arapahoe Community College  Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A. November - December 1984 Ivory Sculpture by Augustine Anaituq of Pelly Bay and Gideon Quaqtuaq of  Gjoa Haven  The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art  Toronto, Ontario June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection  Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba  May 1989 Spirit of the Birds Gallery of the Arctic  Victoria, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) April - May 1991 Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou Art Space Gallery  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. November 1991 Kitikmeot-Land of the Spirits Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) 1993 - 1993 Arts from the Arctic Anchorage Museum of History and Art  Anchorage, Alaska (tour) (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1993 Glimpses of Gjoa Haven Gallery Phillip  Don Mills, Ontario April - July 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation  Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure) November 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination Winnipeg Art Gallery  Winnipeg, Manitoba November 1994 Creatures of the Sea and Snow Snow Goose Associates  Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi  Galleria d'Arte Moderna  e Contemporanea  Verona, Italy (illustrated catalogue) November - December 1995 Miniaturen Inuit Galerie  Mannheim, Germany (brochure) March - April 1996 Major/Minor Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia SOLO EXHIBITIONS: April 1995 Gideon Qauqyuac Inuit Galerie  Mannheim, Germany COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories  Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba  HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1977 Won an Award of Excellence in the jewellery competition "The Things That Make Us Beautiful" sponsored by the Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 1981 Travelled to Don Mills, Ontario to give carving demonstrations at the Gallery Phillip. 1993 Attended opening of the "Glimpses of Gjoa Haven" exhibit at Gallery Phillip in Don Mills, Ont., January 30 to February 20, 1993. SELECTED REFERENCES: Institute of Alaska Native Arts  ARTS FROM THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Circumpolar Art by Indigenous Artists from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Sapmi (Lapland), Russia. Presented by Institute of Alaska Native Arts and Anchorage Museum of History and Art, copyright Institute of Alaska Native Arts, 1993. Inuit Galerie  GIDEON QAUQYUAC [SIC]. Mannheim, F.D.R.: Inuit Galerie, 1988. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  KITIKMEOT: LAND OF THE SPIRITS. Vancouver : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1991. Seidelman, Harold and James Turner  THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993. Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea  IMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI. Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palazzo Forti, 1995. Wight, Darlene  COMMUNITY PROFILES: THE CENTRAL ARCTIC. Inuit Art and Crafts, no.2, December 1984. pp. 4-21. (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995-----------------------------------Northern Rock Susan Gustavison (1999)"pure rock goes through a hell of a lot of tools'

Exhibitions

• A Selection of Whalebone Carvings from Spence Bay, Waddington Galleries
• Arts from the Arctic, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
• Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Creatures of the Sea and Snow, Snow Goose Associates
• Eskimo Miniature Carvings by Ada Eyetoaq, Jackoposie Opakat, Gideon Quaqjuaq, Images Art Gallery
• Gideon Qauqyuac, Inuit Galerie
• Gjoa Haven Sculpture/Wallhangings, Atlantic Galleries
• Glimpses of Gjoa Haven, Gallery Phillip
• Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo, Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College
• Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
• Ivory Sculpture by Augustine Anaituq of Pelly Bay and Gideon Quaqtuaq of Gjoa Haven, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
• Kitikmeot-Land of the Spirits, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Major/Minor, Marion Scott Gallery
• Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie
• Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Nagdjuk: Gift of the Caribou, Art Space Gallery
• Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
• Spence Bay Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Spirit of the Birds, Gallery of the Arctic
• The Face of the Inuit, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• The Inuit Imagination, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Things That Make Us Beautiful/Nos Parures, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
• Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg