Thomas Oovayuk
Settlement: Baker Lake / Qamani’tuaq
(1938) — E2-129
Alternative Names: Oovayuk Oovayuk, Thomas Oovayuk, Ovayuk Oovayuk, Oovayoo Oovayuk, Oovayou Oovayuk
An Inuit Perspective Marie Bouchard 2000 "I ws really happy carving. in the springtime, when the daylight is long, my friends and I would stay up until the wee hours of the morning, carving together outside my house."
Exhibitions
- Baker Lake Sculpture, The Upstairs Gallery
- Baker Lake: Drawings, Sculpture, Tapestries, Waddington Galleries
- Eskimo Sculpture and Prints, Hartford National Bank, From the Inuit Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon
- Hudson's Bay Catalogue - Centennial Collection, Hudson's Bay Company
- Sculpture, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council a competition/exhibition organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the N.W.T.
- Stone Sculpture of Baker Lake Eskimos, Pucker/Safrai Gallery
- The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Collections
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
- Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
- Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Exhibitions
Baker Lake Sculpture
The Upstairs Gallery
Baker Lake: Drawings, Sculpture, Tapestries
Waddington Galleries
Eskimo Sculpture and Prints
Hartford National Bank, From the Inuit Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon
Hudson's Bay Catalogue - Centennial Collection
Hudson's Bay Company
Sculpture
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council a competition/exhibition organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the N.W.T.
Stone Sculpture of Baker Lake Eskimos
Pucker/Safrai Gallery
The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Public Collections
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Yellowknife
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| MOTHER WITH CHILD | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| MUSK OX | 2018-11 (November 2018) | |
| POLAR BEAR | 2011-11 (November 2011) | |
| WOMAN WAVING | 2016-03 (March 2016) |
