Peter Sevoga, ᐱᑕ ᓯᕗᒐ
Settlement: Baker Lake / Qamani’tuaq
(1940-2007) — E2-225
Alternative Names: Sevoga Sevoga, Peter Sevoga, Teloogayak Sevoga, Sivuraq Sevoga, Seevoga Sevoga, Suvuraq Sevoga, Teloogahyak Sevoga, Talugiyak Sevoga, Sivugak Sevoga
Peter Segova was an artist in Baker Lake born in 1940. He is known for working in the traditional Baker Lake style using materials such as basalt stone local to the area. He was a prolific carver who became well known by his early 20s.
He is known for his depictions of mothers and children, Muskoxen, and Bears. In 1965, he was part of an experimental printing workshop in Baker Lake working as both an artist and a printmaker.
His half brother, Thomas Segova, is also a well known Baker Lake carver. Peter Segova passed away in 2007.
Exhibitions
- Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum
- Arctic Wildlife: The Art of the Inuit, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
- Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe
- Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien
- Baker Lake, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Baker Lake - Drawings, Sculpture, Tapestries, Theo Waddington
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *77, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *78, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *81, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *83/4, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *85, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *86, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *87, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *88, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *90, (annual collection)
- Baker Lake Sculpture, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Baker Lake Sculpture, The Upstairs Gallery
- Baker Lake Sculpture: Power and Restraint, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of Important Inuit Sculpture, Waddington Galleries
- Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim held at Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute, University of Siegen at Villa Waldrich
- Eskimo Art, Embankment Gallery
- Eskimo Sculpture '69, Robertson Galleries
- Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and Paintings of Norval Morrisseau, Art Association of Newport
- 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
- Images from the Arctic, Galerie D'Art Vincent
- Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York
- 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 Master Artists of the 1970s, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of the Spirit, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Major/Minor, Marion Scott Gallery
- Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly
- Mother & Child, Marion Scott Gallery
- Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints, Albers Gallery
- Our Hoods are Full, Arctic Artistry
- People of the Caribou, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Peter and Thomas Sevoga, Graphics from Baker Lake and Holman Island 1982, Inuit Galerie
- Peter Sevoga, Raven 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, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council a competition/exhibition organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the N.W.T.
- Selections from the John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University
- Sheokju of Cape Dorset & Eleven Sculptors of Baker Lake, Victor Waddington Gallery
- Stone Sculpture of Baker Lake Eskimos, Pucker/Safrai Gallery
- Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper: Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections, Edmonton Art Gallery
- The Eskimo Woman: her life and dreams in prints and sculpture, The Arctic Circle
- The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood To Be Full, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- The Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery
- The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Three Artists from Baker Lake, Mazelow Gallery
Collections
- Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada
- Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
- Glenbow Museum, Calgary
- Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
- Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
- Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Publications
- GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS — Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, Author: Blodgett, Jean, Publication: Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario (1983)
- INUIT ART — An Anthology, Author: , Publication: Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer Publishing Ltd (1988)
- LES INUIT, Author: Canada. Affaires indiennes et du Nord Canada, Publication: Ottawa: Ministre des Approvisionnements et Services Canada (1986)
- NOUVEAU QUEBEC - ARCTIC QUEBEC, Author: Galerie le Chariot, Publication: Montreal: Galerie le Chariot (1988)
- RUGGED AND PROFOUND — Sculpture from Eskimo Point, Author: Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Publication: Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art (1987)
- THE ANDY WARHOL COLLECTION OF AMERICAN INDIAN ART, Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., Publication: New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. (1988)
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| BIRD | 2008-04 (April 2008) | |
| BIRD MAN | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| BIRD SHAMAN | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| BIRD WOMAN | 2016-03 (March 2016) | |
| FAMILY | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| FIGURE WITH CREATURE | 2014-03 (March 2014) | |
| HANDSTAND AND OPPOSING FACE | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| HUNTER | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| HUNTER BUILDING AN INUKSHUK | 2009-03 (March 2009) | |
| HUNTER WITH RAISED ARM | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| INUIT COUPLE | 2012-04 (April 2012) | |
| KNEELING FIGURE | 2014-09 (September 2014) | |
| KNEELING FIGURE ADJUSTING HOOD | 2017-02 (February 2017) | |
| KNEELING FIGURE ADJUSTING PARKA | 2016-09 (September 2016) | |
| KNEELING WOMAN | 2021-05 (May 2021) | |
| MAN WITH HEAVY PACK | 2019-04 (April 2019) | |
| MAN WITH RAISED ARM | 2019-05 (May 2019) | |
| MOTHER ADJUSTING AMAUT WITH CHILD | 2018-02 (February 2018) | |
| MOTHER AND CHILD | 2015-01 (January 2015) | |
| MOTHER WITH CHILD | 2018-11 (November 2018) | |
| MOTHER WITH CHILD IN AMAUT | 2015-11 (November 2015) | |
| MUSK OX | 2015-06 (June 2015) | |
| POLAR BEAR | 2015-07 (July 2015) | |
| SEATED MAN | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| SEDNA | 2012-02 (February 2012) | |
| SET ASIDE YOUR NEEDLE FOR A DRUM DANCE AND SONG | 2009-02 (February 2009) | |
| SHAMAN TRANSFORMATION | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| STANDING FIGURE | 2008-11 (November 2008) | |
| STANDING MAN | 2017-08 (August 2017) | |
| SUCCESSFUL NARWHAL HUNT | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| TATTOOED WOMAN ADJUSTING CHILD IN HER AMAUT | 2016-02 (February 2016) | |
| TRANSFORMATION/MOTHER AND CHILD | 2017-06 (June 2017) | |
| TWO WRESTLING FIGURES | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| WRESTLING FIGURES | 2014-11 (November 2014) |