Simon Tookoome
Settlement: Baker Lake / Qamani’tuaq
(1934-2010) — E2-426
Alternative Names: Tookoome Tookoome, Simon Tookoome, Tacoomie Tookoome, Tukummik Tookoome, Hiutinuaq Tookoome, Teloogayak , Seeviga , Sivuraq , Suvuraq , Sivoga
Exhibitions
Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists
at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Akenaton
Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre
Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien
Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawings from the Canadian Arctic
Gallery 100 Hudson
Art/Facts
McMaster Art Gallery
Baker Lake
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Baker Lake - Uncatalogued Prints 1979-1985 A retrospective collection exhibited at selected galleries, organized by
Canadian Arctic Producers
Baker Lake Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Baker Lake Drawings
The Upstairs Gallery
Baker Lake Print Collection *71
(annual collection)
Baker Lake Print Collection *72
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Baker Lake Print Collection *73
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Baker Lake Print Collection *74
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Baker Lake Print Collection *75
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Baker Lake Print Collection *76
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Baker Lake Print Collection *77
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Baker Lake Print Collection *78
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Baker Lake Print Collection *79
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Baker Lake Print Collection *80
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Baker Lake Print Collection *81
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Baker Lake Print Collection *82
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Baker Lake Print Collection *83/84
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Baker Lake Print Collection *85
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Baker Lake Print Collection *86
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Baker Lake Print Collection *87
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Baker Lake Print Collection *88
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Baker Lake Print Collection *90
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Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *72
(annual collection)
Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *73
(annual collection)
Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *74
(annual collection)
Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *75
(annual collection)
Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *78
(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 Print Retrospective: A Twenty Year Anniversary
The Upstairs Gallery
Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings: 1970-1976
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Baker Lake Prints - Ten Year Retrospective
The Upstairs Gallery
Baker Lake Prints 1985
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Baker Lake Prints and Print Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Baker Lake Prints: 1970 - 1982 Retrospective
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Baker Lake: Persistence of Old Memories
Brandon Allied Arts Council
Bears of the North
Snow Goose Associates
Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Celebration 1988
Petro-Canada Exhibition Gallery
Chisel and Brush/Le ciseau et la brosse
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories
University of Richmond
Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, presented at the General Assembly Building, United Nations
Contemporary Inuit Art at the National Gallery of Canada
National Gallery of Canada
Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary
Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them
The Arctic Circle
Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim held at Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute, University of Siegen at Villa Waldrich
Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, presented by Commerzbank
Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Drawings by Simon Tookoome and Nancy Pookertnak of Baker Lake
Gallery Pascal
Drawings from Baker Lake
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Each Depends on the Other
Houston North Gallery
Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Free Spirits of the Inuit
The Arctic Circle
Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art
Art Gallery of Ontario
I Am Always Thinking About the Animals
Houston North Gallery
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
Imprint '76
Art Gallery of Ontario, Extension Services
Inua - Angakok - Inuk
The Arctic Circle
Inuit Art in the 1970s
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada
National Museum of Man, Ottawa and Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada
Inuit Drawings
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Inuit Drawings
Albers Gallery
Inuit Graphic Art from Indian & Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Inuit Masterworks: Selections from the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Kathleen Fenwick Memorial Exhibition
Gallery Pascal
Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans
Magic and Shamanism
Artspace Main/Access Gallery
Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Native Sculptures and Prints
Gallery Pascal
Noel au Chateau - Art inuit de la collection Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, Ontario presented at Chateau Dufresne
Nouveau Territoires... 350/500 Ans Apres, Presented at les maisons de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame- de-Grace, and Rosemont-Petite Patrie
Montreal Recreation and Community Development Service and les Ateliers Visions Planetaire
Original Serigraphs and Works on Paper by Simon Tookoome/Inuit sculpture from the Baker Lake Area
Madison Gallery
Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake
National Gallery of Canada
Qamanittuaq: Where the River Widens Drawings by Baker Lake Artists
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Qiviuq: A Legend in Art
Carleton University Art Gallery
Selections from the McMaster Art Gallery Collection
McMaster Art Gallery
Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Canadian Arctic Producers and the National Museum of Man
Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Arts and Learning Services Foundation (this is a duplicate of the C.A.P. and National Museum of Man exhibition of 1976-1981)
Share the Vision Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art
Art Space Gallery
Simon Tookoome
McMichael Canadian Collection
Simon Tookoome
Inuit Galerie
Simon Tookoome - Drawings
Theo Waddington
Simon Tookoome - Drawings
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Simon Tookoome Original Drawings
Albers Gallery
Sojourns to Nunavut: Contemporary Inuit Art from Canada
at Bunkamura Art Gallery, presented by the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology and The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
The Coming and Going of the Shaman: Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
The Great Northern Arts Festival
held in Inuvik
The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man
The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario
University of Guelph
The Moveable Feast
Arts and Learning Services Foundation
The People Within - Art from Baker Lake
Art Gallery of Ontario
The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man
presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club
We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs
Western Canadian Woodblock Prints
Muttart Public Art Gallery
Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec
[Inuit Art Exhibition]
Whitby Arts Incorporated, The Station Gallery
[L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet
Public Collections
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
Fort Worth
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection
Ada
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Victoria
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax
Canada Council Art Bank
Ottawa
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull
CIBC Collection
Toronto
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
Inuit Cultural Institute
Rankin Inlet
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph
McMaster University Art Gallery
Hamilton
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg
Mendel Art Gallery
Saskatoon
Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal
Montreal
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Vancouver
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Yellowknife
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby
University of Alberta
Edmonton
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg
Publications
L'ART DES INUIT.
Author: Veisse, Jeannine
Publication: Vie des arts, no 66, printemps, 1972. p.44-45. (1972)
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| A HAPPY MEETING | 2008-06 (June 2008) | |
| A LONELY MAN | 2012-06 (June 2012) | |
| A VISION OF ANIMALS | 2013-05 (May 2013) | |
| ARGUMENT | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| AT THE CENTRE | 2019-04 (April 2019) | |
| BEAR | 2011-03 (March 2011) | |
| BIRD SHAMAN | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| BUST WITH OPPOSING KUDLIK | 2015-01 (January 2015) | |
| CARIBOU | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| COMMUNITY | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| COMPOSITION | 2012-04 (April 2012) | |
| COMPOSITION WITH ARCTIC ANIMALS AND FACE | 2015-07 (July 2015) | |
| COMPOSITION WITH FACES, ULU AND FOX | 2014-10 (October 2014) | |
| COMPOSITION WITH OPPOSING FACES AND WOLVES | 2014-09 (September 2014) | |
| CONFUSED BY VICIOUS DOGS | 2019-12 (December 2019) | |
| DANGER OF WOLVES | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| DOG | 2023-12 (December 2023) | |
| EACH DEPENDS ON THE OTHER | 2017-03 (March 2017) | |
| EACH DEPENDS ON THE OTHER; TWO HEADED DOG CHASING QIVIUQ | 2017-02 (February 2017) | |
| FACES; TOTEM WITH FACE, ANIMAL AND KUDLIK DETAIL | 2012-03 (March 2012) | |
| FAMILY | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| FIGHTING OVER A FISH | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| FRIENDSHIP | 2021-06 (June 2021) | |
| GIANTS ADOPT AN INUK PERSON | 2009-03 (March 2009) | |
| GROUP DECISION MAKING | 2020-03 (March 2020) | |
| HEADS IN ABSTRACTION | 2021-03 (March 2021) | |
| HUNGER | 2020-11 (November 2020) | |
| HUNTER SEARCHING FOR FOOD | 2017-08 (August 2017) | |
| HUNTERS, DOGS, AND MUSK OX | 2014-01 (January 2014) | |
| I AM ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE ANIMALS | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| INUGUQTUQ | 2017-03 (March 2017) | |
| INUIT HUNTING AND FISHING | 2022-07 (July 2022) | |
| INUIT TOGETHER | 2014-04 (April 2014) | |
| INUK IMAGINES DOG ANIMALS, 1981 | 2023-06 (June 2023) | |
| INUKPASSUKYUK / GIANTS ADOPT AN INUK PERSON | 2017-03 (March 2017) | |
| INUKPASSUKYUK, GIANTS ADOPT AN INUK PERSON | 2009-09 (September 2009) | |
| KIVIUK CROSSING THE RIVER | 2015-08 (August 2015) | |
| MAN AND WIFE | 2019-06 (June 2019) | |
| MUSK OX | 2010-04 (April 2010) | |
| MUSK OX SPIRIT | 2021-09 (September 2021) | |
| MY DOG PROTECTING ME | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| NUNAMIUTAT | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| NUNAMIUTAT (SUMMER CAMP PEOPLE) | 2014-07 (July 2014) | |
| PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT WOLVES | 2008-06 (June 2008) | |
| QADRUHAUQ - THE MYSTERIOUS HELPER | 2008-06 (June 2008) | |
| QADRUHUAQ THE MYSTERIOUS HELPER | 2008-10 (October 2008) | |
| QADRUHUAQ, THE MYSTERIOUS HELPER | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| QARUHUAQ BECOMES A SHAMAN | 2019-06 (June 2019) | |
| QIVIUQ DREAMS OF WOLVES AND MEN | 2014-10 (October 2014) | |
| SHAMAN AND WOLVES | 2007-04 (April 2007) | |
| SHAMAN WITH CARIBOU HEADS | 2013-03 (March 2013) | |
| SHAMAN/WOLF | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| SPIRIT | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| THE KIND ANIMALS | 2017-08 (August 2017) | |
| THE LAND | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| THE MYSTERIOUS HELPER | 2020-03 (March 2020) | |
| THE PLEASURE OF EATING FISH | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| THE PLEASURES OF EATING FISH | 2013-05 (May 2013) | |
| THE SHAMAN PERFORMS | 2011-04 (April 2011) | |
| THE WAVE | 2020-02 (February 2020) | |
| THE WORLD OF MAN AND THE WORLD OF ANIMALS COME TOGETHER IN THE SHAMAN | 2021-12 (December 2021) | |
| THINKING OF ANIMALS | 2022-09 (September 2022) | |
| TOTEM | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| TRANSFORMATION | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| TRAVEL IN WINTER AND SUMMER TIME; QIVIUQ DREAMS OF WOLVES AND MEN | 2016-08 (August 2016) | |
| TWO FACES | 2011-11 (November 2011) | |
| TWO SHAMAN HELPERS GREETING EACH OTHER | 2010-02 (February 2010) | |
| UMIKMAKSIUQTUQ KAPUUNUD | 2021-10 (October 2021) | |
| UMINGMAK, ANIMALS AFRAID OF ANIMALS | 2008-06 (June 2008) | |
| UNTITLED | 2008-06 (June 2008) | |
| UNTITLED | 2013-10 (October 2013) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2008-09 (September 2008) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2008-06 (June 2008) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2010-10 (October 2010) | |
| UNTITLED | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| UNTITLED | 2020-02 (February 2020) | |
| UNTITLED | 2009-04 (April 2009) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-09 (September 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| UNTITLED | 2008-02 (February 2008) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2020-02 (February 2020) | |
| UNTITLED | 2008-06 (June 2008) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| UNTITLED | 2020-02 (February 2020) | |
| UNTITLED (2) (HUNTERS WITH DOGS AND MUSK OXEN) | 2015-01 (January 2015) | |
| UNTITLED (HUNTER DEVOURED) | 2012-06 (June 2012) | |
| UNTITLED (TRANSFORMATION) | 2012-06 (June 2012) | |
| WE LIVE BY ANIMALS | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| WOLF AT HOME WITH JOYOUS FACES | 2022-03 (March 2022) | |
| WOLF HUNTING CARIBOU | 2008-09 (September 2008) |
