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Paul Toolooktook, ᐸᓪ ᑐᓗᑐ

Settlement: Baker Lake / Qamani’tuaq

(1947-2003) — E2-377

Alternative Names: Toolooktook Toolooktook, Paul Toolooktook

Son of Martha Noonilk, brother of Peter Sevoga and Thomas Sivuraq (by Adoption), half brother of Basil Taunak -------- PAUL TOOLOOKTOOK Born: May 6, 1947 Deceased 2003 Male E2-377 Place of Birth: Beverly Lake District Resides: Baker Lake Sculpture, Printmaking ------------ Paul Toolooktook Born: May 6, 1947 Died: May 2003 Male Place of Birth: Beverly Lake District Resided: Baker Lake Sculpture, Printmaking ----------- EXHIBITIONS: November - Dec 1965 Arctic Values '65 New Brunswick Museum with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs St. John, New Brunswick (illustrated catalogue) 1967 Eskimo Sculpture Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) 1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic Canadian Eskimo Arts Council Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) 1973, 1982, 1987 Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) 1974 Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974 Lippel Gallery Montreal, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec August 1974 Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists Gallery of the Arctic Victoria, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) August - Nov 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) January - June 1979 Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure) 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) June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land The Koffler Gallery Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture Arctic Inuit Art Gallery Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. December 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) January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. February 1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. October - Dec 1989 Baffin Images Orca Aart Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario November 1990 - February 1991 Espaces Inuit Maison Hamel-Bruneau Ste-Foy, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) February 1991 Animals of the Arctic Arctic Inuit Art Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (second exhibition) Vancouver Inuit Art Society Vancouver, British Columbia November - Dec 1991 Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection Muscarelle Museum of Art Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. June - October 1992 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 Montreal, Quebec (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery Toronto April - May 1994 Mythic Image Ancestral Spirits Gallery Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A. August - October 1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic Bayly Art Museum University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. November 1994 Creatures of the Sea and Snow Snow Goose Associates Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario November 1995 Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step... Galerie D'Art Vincent Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1970 Invited to attend Expo'70 in Osaka, Japan. 1977 Attended the British Columbia Gem and Mineral Show to represent the North West Territories. 1977 Demonstrated and exhibited carvings at the Calgary Stampede, Edmonton's Klondike Days and the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. 1978 Was a featured carver at the Vancouver Boat Show, which displayed Inuit and Northwest Coast Indian art. SELECTED REFERENCES: ESKIMO CARVER DISPLAYS WORK AT BOAT SHOW. The Columbian, February 9, 1973. IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971. Crowe, Keith ESKIMOS IN JAPAN. The Beaver (301): 56-60, Spring, 1971. Galerie d'art Vincent NOT JUST A DANCING STEP = PLUS QU'UN PAS DE DANSE: An Inuit Art Exhibition organized by Galerie d'art Vincent, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada = Une exposition d'art Inuit... Ottawa: Galerie d'art Vincent [1996]. Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, 1974. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979. Koffler Gallery THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND. North York, Ont. : Jewish Community Centre, 1986. Marion Scott Gallery INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT: Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996]. Metcalfe, Robert ALMOST LIKE HOME. North 17:1-6, September/October, 1970. Schrager, Reissa THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND. Toronto, Ont. : Inuit Art Quarterly 1(2):8, 1986. Seidelman, Harold and James Turner THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993. Vision Planetaire NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art aborigene contemporain du Canada. Montreal: Vision Planetaire: Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992. Winnipeg Art Gallery THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978. ------- Born: May 6, 1947 Deceased 2003 Male E2-377 Place of Birth: Beverly Lake District Resides: Baker Lake Sculpture, Printmaking EXHIBITIONS: November - Dec 1965 Arctic Values '65 New Brunswick Museum with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs St. John, New Brunswick (illustrated catalogue) 1967 Eskimo Sculpture Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) 1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic Canadian Eskimo Arts Council Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) 1973, 1982, 1987 Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) 1974 Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974 Lippel Gallery Montreal, Quebec (illustrated catalogue) 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec August 1974 Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists Gallery of the Arctic Victoria, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) August - Nov 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue) January - June 1979 Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure) 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) June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them The Arctic Circle Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land The Koffler Gallery Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture Arctic Inuit Art Gallery Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. December 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) January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. February 1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago Milwaukee

Exhibitions

  • Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art
  • Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
  • Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists, at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
  • Arctic Values '65, New Brunswick Museum with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
  • Baffin Images, Orca Aart
  • Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *73, (annual collection)
  • Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *82, (annual collection)
  • Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *87, (annual collection)
  • Baker Lake Sculpture, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
  • Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories, University of Richmond
  • Creatures of the Sea and Snow, Snow Goose Associates
  • Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them, The Arctic Circle
  • Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building
  • Espaces Inuit, Maison Hamel-Bruneau
  • Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (second exhibition), Vancouver Inuit Art Society
  • 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
  • Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
  • Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic, Bayly Art Museum University of Virginia
  • Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974, Lippel Gallery
  • Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection, Muscarelle Museum of Art
  • Masterwork Sculpture 1985, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
  • Mythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery
  • Not Just a Dancing Step..., Galerie D'Art Vincent
  • 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
  • Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery
  • Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
  • Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts
  • Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
  • Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
  • Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists, Gallery of the Arctic
  • The Inuit Imagination, Winnipeg Art Gallery
  • The Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery
  • The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
  • The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Collections

  • Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada
  • Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
  • Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
  • Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
  • Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Exhibitions

Animals of the Arctic

Arctic Inuit Art


Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture

Arctic Inuit Art Gallery


Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists

at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago


Arctic Values '65

New Brunswick Museum with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs


Baffin Images

Orca Aart


Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *73

(annual collection)


Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *82

(annual collection)


Baker Lake Print Collection (printmaker) *87

(annual collection)


Baker Lake Sculpture

Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec


Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories

University of Richmond


Creatures of the Sea and Snow

Snow Goose Associates


Demons and Spirits and those who wrestled with them

The Arctic Circle


Eskimo Sculpture

Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building


Espaces Inuit

Maison Hamel-Bruneau


Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (second exhibition)

Vancouver Inuit Art Society


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


Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture

Marion Scott Gallery


Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic

Bayly Art Museum University of Virginia


Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974

Lippel Gallery


Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection

Muscarelle Museum of Art


Masterwork Sculpture 1985

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver


Mythic Image

Ancestral Spirits Gallery


Not Just a Dancing Step...

Galerie D'Art Vincent


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


Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection

Surrey Art Gallery


Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic

Canadian Eskimo Arts Council


Sedna: Spirit of the Sea

Feheley Fine Arts


Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic

Feheley Fine Arts


Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development


Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists

Gallery of the Arctic


The Inuit Imagination

Winnipeg Art Gallery


The Spirit of the Land

The Koffler Gallery


The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture

The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery


The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art

Winnipeg Art Gallery

Public Collections

Amway Environmental Foundation Collection

Ada


Art Gallery of Ontario

Toronto


Canadian Museum of Civilization

Hull


Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City


National Gallery of Canada

Ottawa


Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Yellowknife


Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection

Toronto


Winnipeg Art Gallery

Winnipeg

Artwork

Title Last Sold At Auction
BEAR ATTACKING MUSK OX 2020-09 (September 2020)
BIRD SHAMAN 2019-04 (April 2019)
BIRD TRANSFORMATION 2008-04 (April 2008)
BIRD WOMAN CARRYING WORM SHAMAN 2018-02 (February 2018)
BIRD/WOMAN 2010-04 (April 2010)
FLYING SOUTH 2009-11 (November 2009)
HUNTER 2009-02 (February 2009)
HUNTER WITH HARPOON 2012-05 (May 2012)
INUIT FAMILY 2007-04 (April 2007)
MOTHER AND CHILD WITH FISH 2007-11 (November 2007)
MOTHER HOLDING CHILD 2019-11 (November 2019)
MUSK OX 2020-08 (August 2020)
RESTING SEAL SHAMAN 2016-03 (March 2016)
SEA SPIRIT SHAMAN 2019-03 (March 2019)
SEDNA 2012-04 (April 2012)
SHAMAN 2009-11 (November 2009)
SIGNALING HUNTER 2016-04 (April 2016)
SPIRIT HEAD WITH SEDNA 2013-07 (July 2013)
STANDING WOMAN 2010-01 (January 2010)
TRANSFORMATION 2007-11 (November 2007)
TRANSFORMATIONS 2012-05 (May 2012)
WINGED TRANSFORMATIONS 2012-03 (March 2012)
WOMAN BUILDING AN INUKSHUK 2009-04 (April 2009)

Recent Auction Results

BEAR ATTACKING MUSK OX
Estimate: 2,000 — 4,000
Sold: Sep 2020 — Sold For: $2,500
MUSK OX
Estimate: 500 — 700
Sold: Aug 2020 — Sold For: $480
BIRD SHAMAN
Estimate: 200 — 400
Sold: Apr 2019 — Sold For: $450
SEA SPIRIT SHAMAN
Estimate: 200 — 300
Sold: Mar 2019 — Sold For: $120
BIRD WOMAN CARRYING WORM SHAMAN
Estimate: 600 — 900
Sold: Feb 2018 — Sold For: $480
BIRD SHAMAN
Estimate: 300 — 500
Sold: Mar 2017 — Sold For: $180