Tye Adla's was a sculptor and graphic artist; her husband Kalai is a sculptor. Her brothers Iyola Kingwatsiak and Mikigak Kingwatsiak, and her sister Keeleemeeoomee Samualie, are also artists. Adla began drawing after returning from a tuberculosis sanitorium in the early sixties. Her works, mostly of animals, were done in a style similar to that of her husband's.

Exhibitions

• Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival, Alaska Methodist University Galleries
• Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Cape Dorset Graphics *66, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *69, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *70, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *74, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *75, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Through the Years: 25 Years of Graphics and Sculpture, Arctic Artistry
• Eskimo Carvings, Waddington
• Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/ Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture, National Gallery of Modern Art
• Inoonoot Eskima: Grafik och Skulptur fran Cape Dorset och Povungnituk, Konstframjandet
• Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
• Inuit Graphics from the Past, Arctic Artistry
• Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic, Arctic Artistry
• Original Drawings by Nine Cape Dorset Women, Gallery of Fine Canadian Crafts
• Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, McMichael Canadian Collection

Collections

• Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth
• Art Gallery of York University, Downsview
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
• Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
• Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Publications

• THE FAMILY IN INUIT ART — An Exhibition of Inuit Carvings, Prints, and Wallhangings in Celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Inuit Art Enthusiasts, Author: Cochran, Bente Roed, Publication: Edmonton: McMullen Gallery (1989)