Melia Jaw
Settlement: Cape Dorset / Kinngait
(1934-2006) — E7-922
A handsome woman in her early 70's, she too has come late to the stable of the Kinngait Studios. She is represented in the 2005 annual print collection by two images, both lithographs printed in bold, primary colours. The colours enhance her playful images, in which she is clearly enjoying inverting the natural order of things. Mialia is an active woman who likes to spend time Ôon the land' at the traditional camping areas down the coast from Cape Dorset. Her husband Joe Jaw is deceased, but her sons Mathew, Pootoogook and Kingwatsiak are all carvers of some note. Mathew (known as Mathew Saviakjuk) is especially well-known for his powerful, stylized sculpture, and he is also Cape Dorset's mayor — a position he has held for several years. --------- Exhibitions 2005 Cape Dorset Print Collection 2005, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON 2004 Cape Dorset Print Collection 2004, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON ----------
Exhibitions
- Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival, Alaska Methodist University Galleries
- Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Eskimo Sculpture '69, Robertson Galleries
- Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York
- INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection of Inuit Art, McMaster Art Gallery
- Mythology in Stone, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Artistry
- Sculpture in Miniature, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man, presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club
- [Inuit Art Exhibition], Orca Aart, presented at Neiman Marcus
Collections
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Exhibitions
Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival
Alaska Methodist University Galleries
Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Eskimo Sculpture '69
Robertson Galleries
Images of the Far North
Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York
INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection of Inuit Art
McMaster Art Gallery
Mythology in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man
presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club
[Inuit Art Exhibition]
Orca Aart, presented at Neiman Marcus
Public Collections
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University
Kingston
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| ANCIENT VISION | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| ANCIENT VISIONS | 2015-06 (June 2015) | |
| CAT | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| FIGURE CARRYING ANOTHER | 2008-11 (November 2008) | |
| POLAR EXPRESS | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| TITALITTAQ RETURNS | 2019-02 (February 2019) |
