Cape Dorset Suclpture: Derek Norton & Nigel Readingtuk is the son of carver Sharky nua, who was killed in a boating accident while walrus hunting in 1979After learning to carve by watching his father, Tuk made his first works when he was 8. he became more serious about carving in his late twenties and oday carves when he is not out huntinghis rounded comfortable styoe suits the animal and human subjects that so interest him.---------------Taqialuk Nuna is the son of Cape Dorset artist Sharky Nuna. Taqialuk learned how to carve through observing family and community members. He has since participated in various carving workshops and enjoys learning more about his art medium.--------Taqialuq Nuna is an artist who has reached the most active and interesting phase of his career. He has firmly established his personal style and gained a reputation for consistently high quality work. In 1990 he was commissioned with three other artists to carve a monumental sculpture, The Sedna Legend, for the Royal Trust Company.---------CollectionsInuit Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, ONInuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, NUCommissions1990 Participated in the commission of The Sedna Legend, a group piece for the Royal Trust CompanyCredits1992 Invited to give a demonstation of soapstone carving at the Snow-Goose Annual Mask Show1988 Participated in the Third Experimental Stone Workshop, Iqaluit Jewellery Centre, Iqaluit, NU1987 Participated in the Second Experimental Stone Workshop, Iqaluit Jewellery Centre, Iqaluit, NUExhibitions2001 Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON2000 Taqialuk Nuna: The Artist's Hand, Inuit Sculpture Portfolio, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC1999 Horizons, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC1998 Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1997 Transitions: Contemporary Canadian and Inuit Art, Indian Affairs & Northern Development, Foreign Affairs, & International Trade Canada, Paris, France1997 itinraire inuit, recontrer un peuple travers son art, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France1997 Three Young Masters: Tuck Nuna, Turaq Ragee, and Toonoo Sharky, Loondance Gallery/Galerie L'envol Du Huart, Mont-Tremblant, QC1997 Singing & Dancing & Playing, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1996 Small Sculptures by Great Artists V, Feheley Fine Art, Toronto, ON1995 The Birds of Cape Dorset: A Collection of Scultpure by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA1995 Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1995 Canadian Inuit Sculpture, The Next Generation, Orca Aart Gallery, Chicago, IL1995 Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1993 Kunstwerke der Inuit, CreARTion, Eppstein, in conjunction with the AGM of Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee, Grainau, Germany1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Inuit Gallery, Toronto, ON1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, NWT, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC1992 Inuit Sculpture - New Acquisitions, Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA1992 Scultpure Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC1991 The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery, Toronto, ON1990 Small Sculptures from Across the Canadain Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1990 This is My World, Jordan Fine Arts, presented at Windmill Gallery, Phoenix, AZ1989 Sculpture Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC1984 Sculpture from Cape Dorset - The New Generation, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, ON1979 Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, at the Rathaus Foyer, Mainz, GermanyPublications2005 Cape Dorset Sculpture FEATURED PAGE 65, 691995 Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts frrm the Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institue of American Native Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC-------------www.elcalondon.comDate of Birth/Date de naissance01/11/1958Community/CommunautéCape DorsetCollections Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories ReferencesInstitute of American Indian Arts Museum  KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995. Marion Scott Gallery  ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.

Exhibitions

• Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, Marion Scott Gallery
• Inuit Sculpture--New Acquisitions, Pucker Gallery
• Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
• Kunstwerke der Inuit, Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee
• Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie
• Sculpture from Cape Dorset - The New Generation, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Sculpture Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Sculpture Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
• The Birds of Cape Dorset: A collection of sculpture by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers, Albers Gallery
• The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• This Is My World, Presented by Jordan Fine Arts at the Windmill Gallery

Collections

• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet