Brother of the famed carver Osuitok Ipeelee, Sheokjuk Oqutaq began carving ivory miniatures in 1946 following his move from Cape Dorset/Kinngait to a camp in Kimmirut. At that time, The Hudson's Bay Company had initiated a large-scale cottage industry in the settlement, encouraging community members to make carvings for sale. Sheokjuk quickly became known for his talent; the quality of his ivory carvings were unlike any other artist's, notably his human figures and animals. He is also known for his depictions of traditional hunting practices and familial lifestyles. 

Exhibitions

• Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers
• Arctic Wildlife: The Art of the Inuit, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
• ART ESKIMO, Galerie de France
• Baffin Island Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition, Baffin Regional School
• By the Light of the Qulliq: Eskimo Life in the Canadian Arctic, Smithsonian Institution, A travelling exhibition of Inuit art from the Feheley Collection
• Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Cape Dorset Sculptors and Their Sculpture, The Inuit Art Collection Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bacon
• Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of Important Inuit Sculpture, Waddington Galleries
• Contemporary Canadian Eskimo Art, Gimpel Fils
• Eskimo Art, National Gallery of Canada
• Eskimo Art of the Canadian Eastern Arctic, circulated by the Smithsonian Travelling Exhibition Service, organized by Eskimo Art,Inc.
• Eskimo Carvings: Coronation Exhibition, Gimpel Fils
• Eskimo Sculpture '69, Robertson Galleries
• Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and Paintings of Norval Morrisseau, Art Association of Newport
• Four Cape Dorset Sculptors, Theo Waddington Galleries
• Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, Art Gallery of Ontario
• Homage to Sheokjuk Ohotok 1920-1982, Theo Waddington Galleries
• Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Inuit Art in the 1970s, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
• Inuit Ivories from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Inuit Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Power, University of Michigan Museum of Art
• Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
• On the Land, The Arctic Circle
• Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Artistry
• Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling Celebration of Inuit Sculpture, Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers Ltd., with the assistance of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa
• Sculpture, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council a competition/exhibition organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the N.W.T.
• Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
• Sheokju of Cape Dorset & Eleven Sculptors of Baker Lake, Victor Waddington Gallery
• Sheokjuk - Recent Sculpture, Waddington Galleries
• Sheokjuk - Recent Sculpture, Waddington Galleries
• Sheokjuk Oqutaq, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Sheokjuk Oqutaq Sculpture, Theo Waddington Galleries
• Sheoukjuk, Gimpel Fils Art Gallery
• Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
• The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Lindsay and Swartz Collections: New Acquisitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery
• Wildlife of the Arctic: Eskimo Sculpture, Pucker/Safrai Gallery

Collections

• Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth
• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Art Gallery of York University, Downsview
• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Glenbow Museum, Calgary
• Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol
• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
• Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
• Macmillan-Bloedel Limited, Vancouver
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
• Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
• Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg