Cape Dorset Suclpture: Derek Norton & Nigel Readingwas adopted and raised by the artists Etidlooie and Etidlooie and Kingmeata Etidlooie. She has been working at both sculpture and drawings for many years, and has exhibited widely.her work is often smaller in scale, with a fulid curvaceous style-------------Omalluq Oshutsiaq is a member of a large family of artists; her adoptive parents were Etidlooie Etidlooie and Kingmeata Etidlooie, two famous graphic artists. Four of her adoptive brothers also carve. She has made her own mark through her remarkable sculptures of women in their many roles, both modern and traditional.-------Omalu Oshutsiakborn in Cape Dorset in 1948, is one of the few women who support their families through their work as sculptors. Omalu was raised in a family of Cape Dorset artists. Her adopted parents are Cape Dorset artists Etidlooie Etidlooie, and Kingmeata Etidlooie. Her adopted brothers, Etulu Etidlui, Eeyoukak Nakoolak, Pukaluk Etungat, andKellypalik Etidlooie are sculptors in Cape Dorset. Omalu's son, Pitseolak Oshutsiak, and daughter Mary Oshutsiak, are also developing sculpture careers.Exhibited in many galleries in Canada and the USA, one of the highlights of Omalu's career was a trip to Switzerland in 1993, where she attended the opening of a solo exhibition at a Zurich gallery. She gave carving demonstrations, and talks about her work, to great popular acclaim.Omalu uses scenes from her daily life as a wife, mother and grandmother as inspirationn. Her pieces are often family scenes, mother and children, or shildren playing. Often, her images of women have a baby peeking out from inside the hood of their amoutiks (parkas). ----------Omalluq Oshutsiaq is a member of a large family of artists; her adoptive parents were Etidlooie Etidlooie and Kingmeata Etidlooie, two famous graphic artists. Four of her adoptive brothers also carve. She has made her own mark through her remarkable sculptures of women in their many roles, both modern and traditional.------------- Omalluq Oshutsiaq  Born: February 1, 1948 Female E7 - 729 Born and resides: Cape DorsetMedium: Sculpture, Drawings Omalluq was raised in a family of Cape Dorset artists. Her adopted parents are Cape Dorset artists Etidlooie Etidlooie, and Kingmenta Etidlooie. Her adopted brothers, Etulu Etidlui, Eeyoukak Nakoolak, Pukaluk Etungat, and Kellypayalik Etidlooie are sculptors in Cape Dorset. Pukaluk also makes jewellery. Omalluq's son, Pitseolak Oshutsiq, is also developing into a very good carver.Collections:Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, QuebecCanadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QuebecNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, OntarioHonours, Achievements and Events: 1989 Traveled to Ottawa to meet with the Board of Directors of the Inuit Art Foundation, in December.1990 Omalluq was elected to the Board of the Inuit Art Foundation.1993 Traveled to Zurich, Switzerland to attend the opening of an Inuit  sculpture exhibition at Gallery Marie-Louise Wirth in February. During her ten day stay, Oshutsiaq gave talks on her art and Demonstrated carving techniques.© Inuit Art Section, INAC 1997

Exhibitions

• A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada's Arctic, Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
• Cape Dorset Sculpture, Atlantic Galleries
• Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories, University of Richmond
• Inuit Mythology, Arctic Experience
• Inuit Sculpture, Gallery Marie-Louise Wirth
• Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie
• Omalu Oshutsiaq, Arctic Experience Gallery
• Sculpture by Women, Feheley Fine Arts
• Sculpture from Cape Dorset - The New Generation, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists I, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists II, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts
• Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Sunakutagnuvalautut: Things from the Past, Feheley Fine Arts
• The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• The Inuit Imagination, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery
• Umaluk & Pitseolak Osuitsiak, Eskimo Art Gallery
• Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic, Marion Scott Gallery

Collections

• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa