Sculpture Pavinaq's father, the late Aggeak Petaulassie (1983), was also a carver.  His mother Timangiak, and brothers Qatsiya and Etidlui are artists in Cape  Dorset.   " My father used to tell me about carving...I like carving in stone because it is easier to work with." Pavinaq began carving in the early 1970s and prefers groupings of birds or walrus, " They are beautiful animals, that's why."    from an interview with the  Inuit Art Section Nov. 1994.   EXHIBITIONS: March - April 1984 Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo  Colorado Galleries of the Arts,  Arapahoe Community College  Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A. May - June 1991 Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints Albers Gallery  San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure) November - Decr 1993 The Treasured Monument Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) December 1993 Small Sculptures by Great Artists II Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario April - June 1995 The Birds of Cape Dorset: A collection of sculpture by  32 Cape Dorset Carvers  Albers Gallery  San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)  SELECTED REFERENCES: Marion Scott Gallery  THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.

Exhibitions

• Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo, Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College
• Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints, Albers Gallery
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists II, Feheley Fine Arts
• The Birds of Cape Dorset: A collection of sculpture by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers, Albers Gallery
• The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery

Publications

• CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN ESKIMO AND NORTHERN INDIAN FINE CRAFTS., Author: Canadian Arctic Producers, Publication: Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Arctic Producers. (1966)
• THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA — A Hundred years of Exhibitions: List and Index., Author: Mainprize, Garry, Publication: Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada (1984)