Oshoochiak Pudlat Elder/Artist 1908 - 1992--------------father of Mungitok, stepfather of Adla Qinnuajuak, brother of Pudlo Pudlat, Sam Pudlat, Simeonie Kopapik, Joe Jaw, and Fracoise Oklaga (BL) -------When I first started drawing, I drew animals in imaginary situations,and stories about them. Now my drawings are of real events (past). My drawingsare true.....When I first heard rumors of the white man coming in greatnumbers I paid little attention, as I thought it was only rumors. Thisturned out not to be the case.....I have no interest in this separationissue. (Referring to Nunavuut.) My only concern is for the animals, asall animals belong to everyone. If you have to separate these places, youwould not be allowed to ; to another place to hunt these animals.....Thepeople (government) in the south make decisions about the north (eg. huntingquotas) without coming here to know this place (the north). They do notknow of these animals as food."-------------OSHUTSIAK PUDLAT (OOSHOOCHIAK)Born: 1908 Male E7-997Died: 1992Resided: Cape DorsetDrawings, Prints"It was not until September of 1980 that [Oshutsiak] first requested drawingpaper, stating that he'd 'like to try'. At the suggestion of Terry Ryan,[Oshutsiak] tried his hand at illustrating his brother Simeonie's memories ofestablishing a Lapland reindeer farm in Amadjuak in 1922. This produced aseries of remarkably skilled drawings. [Oshutsiak's] works are unique instyle and approach. His subject matter includes figures with massive torsos,hunting scenes, and imaginary motifs."*Oshutsiak was the brother of famous artist Pudlo Pudlat.*from "Drawings by Oshoochiak Pudlat ofCape Dorset", 1985(see reference below)EXHIBITIONS:1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, Cape Dorset Graphics1992 (annual collection)(illustrated catalogue)April 1983 Dorset Lithos '83 - A New DirectionCanadiana GalleriesEdmonton, Alberta(illustrated brochure)October - December 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections fromthe Collection of Indian and NorthernAffairs CanadaMcMichael Canadian CollectionKleinburg, OntarioDecember 1984 - February 1985 The Last and First EskimosMuseum of Science and HistoryFort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.February 1985 - April 1986 Die Kunst aus der ArktisDepartment of Indian and NorthernAffairs Canada, Ottawa,presented by CommerzbankFrankfurt, Germany(tour)(illustrated catalogue)December 1987 - March 1989 Contemporary Inuit DrawingsMacdonald Stewart Art CentreGuelph, Ontario(tour)(illustrated catalogue)March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the PermanentCollection of Inuit ArtCanadian Guild of Crafts QuebecMontreal, QuebecJanuary - April 1989 Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989McMichael Canadian CollectionKleinburg, OntarioJune - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across theCanadian ArcticFeheley Fine ArtsToronto, OntarioNovember - December 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de CapeDorset 1990Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douaiat Centre Culturel CanadienParis, FranceDecember 1991 - March 1992 In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decadesof Inuit PrintmakingMcMichael Canadian Art CollectionKleinburg, Ontario(illustrated catalogue)February - September 1992 Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent SculptureNational Gallery of CanadaOttawa, OntarioMarch - June 1993 Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset DrawingsMcMichael Canadian CollectionKleinberg, OntarioNovember 1993 - January 1994 Contemporary Inuit DrawingsMuscarelle Museum of ArtCollege of William and MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.(illustrated catalogue)1994 Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo:Eine Auswahl aus den MuseumssammlungenStaatliches Museum fur VolkerkundeMunchenMunich, Germany(illustrated catalogue)May - June 1994 Share the VisionPhiladelphians Collect Inuit ArtArt Space GalleryPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.May - June 1994 Cape Dorset Revisited - a collectionof previously unreleased prints, exhibitedat selected commercial galleries, organized byWest Baffin Eskimo Co-opCape Dorset, Northwest TerritoriesMay 1994 - July 1995 Cape Dorset RevisitedMcMichael Canadian Art CollectionKleinburg, Ontario(illustrated catalogue)March - July 1995 Immaginario InuitArte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesiGalleria d'Arte Modernae ContemporaneaVerona, Italy(illustrated catalogue)March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the PermanentCollection of Inuit ArtCanadian Guild of Craft QuebecMontreal, Quebec-3-OSHUTSIAK PUDLAT (continued)SOLO EXHIBITIONS:February Drawings by Ooshoochiak Pudlat of Cape DorsetThe Innuit Gallery of Eskimo ArtToronto, Ontario(illustrated brochure)COLLECTIONS:CIBC Collection, Toronto, OntarioCanada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, OntarioCanadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, QuebecCanadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QuebecDennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, OntarioMcMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, OntarioNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, OntarioPrince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest TerritoriesWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, ManitobaHONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:1981 'Portfolio III' Oshutsiak was one of three artists whose work appears as aspecial folio of prints, documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annualcatalogue of 1981.1984 Oshoochiak Pudlat Folio of Etchings and Lithographs. The artist produced aspecial folio of four prints, included in the catalogue for the Cape Dorsetannual collection of 1984.SELECTED REFERENCES:Blodgett, JeanIN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADES OF INUITPRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies,Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichaelCanadian Art Collection, 1991.Blodgett, Jean and Susan GustavisonSTRANGE SCENES: EARLY CAPE DORSET DRAWINGS. Kleinburg, Ont.:McMichael Canadian Collection, 1993.CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council]TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH OSHUTSIAK PUDLAT: Interviewedby Sharon van Raalte; translation by Maata, in May 1985 in CapeDorset, N.W.T. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council incollaboration with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, and the NationalFilm Board of Canada, 1985, 1985.Gustavison, Susan J.ARCTIC EXPRESSIONS: INUIT ART AND THE CANADIAN ESKIMO ARTSCOUNCIL 1961 - 1989. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian ArtCollection, 1994.Innuit Gallery of Eskimo ArtDRAWINGS BY OSHOOCHIAK PUDLAT OF CAPE DORSET. (SIC). Toronto:The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art in association with the WestBaffin Eskimo Co-operative Limited, 1985.Jackson, Marion E.CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald StewartArt Centre, 1987.Kritzwiser, KayEVERYTHING FROM MERMAID TALES TO 'COPTERS INSPIRES INUITARTISTS. Globe and Mail, February 9, 1988. p.A1.Muscarelle Museum of Art (Williamsburg)CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederickand Lucy S. Herman. Williamsburg, Va.: The College of Williamand Mary in Virginia, 1993.Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e ContemporaneaIMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI.Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea diPalazzo Forti, 1995.

Exhibitions

• Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien
• Cape Dorset Graphics *82, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *83, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *85, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *86, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *90, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *92, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Cape Dorset Revisited, McMichael Canadian Art Collection
• Cape Dorset Revisited - a collection of previously unreleased prints, exhibited at selected commercial galleries, organized by, West Baffin Eskimo Co-op
• Contemporary Inuit Drawings, Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary
• Contemporary Inuit Drawings, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
• Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, presented by Commerzbank
• Dorset Lithos '83 - A New Direction, Canadiana Galleries
• Drawings by Ooshoochiak Pudlat of Cape Dorset, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
• In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking, McMichael Canadian Art Collection
• Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada
• Inuit Masterworks: Selections from the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
• Share the Vision Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art, Art Space Gallery
• Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
• Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, McMichael Canadian Collection
• The Last and First Eskimos, Museum of Science and History
• Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art, Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec

Collections

• Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• CIBC Collection, Toronto
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Publications

• ADA EYETOAQ — Recent Sculpture = sculpture recente, Author: Canadian Arctic Producers, Publication: Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited. (1979)
• ANCIENT FINE ART IS FOUND IN THE HIGH ARCTIC., Author: McGhee, Robert, Publication: Canadian Geographic 100 (2):18-23, April-May. (1980)
• CANADA COUNCIL ART BANK CATALOGUE/CONSEIL DES ARTS DU CANADA — Catalogue de la Banque d'oeuvres d'art, Author: Art Bank, Publication: Ottawa: Canada Council (1987)
• CANADA MIKROKOSMA — An Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Tapestries by Twenty-two Canadian Artists., Author: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Publication: Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. (1982)
• DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS, Author: Inuit Galerie, Publication: Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany: Inuit Galerie (1981)
• GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS — Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, Author: Blodgett, Jean, Publication: Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario (1983)
• INUK MANOMIE, Author: Inuit Galerie, Publication: Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, (1989)
• MORE STORIES., Author: Sikkuark, Nick, Publication: Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Government of Northwest Territories. (1973)
• MOTHER, Author: Gallery Indigena, Publication: Kitchener, Ontario: Gallery Indigena (1987)
• NASKAPI 77 — An Exhibition of Traditional Crafts of the Naskapi, Author: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Publication: Schefferville, Quebec: Naskapi Band Council (1977)
• POTENTIAL OUTLETS FOR NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN, Author: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Publication: Washington: United States Department of the Interior (1982)
• SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF THE CANADIAN NORTH/ — Documents pour l'etude du Nord canadien., Author: Public Archives Canada, Publication: Ottawa : Minister of Supply and Services. (1980)
• THE INUIT ART COLLECTION AT THE MACDONALD STEWART ART CENTRE., Author: MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Publication: University of Guelph News Bulletin, April 21 (1983)
• VIDEO IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC, Author: Mainfilm, Publication: Montreal: Mainfilm (1988)