www.spiritwrestler.comKellypalik has been exhibiting since the mid-1970s and was included in the 1989 "Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks," which toured for more than a decade. He shows widely nationally and internationally and has had a number of solo exhibitions. Although known for his carvings of bears and other wildlife, he also sculpts figurative subjects and particularly enjoys transformational themes.--------------------------Sculpture, Printmaking----------www.willockandsaxgallery.comKellypalik Qimirpik was born on Dec 16, 1948. He currently resides in Cape Dorset, but also lived in Markham Bay. Kellypalik Qimirpik is a sculptor and printmaker.Awards & Honours Kellypalik Qimirpik attended a three week sculpture workshop in May, 1993 at The Carving Studio in West Rutland, Vermont, sponsored by the Inuit Art Foundation. While there, Kellypalik also gave instruction at a soapstone carving workshop.Collections Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, USA Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, ManitobaSelected Exhibitions April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition Baffin Regional School Iqaluit, Northwest Territories 1982 Cape Dorset Artists The Turtle Niagara Falls, New York, USA February-March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland February 1985-April 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa presented by Commerzbank Frankfurt, Germany (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March 1989 White Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone and Bone Arctic Artistry Victoria, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) June 1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly New York, New York, USA (tour) (illustrated catalogue) June-July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario February 1991 Animals of the Arctic Arctic Inuit Art Richmond, Virginia, USA February 1992 The Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980 Westdale Gallery Hamilton, Ontario October-November 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories Marion Scott Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) March-April 1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture The Isaacs/Inuit Gallery Toronto, Ontario October-November 1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset Art Space Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA April-May 1994 Mythic Image Ancestral Spirits Gallery Port Townsend, Washington, USA August-October 1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic Bayly Art Museum University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, USA November-December 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario April 1995 Inuit Mythology Arctic Experience Hamilton, Ontario April-June 1995 The Birds of Cape Dorset: A collection of sculpture by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, USA (illustrated brochure) September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario November-December 1995 Miniaturen Inuit Galerie Mannheim, Germany (brochure) November-December 1996 Emerging Spirit Banff Centre Organized by Northern Art Impressions Banff, Alberta (illustrated catalogue) March-April 1997 Ashevak Tunnillie & Kellypalik Qimirpik Sculpture Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, USA April 1997 Faces, Masks, Heads The Guild Shop Toronto, Ontario June 1997 SingingÊÊ& Dancing & Playing Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario (brochure)Solo Exhibitions July 1989 Kelly Qimirpik Eskimo Art Gallery Toronto, Ontario November 1994 Kellypalik Qimirpik Inuit Gallerie Mannheim, Germany June-August 1995 Images of Transformation: Kellypalik Qimirpik Gallery Phillip Don Mills, Ontario May 1997 Kelly Qimirpik The Arctic Experience Gallery Hamilton, Ontario (illustrated brochure) Ê----------Kelly Qimirpikwas born in 1948. His sculpture has been included in many exhibitions in Canada, the USA,Germany, France, and is included in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada as well asother significant corporate and private collections. Kelly is a true artist; innovative anddedicated to the art form. He is fascinated by the spirit world and his works depict aspects of thehuman / spirit relationship. Works by this dedicated artist deal with the transformation; hecreates wonderful multi image composition pieces. Not limited by the shape of the stone, fantasyfigures seem to float and balance. Kelly has travelled to Hamilton, and to Connecticut, where hewas delighted to meet his many collectors.In Cape Dorset, they say that he above all artists has an ability to depict the human face, andexpress many emotions -he is a master sculptor, and a favourite of the gallery clientele. ------Resides:Cape Dorset; also lived in Markham BayKelli's work has been included in many exhibitions in Germany, Greenland, the United States and Canada.His work is also included in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civlisation and the National Gallery of Canada.-----------CollectionsAmway Enviromental Foundation Collection, Ada, MICanadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQInuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, NUNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ONWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBCredits1993 Attended a three week sculpture workshop at the Carving Studio, West Rutland, VT-----------Kellypalik Qimirpik has been enjoying quiet but constant success since his first southern exhibition in 1976. He has been the subject of two solo exhibitions and was published in Masters of the Arctic, a touring exhibition of environmentally themed Inuit art sponsored by the United Nations and drawn from the Amway Foundation collection. Even his small pieces are carved powerfully and sometimes with a sense of whimsy that never becomes superficiality.--------Exhibitions2002 Imagination, Canadian Arctic Gallery, Basel, Switzerland2001 Living Arctic, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC2001 Spirit of the Walrus, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON2000 Die Kunst aus der Arktis: Art in Stone, Canadian Arctic Gallery, Basel, Switzerland1997 Ashevak Tunnille & Kellypalik Qimirpik Sculpture, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA1997 Faces, Masks, Heads, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON1997 Singing & Dancing & Playing, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1997 Kelly Qimirpik, The Arctic Experience Gallery, Hamilton, ON1996 Emerging Spirit, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB1995 Inuit Mythology, Arctic Experience, Hamilton, ON1995 The Birds of Cape Dorset: A Collection of Sculpture by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1995 Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany1995 Images of Transformation: Kellypalik Qimirpik, Gallery Phillip, Don Mills, ON1994 Mythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Port Townsend, WA1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1994 Kellypalik Qimirpik, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery, Toronto, ON1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, PA1992 The Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980, Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, ON1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC1991 Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art, Richmond, VA1990 Small Sculptures From Across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1989 White Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone and Bone, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY1989 Spirit of the Birds, Gallery of the Arctic, Victoria, BC1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Amway Corporation, The United Nations General Assembly, New York, NY1989 Kelly Qimirpik, Eskimo Art Gallery, Toronto, ON1988 Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, in Gutersloh, Germany1985 - 86 Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Department of Indian & Northern Affairs,Commerzbzank, Frankfurt, Germany1984 Canadian Inuit Art, Canadian Arctic Producers, City Hall, Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland1982 Cape Dorset Artists, The Turtle, Niagara Falls, NY1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition, Baffin Regional School, Iqaluit, NUOur Land Transforming: Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of the Inuit, Arctic Raven Gallery, Friday Harbour, WAPublications2005 Cape Dorset Sculpture FEATURED PAGE 35, 1101993 URGENT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY ARTISTS: Inuit Art Quarterly: vol. 8, no. 31992 Marion Scott Gallery ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery1990 Braz, Sandra B. ed. CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES. New York, Arts & Culture of the North1989 MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Ada, MI, Amway Corporation1989 Gallery of the Arctic SPIRIT OF THE BIRDS. Victoria: Gallery of the Arctic1988 Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art MONUMENTS IN STONE: Recent Sculpture frrm Cape Dorset. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo ArtCanadian Arctic Producers, CANADIAN INUIT ART. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic ProducersReferences MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.  URGENT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY ARTISTS: [An abbreviated transcript of discussions between directors and staff of the Inuit Art Foundation and recipients of Vermont..Studio scholarships]. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.3, Fall 1993, pp. 24-33. Marion Scott Gallery  ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.------- April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition Baffin Regional School  Iqaluit, Northwest Territories 1982 Cape Dorset Artists The Turtle  Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art City Hall  Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland February 1985 - April 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis Department of Indian and Northern  Affairs Canada, Ottawa,  presented by Commerzbank  Frankfurt, Germany (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March 1989 White Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone and Bone  Arctic Artistry  Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A. May 1989 Spirit of the Birds Gallery of the Arctic  Victoria, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) June 1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks  Presented by the Amway Corporation  at the United Nations General Assembly  New York, New York, U.S.A. (tour) (illustrated catalogue)  June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic  Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario February 1991 Animals of the Arctic Arctic Inuit Art  Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. February 1992 The Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980 Westdale Gallery  Hamilton, Ontario October - November 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories  Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery  Toronto October - November 1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset Art Space Gallery  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. April - May 1994 Mythic Image Ancestral Spirits Gallery  Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A. August - October 1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic Bayly Art Museum  University of Virginia  Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. November - December 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario April 1995 Inuit Mythology Arctic Experience  Hamilton,---------------CollectionsAmway Enviromental Foundation Collection, Ada, MICanadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQInuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, NUNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ONWinnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MBCreditsAttended a three week sculpture workshop at the Carving Studio, West Rutland, VTExhibitionsOur Land Transforming: Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of the Inuit, Arctic Raven Gallery, Friday Harbour, WABaffin Island Sculpture Exhibition, Baffin Regional School, Iqaluit, NUCape Dorset Artists, The Turtle, Niagara Falls, NYCanadian Inuit Art, Canadian Arctic Producers, City Hall, Nuuk/Godthab, GreenlandDie Kunst aus der Arktis, Department of Indian & Northern Affairs,Commerzbzank, Frankfurt, GermanyDie Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, in Gutersloh, GermanyWhite Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone and Bone, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, NYSpirit of the Birds, Gallery of the Arctic, Victoria, BCMasters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Amway Corporation, The United Nations General Assembly, New York, NYSmall Sculptures From Across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ONAnimals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art, Richmond, VAThe Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980, Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, ONArctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BCThe Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery, Toronto, ONSculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, PAMythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Port Townsend, WAInuit Art from the Canadian Arctic, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VASmall Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ONInuit Mythology, Arctic Experience, Hamilton, ONThe Birds of Cape Dorset: A Collection of Sculpture by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CASedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ONMiniaturen, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, GermanyEmerging Spirit, The Banff Centre, Banff, ABAshevak Tunnille & Kellypalik Qimirpik Sculpture, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CAFaces, Masks, Heads, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ONSinging & Dancing & Playing, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ONDie Kunst aus der Arktis: Art in Stone, Canadian Arctic Gallery, Basel, SwitzerlandLiving Arctic, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BCSpirit of the Walrus, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ONImagination, Canadian Arctic Gallery, Basel, SwitzerlandKelly Qimirpik, Eskimo Art Gallery, Toronto, ONKellypalik Qimirpik, Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, GermanyImages of Transformation: Kellypalik Qimirpik, Gallery Phillip, Don Mills, ONKelly Qimirpik, The Arctic Experience Gallery, Hamilton, ONPublicationsInnuit Gallery of Eskimo Art MONUMENTS IN STONE: Recent Sculpture frrm Cape Dorset. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo ArtURGENT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY ARTISTS: Inuit Art Quarterly: vol. 8, no. 3MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Ada, MI, Amway CorporationMarion Scott Gallery ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET. Vancouver: Marion Scott GalleryBraz, Sandra B. ed. CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES. New York, Arts & Culture of the NorthCanadian Arctic Producers, CANADIAN INUIT ART. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic ProducersCape Dorset Sculpture FEATURED PAGE 35, 110Gallery of the Arctic SPIRIT OF THE BIRDS. Victoria: Gallery of the Arctic-----------------www.elcalondon.comDate of Birth/Date de naissance16/12/1948Community/CommunautéCape DorsetCollectionsAmway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec  Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba References MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.  URGENT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY ARTISTS: [An abbreviated transcript of discussions between directors and staff of the Inuit Art Foundation and recipients of Vermont..Studio scholarships]. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.3, Fall 1993, pp. 24-33. Marion Scott Gallery  ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.

Exhibitions

• Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art
• Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, Marion Scott Gallery
• Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition, Baffin Regional School
• Canadian Inuit Art, Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
• Cape Dorset Artists, The Turtle
• Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, presented by Commerzbank
• Images of Transformation: Kellypalik Qimirpik, Gallery Phillip
• Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic, Bayly Art Museum University of Virginia
• Inuit Mythology, Arctic Experience
• Kelly Qimirpik, Eskimo Art Gallery
• Kellypalik Qimirpik, Inuit Galerie
• Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly
• Miniaturen, Inuit Galerie
• Mythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery
• Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery
• 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
• Spirit of the Birds, Gallery of the Arctic
• The Birds of Cape Dorset: A collection of sculpture by 32 Cape Dorset Carvers, Albers Gallery
• The Inuit Print and Sculpture 1960-1980, Westdale Gallery
• The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture, The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• White Lords of the Arctic: Bears in Stone and Bone, Arctic Artistry

Collections

• Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg