www.spiritwrestler.comMathew is the eldest of the four sons, all sculptors, of carver Joe Jaw. He is a more than capable hunter, a natural leader and an outstanding artist. His favourite themes embrace wildlife of the natural world and subjects from the spirit world, which he portrays with an awareness of the power that both exude. He has bridged the gap between two cultures and is a man of the new North: he was director of the West Baffin Co-operative for a number of years, served on several regional boards that ultimately led to the formation of the new territory of Nunavut and is at present the mayor of Cape Dorset. Mathew is one of the leading artists and a spokesman for his generation in Cape Dorset, and one of the key mentors for the younger generation of carvers in his community.---------------------Mathew Saviadjuk is a man of many identities, just one of which is the experimental and iconoclastic artist represented here. He is also a hunter and a fisherman, and the current mayor of Cape Dorset. These multiple roles are often reflected in the pure dynamism of his transformative sculptures. The moment of chaos as one spirit becomes another is captured in the critical point of uncertainty when any one of them could become dominant. The artist himself, like many Inuit of his generation, lives in this state of flux, balancing traditional and modern lives, shifting identities as need demands.---------MATHEW SAVIADJUK       Born: 1950 Male E7-1377 Resides: Cape Dorset Sculpture Mathew prefers working with soapstone. In addition to carving he enjoys hunting and fishing.   EXHIBITIONS: Sep - Oct 1984 On the Land The Arctic Circle  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. November - Dec 1984 Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land The Koffler Gallery  Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) June 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business  Summit  Metro Toronto Convention Centre  Toronto, Ontario December 1987 Cape Dorset Sculpture Eskimo Art Inc.  Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories  University of Richmond  Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. January - February 1989 The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50's and 60's  The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art  Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic  Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario May 1991 Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing  Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario August - Sep 1991 Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters & the Next Generation  Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) December 1992 Small Sculptures by Great Artists I Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario October - Nov 1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset Art Space Gallery  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. November - Dec 1993 The Treasured Monument Marion Scott Gallery  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) November - Dec 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III Feheley Fine Arts  Toronto, Ontario COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario  Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec   SELECTED REFERENCES: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  CAPE DORSET STONE SCULPTURE: MASTERS AND THE NEXT GENERATION: August 17-September 6, 1991. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1991. Marion Scott Gallery  THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993. -------------

Exhibitions

• Cape Dorset Sculpture, Eskimo Art Inc.
• Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters & the Next Generation, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories, University of Richmond
• Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing, Feheley Fine Arts
• New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• On the Land, The Arctic Circle
• Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists I, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures by Great Artists III, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
• The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50's and 60's, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• The Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery
• The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull

Publications

• TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS UGJUK — Interviewed by David Zimmerly in March 1985 in Rankin Inlet, N.W.T., Author: CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council], Publication: Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council in collabora-tion with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, and the National Film Board of Canada. (1985)