Tommy Takpani Sr. : Male carver, born in 1936, lives in Cape Dorset. Tommy Sr. and sons Tommy Jr.(b, 1964) & Pauloosie (b.1960) are receiving wide acceptance especially their bears. They exhibit widely and are in many collections in Can. and the USA.-------------------------------Tommy Tukpanie Jr. (Muckpaloo; Tukpanee; Takpanie)ÊBorn: March 31, 1964Male E7-2108Place of Birth: Apex (Frobisher Bay)Resides: Iqaluit; also lived in Cape DorsetSculptureTommy is the son of carver Tommy Tukpanie. His two brothers, Pauloosie and Jamasee are also carvers.EXHIBITIONS:November - December 1989 Sculpture InuitCanadian Guild of Crafts QuebecMontreal, Quebec(Illustrated brochure)September - November 1993 The Bear: SculptureAlbers GallerySan Francisco, California, U.S.A.October - November 1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape DorsetArt Space GalleryPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.November - December 1995 MiniaturenInuit GalerieMannheim, Germany(Brochure)January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step...Galerie D'Art VincentOttawa, Ontario(Illustrated catalogue) Ê----------------------------------

Exhibitions

• Bears of the North, Snow Goose Associates
• Collectable Sculpture 1987, Webster Galleries
• Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo, Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College
• Images from the Arctic, Galerie D'Art Vincent
• Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, State University of New York
• Inuit Sculpture, Gallery Marie-Louise Wirth
• Iqaluit, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• The Bears of Tommy Tukpanie, Presented at the Ninth Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Associations of the English Speaking World, Toronto Convention Centre by Arctic Experience Gallery
• Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone, Images of the North
• Wildlife and Nature in Art, Arctic Experience

Collections

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
• Glenbow Museum, Calgary
• McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton