www.spiritwrestler.comThe son of Tayaraq and master carver Qavaroak (Kabubuwa) Tunnillie, Ashevak has a style that embraces, but is distinct from, his father's. His work embodies a fluid sense of movement and incorporates the inner nature of the particular stone. Skilled at carving in the round, Ashevak's use of positive and negative space gives his sculptures an openness of design and a strong presence. His work was included in the 1989 "Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks," which toured for more than a decade.--------------------------------Ashevak Tunnillie's father, Qavaroak Tunnillie, is also a well known artist in Cape DorsetSculptureAshevak's father Qavaroak (or Kabubuwa) Tunnillie is also a well-known artist in Cape Dorset.----------Ashevak Tunnilliebelongs to the third generation of artists in his family. Both his mother and father were accomplished carvers, and his grandmother Ikayukta was a regular contributor to the Cape Dorset print collection for many years. While mainly known for his beautiful wildlife imagery, in this collection Tunnillie shows an equally sensitive and humorous touch with the human figure.-------www.elcalondon.comCollectionsAmway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, MINational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ONExhibitions2000 Ashevak Tunnillie: The Artist's Hand Inuit Sculpture Portfolio, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC1997 Stories in Stone: A Canadian Inuit Art Exhibition, part of a trade mission lead by Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul, Korea1997 Stone & Bone, The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic, The Northwest Company, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID1997 Ashevak Tunnillie & Kellypalik Qimirpik Sculpture, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA1996 Small Sculptures by Great Artists V, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1996 New Visions, Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, BC1995 Inuit Mythology, Arctic Experience, Hamilton, ON1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1995 Miniaturen, Inuit Galeie, Mannheim, Germany1994 Mythic Image, Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Port Townsend, WA1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans, Edegem, Belgium1993 The Bear: Sculpture, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA1993 Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, PA1992 Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON1992 Inuit Sculpture: New Acquisitions, Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA1991 Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art, Richmond, VA1991 Art Inuit, Douai at Le Theatre, La Ciotat, France1991 Art Inuit, Douai at Palais de l'Europe, Le Touquet, France1991 Art Inuit, Douai at La halle aux Bles, Saint Malo, France1991 Art Inuit, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France1991 Glaciopolis: Art Inuit, Douai at Maison de Pesey, Les Arcs, France1991 Art Inuit, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert, Le Havre, France1991 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1991, Douai at Le Colombier, Ville D'Avray, France1990 - 91 A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada's Arctic, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Douai at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold, France1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada, Douai at Maison Falleur, Cambrai, France1990 Art Inuit, Douai at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet, France1990 Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints by Well-Known Inuit Artists, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY1990 Small Sculptures from Across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA1989 The Art of the Eskimo, Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, PA1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists, D/Erlien Fine Art Ltd, Orca Aart, Chicago, IL, Milwaukee, WI1989 L'art Inuit, l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at St. Marcellin, France1989 L'art Inuit, L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris, France1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, The United Nations General Assembly, New York, NY1989 Art Inuit, Douai at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle, France1989 Baffin Images, Orca Aart, Chicago, IL1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery, Richmond, VA1988 L'art Inuit, chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France1988 Tundra and Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man, Orca Aart at the Adventurers Club, Chicago, IL1988 L'art Inuit, Les Martres-de-Veyre, France1988 Inuit Art Exhibition, Neiman Marcus, Chicago, IL1988 L'art Inuit, Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse, France1987 - 88 The Art of the Eskimo, Newman Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA1987 - 88 Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras, Arras, France1987 Art Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, PQ1986 Art Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, PQ1985 Cape Dorset Sculpture Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, PQ1984 On The Land, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, CA1984 Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, PQ1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BCOur Land Transforming: Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of the Inuit, Arctic Raven Gallery, Friday Harbour, WAPublications2005 Cape Dorset Sculpture FEATURED PAGE 79, 821989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Ada, MI. Amway Corporation1987 - 88 Inuk, Inuit: Art et Tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et aujourd'hui, Arras, France, Musee des Beaux-Arts1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany: Inuit Galerie1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving From The Northwest Territories-------------------------Collections Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario References MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983. Musee des Beaux-Arts (Arras, France)  INUK, INUIT: Art et tradition chez les Esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Arras, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1987.--------ASHEVAK TUNNILLIE (TUNILLIE) Born: November 2, 1956 Male E7-1516 Resides: Cape Dorset Sculpture Ashevak's father Qavaroak Tunnillie is also a well-known artist in Cape  Dorset.   EXHIBITIONS: 1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories  Inuit Gallery of Vancouver  Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue) Sept - Oct 1984 On the Land The Arctic Circle  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Nov - Dec 1984 Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec Nov - Dec 1985 Cape Dorset Sculpture by Ipellee Osuitok, Tutuiya Ikkidluak, Quavaroak Tunnillie,  Ashevak Tunnillie, Peter Tunnillie  Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec Nov - Dec 1986 Art Inuit Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec Nov - Dec 1987 Art Inuit Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec  Montreal, Quebec Dec 1987 - Jan 1988 The Art of the Eskimo Newman Galleries   Dec 1987 - Feb 1988 Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui  presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai,  at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras  Arras, France (illustrated catalogue) March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture Arctic Inuit Art Gallery  Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. July 1988 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai  at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon  France October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man  presented by Orca Aart at the  Adventurers' Club  Chicago, Illinois November 1988 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai  at Les Martres-de-Veyre  France Nov - Dec 1988 [Inuit Art Exhibition] Orca Aart, presented at  Neiman Marcus  Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. December 1988 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai  at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse  France January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories  University of Richmond  Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.  Jan - Feb 1989 The Art of the Eskimo Newman Galleries  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. February 1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists  at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited  presented by Orca Aart, Chicago  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. February - March 1989 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai  at St. Marcellin  France March - April 1989 [L'art inuit] Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai  at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris  France May 1989 Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset & Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition  Print by Kananginak  The Guild Shop  &nb

Exhibitions

• A Family Tradition: Inuit Art from Canada's Arctic, Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest Territories, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Animals of the Arctic, Arctic Inuit Art
• Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture, Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
• Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists, at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle
• Art Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Humbert
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at La Halle aux Bles
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe
• Art Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
• Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
• Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien
• Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1991, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Colombier
• Ashevak Tunnillie, Inuit Galerie
• Baffin Images, Orca Aart
• Birds: Sculpture from Cape Dorset & Rock Ptarmigan Limited Edition Print by Kananginak, The Guild Shop
• Cape Dorset Sculpture by Ipellee Osuitok, Tutuiya Ikkidluak, Quavaroak Tunnillie, Ashevak Tunnillie, Peter Tunnillie, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories, University of Richmond
• Contemporary Art: Cape Dorset, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
• Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints by Well-Known Inuit Artists, Arctic Artistry
• Glaciopolis: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison de Pesey
• Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada
• Inuit Mythology, Arctic Experience
• Inuit Sculpture--New Acquisitions, Pucker Gallery
• Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras
• Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans
• 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
• On the Land, The Arctic Circle
• Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery
• Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts
• Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts
• The Art of the Eskimo, Newman Galleries
• The Art of the Eskimo, Newman Galleries
• The Bear: Sculpture, Albers Gallery
• Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of Animals and Man, presented by Orca Aart at the Adventurers' Club
• [Inuit Art Exhibition], Orca Aart, presented at Neiman Marcus
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Martres-de-Veyre
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at St. Marcellin

Collections

• Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa