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| OSHUTSIAK PUDLAT (OOSHOOCHIAK) Born: 1908 Male E7-997 Died: 1992 Resided: Cape Dorset Drawings, Prints "It was not until September of 1980 that [Oshutsiak] first requested drawing paper, stating that he'd 'like to try'. At the suggestion of Terry Ryan, [Oshutsiak] tried his hand at illustrating his brother Simeonie's memories of establishing a Lapland reindeer farm in Amadjuak in 1922. This produced a series of remarkably skilled drawings. [Oshutsiak's] works are unique in style 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 of Cape Dorset", 1985 (see reference below) EXHIBITIONS: 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, Cape Dorset Graphics 1992 (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) April 1983 Dorset Lithos '83 - A New Direction Canadiana Galleries Edmonton, Alberta (illustrated brochure) October - December 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada McMichael Canadian Collection Kleinburg, Ontario December 1984 - February 1985 The Last and First Eskimos Museum of Science and History Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. 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) December 1987 - March 1989 Contemporary Inuit Drawings Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec January - April 1989 Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989 McMichael Canadian Collection Kleinburg, Ontario June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario November - December 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990 Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien Paris, France December 1991 - March 1992 In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) February - September 1992 Inuit Art: Drawings and Recent Sculpture National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Ontario March - June 1993 Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings McMichael Canadian Collection Kleinberg, Ontario November 1993 - January 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) 1994 Kanuitpit? Kunst und Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen Munich, Germany (illustrated catalogue) May - June 1994 Share the Vision Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art Art Space Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. May - June 1994 Cape Dorset Revisited - a collection of previously unreleased prints, exhibited at selected commercial galleries, organized by West Baffin Eskimo Co-op Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories May 1994 - July 1995 Cape Dorset Revisited McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario (illustrated catalogue) March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Verona, Italy (illustrated catalogue) March - April 1996 Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art Canadian Guild of Craft Quebec Montreal, Quebec -3- OSHUTSIAK PUDLAT (continued) SOLO EXHIBITIONS: February Drawings by Ooshoochiak Pudlat of Cape Dorset The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario (illustrated brochure) COLLECTIONS: CIBC Collection, Toronto, Ontario Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1981 'Portfolio III' Oshutsiak was one of three artists whose work appears as a special folio of prints, documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue of 1981. 1984 Oshoochiak Pudlat Folio of Etchings and Lithographs. The artist produced a special folio of four prints, included in the catalogue for the Cape Dorset annual collection of 1984. SELECTED REFERENCES: Blodgett, Jean IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADES OF INUIT PRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies, Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1991. Blodgett, Jean and Susan Gustavison STRANGE SCENES: EARLY CAPE DORSET DRAWINGS. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1993. CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council] TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH OSHUTSIAK PUDLAT: Interviewed by Sharon van Raalte; translation by Maata, in May 1985 in Cape Dorset, N.W.T. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council in collaboration with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, and the National Film Board of Canada, 1985, 1985. Gustavison, Susan J. ARCTIC EXPRESSIONS: INUIT ART AND THE CANADIAN ESKIMO ARTS COUNCIL 1961 - 1989. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1994. Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art DRAWINGS BY OSHOOCHIAK PUDLAT OF CAPE DORSET. (SIC). Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art in association with the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Limited, 1985. Jackson, Marion E. CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1987. Kritzwiser, Kay EVERYTHING FROM MERMAID TALES TO 'COPTERS INSPIRES INUIT ARTISTS. Globe and Mail, February 9, 1988. p.A1. Muscarelle Museum of Art (Williamsburg) CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman. Williamsburg, Va.: The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1993. Verona. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea IMMAGINARIO INUIT: ARTE E CULTURA DEGLI ESQUIMESICANADESI. Commune di Verona: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palazzo Forti, 1995. (c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995 |
