JOHN KAVIK (QAVIK) Born: 1897 Male E2-290
Place of Birth: Gjoa Haven
Died: March 28, 1993
Resided: Rankin Inlet; also lived in Baker Lake, Yellowknife
Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawings
" Kavik...is one of the most original of Eskimo artists, and he always works
the way the spirit moves him. He works steadily and 'professionally,' his
objects are made for sale , but this does not detract form his art. He makes
things well, imaginatively and ingeniously. He is a real artist...All of
Kavik's carvings are inventions and discoveries of images and activities; they
have balance without having bases; they are ingenious without being gimmicky;
they are works of art and love."
George Swinton, from
Eskimo Sculpture 1965
EXHIBITIONS: November - December 1965 Arctic Values '65
New Brunswick Museum
with the cooperation of the Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs
St. John, New Brunswick
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Keewatin Eskimo Ceramics '67
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development, Ottawa
Co-sponsored by the Junior League
of Toronto
(illustrated catalogue)
April - June 1968 Eskimo Ceramics
Stewart Hall Cultural Centre
Pointe Claire, Quebec
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1973 Indian/Inuit Pottery '73
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1973 Sculpture by Angaktaguak and Kavik
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
March - July 1976 The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1978 Luke Iksiktaaryuk of Baker Lake: Sculpture in
Antler/Johnnie Kavik of Rankin Inlet: Sculpture in
Stone
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
August - November 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October - November 1978 Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1979 - May 1980 Inuit Art in the 1970s
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development, and the
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January - February 1980 Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
August - October 1980 The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood
To Be Full
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
February - April 1981 Rankin Inlet/Kangirlliniq
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1981 Festival of Birds
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
November 1981 - February 1982 John Kavik: Rankin Inlet Sculpture/
Mark Emerak: Holman Drawings
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
April 1982 Sculpture Inuit: Stone/Bone
circa 1960-1979
Canadiana Galleries
Edmonton, Alberta
October - December 1982 Collector's Choice: 1965-1980
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1983 The Face of the Inuit
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
May 1983 - April 1985 Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from
the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1984 The Early Years - Fifties and Sixties
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
November 1984 - February 1985 Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper:
Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections
Edmonton Art Gallery
Edmonton, Alberta
October 1985 Early Eskimo Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November 1985 - April 1986 Aboriginal Rights in Canada
National Library of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1986 - March 1987 Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit
Norman McKenzie Art Gallery
Regina, Saskatchewan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of
the Spirit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1987 The Williamson Collection of
Inuit Sculpture
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September - November 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1987 Recent Acquisitions of Early Inuit
Sculpture
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
December 1987 - March 1989Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
Guelph, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1988 The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta
November 1988 Primitive Art from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
December 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst
der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the
Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit
Art in Canada
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July - September 1989 Mother and Child: Selections from the
Inuit Collection of the Art Gallery
of Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
January - September 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
November 1990 Inuit Masterworks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1990 - February 1991 Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1993 The Art of Keewatin
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
November 1993 - January 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May - August 1994 On Collectors and Collecting:
Selections from the Herb & Cece Schreiber
Family Collection
The Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: March - April 1986 Sculpture by John Kavik
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
September - October 1986 Johnny Kavik of Rankin Inlet
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
June 1990 John Kavik
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
FRAGMENTS FROM THE NORTH: a Collage on Acculturation. Arts
Manitoba, vol.3, no.4, Fall 1984, pp. 26-28.
IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und
Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art
of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition
Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.
Blakeman, Evelyn
STONES, BONES, CLOTH AND PAPER: INUIT ART IN EDMONTON
COLLECTIONS. Edmonton, Alta. : Inuit Art Enthusiasts Newsletter
December 1-3, 1984.
Blodgett, Jean
GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family
Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill,
Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev.
A FACE LIKE THE SUN = VISAGE RADIEUX: Selections... = Choix des
oeuvres... [Text] by W. T. Larmour. Ottawa: Department of
Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1973.
Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Dev.
KEEWATIN ESKIMO CERAMICS '67. Ottawa: Department of Indian
Affairs and Northern Development, 1967.
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT AMAUTIK: I Like My Hood to be Full. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.
Gagnon, Louis
ESPACES INUIT: Dessins et Sculpture. Sainte-Foy, Quebec:
Maison Hamel-Bruneau, 1990.
Grenier, Claude
SOME WONDERFUL, CREATIVE YEARS IN RANKIN INLET. = LES ANNEES
FOLLES DES ARTISTES DE RANKIN INLET. About Arts and
Crafts/L'art et l'artisanat, vol. 5, no. 1, 1982. pp.28-34.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: 1965 - 1980. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, l982.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
JOHN KAVIK: June 16-July 7, 1990. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit
Gallery of Vancouver, 1990.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
Jackson, Marion E.
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS. Guelph, Ontario: Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre, 1987.
James, Geoffrey
MASTERWORKS OF THE ARCTIC: An Impressive Summation. Time,
November 29, 1971. pp.12-13.
Kunnuk, Simeonie
JOHN KAVIK'S SON, THOMAS UGJUK, SPEAKS ABOUT HIS FATHER AND
HIMSELF: Interview ...conducted in Inuktitut by telephone July
6, 1993 and translated into English. Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol.
8, No. 4, Winter 1993, pp.26-30.
MacMillan, Duane J.
PURE VISION: THE KEEWATIN SPIRIT. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol.1,
no.2, 1986. pp. 12.
MacMillan, Duane J.
PURE VISION: THE KEEWATIN SPIRIT. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol.1,
no.2, 1986. pp. 7.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
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.
Nagy, Hendrika G.
POTTERY IN KEEWATIN. The Beaver, Autumn, 1967. pp.61-65, 1967.
Ritchie, Carson I.A.
THE ESKIMO AND HIS ART. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of
Canada, 1974. [London and New York, 1975].
Routledge, Marie
INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston,
Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Swinton, George
ARTISTS FROM THE KEEWATIN. Canadian Art, vol. 23, no. 2, April,
1966. pp.32-34.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965.
Swinton, George
KAVIK, JOHN: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh,
editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 2:934, 1985.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
University of Regina. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Regina:
University of Regina. The Norman MackenzieArt Gallery, 1987.
Williamson, Robert G.
THE SPIRIT OF KEEWATIN, N.W.T. The Beaver, Summer, 1965. pp.4-13.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
JOHN KAVIK/MARK EMERAK. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
RANKIN INLET/KANGIRLLINIQ. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery,
1981.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.
Zazelenchuk, Stanley
KAVIK: the Man and the Artist. Arts & Culture of the the
North, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 1980. pp.219-221. Also published
in The Inuit Art Enthusiasts Newsletter 41: 12-12A, 1989.
Zepp, Norman
MEMORIES OF JOHN KAVIK 1897-1993. Nepean, Ont.: Inuit Art
Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 46-48.
Zepp, Norman
PURE VISION: THE KEEWATIN SPIRIT. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman
MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1986.
|
