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AGNES NANOGAK (NANUGAK; GOOSE; NAKOGAK) Born: November 12, 1925 Deceased: May 5, 2002 Female W2-473
Place of Birth: Baillie Island
Resides: Holman
Drawings, Prints, Sculpture
"[Agnes Nanogak's] mother was of Mackenzie Delta/Copper Eskimo background;
her father, William Natkutsiak (Billy Banksland), came from Alaska as a guide
to explorer Vilhjalmur Stefannson. Nanogak moved to Holman, Northwest
Territories, at the age of twelve, married Wallace Goose, and raised seven
children. She is one of Holman's most prominent and prolific artists, having
contributed a total of about one hundred forty images to twenty annual print
collections since 1967, when her artistic career began.
Nanogak is an enthusiastic storyteller and illustrator. In 1972 Nanogak
created the illustrations for the book 'Tales from the Igloo.' 1986 saw the
publication of 'More Tales from the Igloo', this time not only illustrated but
also narrated by Nanogak herself. Nanogak's fascination with Aesop-like
animal tales, stories of shamans, and myths has been a constant throughout her
career. Stylistically, her works are characterized by their bold colors,
fluid lines, and nervous energy. This is in large part the result of her use
of narrow felt tip pens."*
Agnes Nanogak is the sister of the Holman graphic artist Peter Aliknak.
EXHIBITIONS: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, Holman Prints
1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, (annual collection)
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, (illustrated catalogue)
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990,
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
1967 The Eskimo Art Collection of the
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
August - Sept Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and
Paintings of Norval Morrisseau
Art Association of Newport
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1972 Kalvak - Nanogak Drawings
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
January 1972 Canadian/Indian and Eskimo Arts and Crafts
The Snow Goose
Ottawa, Ontario
February 1972 Beauty in Stone
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
February - March 1974 Rare Eskimo Prints from Holman Island:
a Review 1965-1973
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
October - Nov 1974 Eskimo Art
Queens Museum
Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1976 - 1982 Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Canadian Arctic Producers and the
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1976 Southern Alberta Collects
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan 1977 - June 1982 The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and the
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1977 Inua - Angakok - Inuk
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
November - Dec 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1979 Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative
exhibition from the collection of Professor
and Mrs. Philip Gray
Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State
University
Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
April - May 1979 Views of Childhood
Art Gallery, Mount St. Vincent
University of Halifax
Halifax, Nova Scotia
May 1979 Inuit Prints
University of New Brunswick
Long Gallery, St. John Campus
St John, New Brunswick
(tour)
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)
Nov 1979 - Oct1984 Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art
Arts and Learning Services Foundation
(this is a duplicate of the C.A.P. and
National Museum of Man exhibition of
1976-1981)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(tour)
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)
April - May 1981 Festival of Birds
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
June 1981 Transformation
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
July - August 1981 Eskimo Games: Graphics and Sculpture/
Giuochi Eschimesi: grafiche e sculture
National Gallery of Modern Art
Rome, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1981 - February 1983 The Murray and Marguerite Vaughan Inuit
Print Collection
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Fredericton, New Brunswick
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1982 - January 1983
Inuit Myths, Legends and Songs
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September - Oct 1983 Inuit Survival
Enook Galleries, Waterloo, Ontario
Presented at the University of Waterloo
Art Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
November 1983 - March 1985 Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development, Ottawa, presented at the
General Assembly Building, United Nations
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
March 1984 The Story Tellers of Holman Island: A
retrospective exhibition of rare stonecut
prints from 1968 - 1979
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
March - June 1984 he Oral Tradition
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who
wrestled with them
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
August - Sep 1984 Visions of Rare Spirit:
20 Years of Holman Prints
Port Colborne Library
Port Colborne, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
November - Dec 1984 50 Inuit Prints
Canadian Arctic Producers in
coordination with the Hudson's Bay
Company Inuit Art Marketing Service,
held at Simpson's
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
Feb 1985 - April 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Department of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada, Ottawa,
presented by Commerzbank
Frankfurt, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1985 Alaska Eskimo Dolls/Inuit Prints
Provincial Museum of Alberta,
sponsored by the Alaska State
Council on the Arts
Edmonton, Alberta
(tour)
May - June 1986 Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of
Travel
Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
August - November 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
presented by Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
December 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at the Niedersaechsisches Landesmuseum
Hannover, Germany
1987 The Bond Between Mother and Child
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California
February - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May - June 1987 Inuit Graphics from the Past
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November 1987 Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
March - April 1988 Works on Paper from the Permanent
Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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)
March - April 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet
France
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
October 1989 Western Canadian Woodblock Prints
Muttart Public Art Gallery
Calgary, Alberta
1990 Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection
Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Alberta
January 1990 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
France
January - Sep 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
France
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
November - Dec1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
Dorset 1990
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre Culturel Canadien
Paris, France
February - March 1991 Inuit Drawings
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
March - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Theatre
La Ciotat, France
April - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
May - June 1991 Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
June - July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
Ensisheim, France
August - Sep1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
Troyes, France
October - Dec 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Maite Aubert
Le Havre, France
February - August 1992 Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
June - July 1992 Women of the North: An Exhibition
of art by Inuit Women of the
Canadian Arctic
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov 1992 - Jan 1993 Borealis: Inuit Images of Man and Animals
Freeport Art Museum and Cultural Centre
Freeport, Illinois
March 1993 The Prints Never Seen:
Holman, 1977-1987
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
San Francisco, California
(illustrated catalogue)
November - December 1993
Women Who Draw: 30 Years of Graphic
Art from the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1994 Patiently I Sing
Selections from the Tyler/Brooks Collection
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Sep - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
May - September 1995 Keeping Our Stories Alive:
An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts
from Dene and Inuit of Canada
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1995 - January 1996 Qiviuq: A Legend in Art
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario
March 1996 Kalvak & Nanogak
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1970 Drawings by Nanogak
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
October 1974 Nanogak of Holman Island
Inukshuk Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
COLLECTIONS: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1972 Nanogak illustrated a book of Inuit stories, "Tales From the Igloo". 1974 Attended the opening of her solo show at Inukshuk Gallery, Waterloo. 1979 Commissioned by the Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery to do a series of drawings about children for the "Views of Childhood" exhibition. 1982 Nanogak received a Canada Council grant to tape, record and illustrate
Alaskan, Delta and Copper Eskimo stories and to produce one or more
books on the material.
1983 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau presented Nanogak's 1983 print "Five Geese"
to Prince Charles and Princess Dianna during their visit to Canada.
1985 Received an honourary doctorate from Mount Saint Vincent University in
Halifax. She now signs her work "Dr. Agnes Nanogak."
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS: /Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by
Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal: Signum Press in
association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1974.
HOLMAN ARTISTS: Film, Grant and Exhibition. Inuvialuit, Fall,
1982. pp.18-19.
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.
Barz, Sandra B., ed.
CANADIAN INUIT PRINT ARTIST/PRINTER BIOGRAPHIES. New York :
Arts & Culture of the North, 1990.
Berlo, Janet Catherine
DRAWING AND PRINTMAKING AT HOLMAN. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol.
10, no. 3 (Fall 1995), pp.22-30, 1995.
Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Canadian Arctic Producers
SHAMANS AND SPIRITS = CHAMANS ET ESPRITS: Myths and Medical
Symbolism in Eskimo Art = Les mythes et le symbolisme medical
dans l'art esquimau. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers and the
National Museum of Man, c1979.
Driscoll, Bernadette
INUIT MYTHS, LEGENDS AND SONGS. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1982.
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT AMAUTIK: I Like My Hood to be Full. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.
Driscoll, Bernadette
UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1985.
Holman Eskimo Co-operatives Ltd.
THE PRINTS NEVER SEEN, HOLMAN, 1977-1987: A Collection of
Previously Unpublished Prints. Holman Eskimo Co-operatives;
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, 1993?.
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from
Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American
Native Arts Museum, 1995.
Jackson, Marion. E. [Ed.]
PATIENTLY I SING: SELECTIONS FROM THE TYLER/BROOKS COLLECTION
OF INUIT ART: [Selected by] Mary Haydon, S. Holyck Hunchuck,
Christine Lalonde [and] Helen Rapp. Ottawa, Ont.: Carleton
University Art Gallery, 1994.
Macdonald, John
TAUVIJJUAQ; THE GREAT DARKNESS. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8,
No.2, Summer, 1993, pp. 19-25.
Marion Scott Gallery
WOMEN OF THE NORTH: AN EXHIBITION OF ART BY INUIT WOMEN OF THE
CANADIAN ARCTIC: June 6-July 11, 1992. Vancouver: Marion
Scott Gallery, 1992.
McGrath, Robin
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: The Clothing Motif in Inuit Legends
and Art. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.4, Winter 1993, pp.
16-23.
Metayer, Maurice, ed.
TALES FROM THE IGLOO. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1972.
Mitchell, Marybelle
MORE TALES FROM THE IGLOO: As Told by Agnes Nanogak. Inuit Art
Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring 1987. p.14.
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.
Nanogak, Agnes
MORE TALES FROM THE IGLOO: As Told by Agnes Nanogak.
Introduction by Robin Gedalof McGrath. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986.
National Museum of Man
THE INUIT PRINT = L'ESTAMPE INUIT: A Travelling Exhibition... =
Une exposition itinerante... Ottawa: National Museum of Man,
National Museums of Canada, 1977.
Port Colborne Library
VISIONS OF RARE SPIRIT = VISIONS D'ESPRIT RARE: 20 years of
Holman Prints = 20 ans d'estampes Holman. Ottawa: Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
Routledge, Marie
INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston,
Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979.
Routledge, Marie
NANOGAK, AGNES: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh,
editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 2:1192, 1985.
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.
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