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DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN (RUBEN) Born: May 10, 1950 Male W3-1119
Place of Birth: Paulatuk
Resides: Toronto
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Paintings
David's brother Abraham Apakark Anghik, creates carvings, prints and drawings. In 1998 David became the first Inuit artist to be appointed to the prestigious
Sculpture Society of Canada
EXHIBITIONS:
1974 British Columbia Nephrite Jade Show
Dallas Trade Show
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
(tour)
July 1975 International Group Show
Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
June - July 1977 Group Exhibition
Brackendale Art Gallery
Brackendale, British Columbia
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
October - Nov 1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery,
(organized to complement the Musee
des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit
of the same name)
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1982 Works by Abraham Anghik, David Ruben
Piqtoukun and Stefanie Ham
Gallery Quan
Toronto, Ontario
January 1983 The Face of the Inuit
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
Feb 1984 - June 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and Canadian
Arctic Producers
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1984 The Oral Tradition
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
1985 - 1986 Sanaugasi Takujaksat: A Travelling
Celebration of Inuit Sculpture
Presented by Canadian Arctic Producers
Ltd., with the assistance of
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Ottawa
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
June 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native
expression at the first Native Business
Summit
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
August - November 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
presented by Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July - September 1987 Paulatuk: Mythology in Stone and Photographs
Prince of Wales Northern
Heritage Centre
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
(catalogue)
1988 The Storytellers: Sculptures by David
Ruben Piqtoukun, Photographs by Tom Skudra
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
January - March 1989 Out of Tradition:
Abraham Anghik/David Ruben Piqtoukun
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1989 Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition
of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks
Presented by the Amway Corporation
at the United Nations General Assembly
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1989 The Great Northern Arts Festival
held in Inuvik
Northwest Territories
January - Sep 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
June - July 1991 Visions of Power
presented by the Earth Spirit Festival at
York Quay Gallery and Leo Kamen Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (second exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
Sep - Nov 1991 Masters of Myth
Art Space Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
January - March 1992 Images of Influence: Contemporary Inuit Art
Surrey Art Gallery
Surrey, British Columbia
June - October 1992 Nouveau Territoires...
350/500 Ans Apres, Presented at les maisons
de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-
de-Grace, and Rosemont-Petite Patrie
Montreal Recreation and Community
Development Service and les Ateliers
Visions Planetaire
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov 1992 - Jan 1993 Borealis: Inuit Images of Man and Animals
Freeport Art Museum and Cultural Centre
Freeport, Illinois
April - July 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of
Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
Nov 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
October 1994 Sculpture of the Inuit:
Major Works by the Masters of Stone
Maslak McLeod Canadian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
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)
October - Dec 1995 The Next Generation
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1973 David Ruben Piqtoukun
Arctic Arts Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
1974 David Ruben Piqtoukun
Gallery of British Columbia Arts
Vancouver, British Columbia
1983 David Ruben Piqtoukun
Family Hall
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
1986 David Ruben Piqtoukun
Expo 1986
Northwest Territories Pavilion
Vancouver, British Columbia
COLLECTIONS: Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Staatliche Museum fur Volkerkunde, Munich, West Germany
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1975 Received a cultural grant to attend and participate in the International
Stone Sculpture Symposium in Vancouver.
1980 Attended the Third Eskimo Art Conference in Ottawa as guest speaker. 1980 Appointed to the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council and served until 1983. 1982 Travelled to Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the invitation of the Department of
External Affairs to participate in Canada week.
1984 Received a Canada Council Exploration Grant to stage the exhibit:
'Paulatuk - mythology in stone and photographs'.
1986 Carved an Inukshuk to commemorate the first Native Business Summit at the
Toronto Covention Centre, on behalf of the Government of the Northwest
Territories.
1987 Commissioned to produce a folio of prints entitled 'Symbols of Survival'. 1988 Taught carving to six Baffin sculptors at the Third Experimental
Stone Workshop III between February 18 and 26th at the Iqaluit Jewellery
Centre.
1988 Produced a painting as a gift for the United Nations Education, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
1988 One of eleven artists chosen to participate in the 3rd Biennial Native
American Fine Arts Invitational held at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
from October 1987 to February 1988.
1989 Invited to participate in the "Partnership Workshops" conducted by
the Institute of Cultural Affairs, Oaxtepec, Morelos, Mexico.
1989 Appointed to UNESCO's Canadian Committee for the World Decade of Cultural
Development.
1989 Attended the opening of the "Masters of the Arctic" exhibition in New York
City on June 5th.
1989 Attended an artists-in-residence program at the Altos de Chavon arts centre
in the Dominican Republic.
1989 Commissioned to create a sculpture for Telefilm Canada headquarters. 1993 Gave a talk at the opening of The Inuit Imagination exhibit at the Winnipeg
Art Gallery (November 7, 1993).
SELECTED REFERENCES:
INUIT LEGENDS KEPT ALIVE IN ARTIST'S WORK OF STONE. Winnipeg
Free Press, January 2, 1988.
MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
PAULATUK ALBUM: PEOPLE OF THE '30S. Tusaayaksat, June, 1986.
Devine, Martha
PAULATUK EXHIBITION SHOWS SPIRIT, POWER. Native Press, July 24,
1987.
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT COLLECTION OF THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY. Canadian
Antiques & Art Review, vol. 2, no. 17, April, 1981. pp.36-41.
Ennis, Fred
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!. Ottawa : The Ottawa Sun, April 12, 1990.
Gamble, David
'ROCKS' NOT LIKELY TO ROLL: Alderman's Campaign to Scrap
Sculpture Founders. Ottawa : The Ottawa Sun, April 12, 1990.
Goose, Wayne
RUBEN CARVING/PHOTO EXHIBIT IN YELLOWKNIFE. Tusaayaksat,
August, 1987.
Hancock, Lyn
THE ARTISTS OF THE NWT. Above & Beyond, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter
1990/91, pp. 37-40.
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.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.
Jones, Brian
ARTIST SEES TUNDRA AS A CLEANSING PROCESS. News/North,
July-September, 1987 (also printed in Weekender, "Piqtoukun's
Magic Mitt").
Jones, Gloria
SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM UNIQUE TO WEST COAST. Monday Magazine, July
21-27, 1975. p.9.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
McLeod, Nancy
DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN: Sculpting a Magic Past. Up Here, vol.
3, no. 6, October/November, 1987. p.34.
Noble, Sheila
DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN-INUIT ARTIST: Releasing the figure in the
stone. Intercom, December 1988. pp.1-2.
Piqtoukin, David Ruben
TRIP TO ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, AFRICA. Inuktitut, January:19-32,
1983.
Piqtoukun, David Ruben
A JOURNEY TO THE IVORY COAST. About Arts and Crafts, vol. 5,
no. 3, 1982. pp.1-8.
Piqtoukun, David Ruben
DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN: AN INTERVIEW BY JOHN AYRE. Inuit Art
Quarterly: 9 (3), Fall 1994, pp. 17-22.
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
PAULATUK: Mythology in Stone and Photographs. David Ruben
Piqtoukun and Tom Skudra. Yellowknife, N.W.T.: Prince of Wales
Northern Heritage Centre, 1987.
Routledge, Marie
INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L'ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston,
Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979.
Seagren, Ronnie
DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN. Edges: New Planetary Patterns vol. 1,
no. 4, 1989. pp.23-25.
Seidelman, Harold
DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN. Arts & Culture of the North, vol. 5, no.
4, Fall, 1981. pp.375-377.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Sutherland, David
PAULATUK: Mythology in Stone and Photographs. Inuit Art
Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Fall, 1987. pp.13.
The Earth Spirit Festival
VISIONS OF POWER: CONTEMPORARY ART BY FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND
JAPANESE CANADIANS: Essays by Ingo Hessel, Bryce Kanbara [and]
Alfred Young Man. Toronto: The Earth Spirit Festival, 1991.
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.
Vision Planetaire
NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art
aborigene contemporain du Canada. Montreal: Vision Planetaire:
Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992.
Wight, Darlene
OUT OF TRADITION: Abraham Anghik / David Ruben Piqtoukun: a
retrospective exhibition. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1989.
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