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IKAYUKTA TUNNILLIE (IKAJUKTA; TUNILLIE; EKAYUTAQ; IKADUKTA) Born: 1911 Female E7-927
Died: April 9, 1980
Resided: Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints
Ikayukta lived in camps for most of her life. She started drawing in the
mid-1960s and was first represented in the 1971 Cape Dorset annual collection.
Her son Qavaroak Tunnillie was a sculptor. Her daughter Kakulu Sagiatuk is an
artist living in Cape Dorset.
EXHIBITIONS: 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, Cape Dorset Graphics
1978, 1979, 1980 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan 1977 - Jun 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 - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
February - March 1983 Return of the Birds
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1983 The Cape Dorset Print
Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Feb 1984 - Jun 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and Canadian
Arctic Producers
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
November 1986 Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare
Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
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.
February - March 1990 Inuit Drawings
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June - September 1990 Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959-1990
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
March - June 1993 Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinberg, Ontario
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
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)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Jan - Feb 1981 Ikayukta Retrospect: Stonecuts, lithographs and
drawings from 1972 to 1980
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(brochure)
COLLECTIONS: 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.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Blodgett, Jean and Susan Gustavison
STRANGE SCENES: EARLY CAPE DORSET DRAWINGS. Kleinburg, Ont.:
McMichael Canadian Collection, 1993.
Eber, Dorothy Harley
VISITS WITH PIA. THE BEAVER, WINTER: 20-27, 1983.
Gustavison, Susan J.
ARCTIC EXPRESSIONS: INUIT ART AND THE CANADIAN ESKIMO ARTS
COUNCIL 1961 - 1989. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art
Collection, 1994.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
INUIT DRAWINGS. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1990.
Jackson, Marion E.
INUIT PRINTS: Impressions of a Culture in Transition. LSA 9
(1):6-12, Fall (The University of Michigan), 1985.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
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.
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.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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