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Pitseolak Niviaqsi

Pitseolak Niviaqsi (1947 - 2015) was active/lived in Nunavut / Canada.  Pitseolak Niviaqsi is known for Inuit sculpture and lithography.

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A prominent Canadian Inuit* sculptor and printmaker, Pitseolak Niviaqsi (aka: Niviaksie) was born near Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, which is his current home (2015). He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Hundreds of his works are in the collections of Canadian museums including the the National Gallery of Canada. (1)

According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network* and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York); Canadian Museum of History (Gatineau, Quebec), Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa, Ontario), Heard Museum (Phoenix, Arizona), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg, Ontario), Museum of Anthropology (University of British Columbia, Vancouver), Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories), Quebec Museum of Fine Arts (Quebec   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 14068 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  19
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19 Book References for Pitseolak Niviaqsi
Year Author Title Pages Color
2010 Borys, Stephen Winnipeg Art Gallery: Guide to the Collections (Winnipeg Art Gallery) 263 Yes
2009 Hessel, Ingo; Sandra Dyck Sanattiaqsimajut: Inuit Art from the Carleton University Art Gallery Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
232 Yes
2007 Blodgett, Jean and Irene Snarby In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun: Sami and Inuit Art: 2000-2005 (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
(Exhibition catalog)
65 Yes
2006 Hessel, Ingo Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum (Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona)
(Exhibition catalog)
240 Yes
2005 Norton, Derek and Nigel Reading Cape Dorset Sculpture 136 Yes
2004 Peabody Essex Museum Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic
(Exhibition catalog)
141 Yes
2003 Wight, Darlene Coward The Jerry Twomey Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic
(Exhibition catalog)
128 Yes
2001 Crandall, Richard C. An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art 464 Yes
2001 Reading, Nigel The Lyrical World of Pitseolak Niviaqsi (Spirit Wrestler Gallery) 41 Yes
2000 Crandall, Richard C. Inuit Art: A History 420 No
1999 Norton, Derek Fusion-Tradition & Discovery: A Celebration of Shared and Cross-Cultural Experiences 40 Yes
1998 Cartwright, Jennifer The Arctic Lithograph: Inuit Prints from the Collection of Carleton University Art Gallery 23 No
1998 Hessel, Ingo; Dieter Hessel Inuit Art: An Introduction 198 Yes
1995 Oman, Lela Epic of Qayaq: The Longest Story Ever Told by My People 119 Yes
1991 Blodgett, Jean In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking 144 Yes
1986 Lagasse, Robert Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel (Burnaby Art Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
48 Yes
1981 Hachey, Paul A., Linda Hansen and Ian Lumsden The Murray and Marguerite Vaughan Inuit Print Collection (Beaverbrook Art Gallery) 47 No
1977 Editor, National Museums of Man, Canada and Department of Indian and Northern Affairs The Inuit Print 267 Yes
1977 National Museum of Man The Inuit Print: A Travelling Exhibition 267 Yes
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