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RCA, 1935 - 2010
Kananginak has been involved with drawing and printmaking since the late 1950's when the West Baffin Co-operative first initiated the graphic arts program at Cape Dorset. Kananginak's first print, a collaborative image with his father, Pootoogook, was
included in the first catalogued collection of Cape Dorset prints in 1959. Since that time, Kananginak’s work has been included in almost every annual collection, and has been interpreted in many different print media - copper engraving, stonecut,
stencil, lithography and etching. Kananginak was an accomplished stonecut printmaker himself - in the early years he often proofed and editioned his own work.
Kananginak and his siblings grew up in different camp areas on south Baffin Island.
Their main camp was Ikirisaq where their father, Pootoogook, was the respected camp leader. Kananginak married Shooyoo from Cape Dorset in the mid-1950's. They lived at Ikirisaq until 1958 when they moved to Cape Dorset because of Pootoogook's failing
health.
Kananginak has been a prominent community leader. He was instrumental in the formation of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, and served for many years as President of its Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Royal Canadian
Academy of the Arts.
In 1978, the World Wildlife Commission released a limited edition portfolio of works in which four of Kananginaks' images were included. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, in both public institutions and
commercial galleries. He is also a notable sculptor.
In 1997, Kananginak was commissioned by the Governor General of Canada, Romeo Leblanc, to construct an inuksuq in Cape Dorset, which was then dismantled and shipped to Ottawa. Kananginak and
his son Johnny were then invited to Ottawa to re-assemble the inuksuq on the grounds of Rideau Hall as part of a tribute to Native people in Canada.
From the beginning, Kananginak has represented Arctic wildlife in his work, often monumental in
scale. He is especially capable at drawing the many species of birds that frequent the Arctic. He has also done many memorable images illustrating the material culture of the Inuit, and narrative drawings of camp and hunting scenes. This year Kananginak
is well represented by five images that demonstrate his broad range as a graphic artist. The majestic Owl on Sealskin (2009-2) is monumental both in size and execution, and represents Kananginak at his most original. Dorset at Twilight (2009-3) and
Pootoogook Returns (2009-4) are beautiful, small lithographs representing Kananginak's obvious affection for his family, his community and it's unique history.
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Kananginak Pootoogook
RCA, 1935 - 2010
Awards
Elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts
National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the Arts
Collections
Agnes Eherington Art Centre, Queens University, Kingston, ON
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, MI
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Art Gallery of York University, Downsville, ON
Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, ON
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
CIBC Collection, Toronto, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Cape Dorset, NU
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
GE Canada Inuit Art Collection, Mississauga, ON
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, NU
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Laurentian University Museum & Arts Centre, Sudbury, ON
London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, QC
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Prince of Wales, Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NT
Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, AB
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Shell Canada Collection, Calgary, AB
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, ON
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
Whyte Museum, Banff, AB
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Commissions
Imperial Oil commission. One of five artists commissioned to produce a special folio of prints
UNICEF commission. One of five artists commissioned to create designs to be used as Unicef Christmas cards
United Nations Conference 'Habitat Folio' commission. One of four artists commissioned to produce a collection of prints for the conference
Commissioned to make four limited edition prints for the World Wildlife portfolio
The World Wildlife Commission released a limited edition portfolio of works in which four of Kananginak's images were included
Commissioned by the National Museums to make two etchings for inclusion in their 1979 gift catalogue
Commissioned by the Group of 100 to produce a lithographic print
Norgraphics Commission
Guild of Crafts Commission
Commissioned to carve a 5'8" inukshuk installed at Rideau Hall, Ottawa for National Aboriginal Day
Credits
Represented Cape Dorset on a good will tour to Greenland
'Inuit World' collection, published in a boxed edition by Kingait Press
Speaker at the Inuit art Conference held at the McMichael Canadian Collection
Exhibitions
We Lived by Animals, Dept of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Cape Dorset Prints, London Art Gallery, Clinton, ON
Tribute to Cape Dorset Male Artists, Inukshuk Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Contemporary Eskimo Prints and Sculpture, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX
The Inuit Print, Dept of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Lithographs Dorset '77, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, CA
From the University Collection, University of New Brunswick, Art Centre Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Eskimo Art, Embankment Gallery, London, England
Polar Vision, Jerusalem Artists' House Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
By Light of the Qulliq, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Canadian Eskimo Art, Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Eskimo Narrative, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Inuit Prints, University of New Brunswick, Long Gallery, St John, NB
Inuit Art in the 1970's, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
Images of the Inuit, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Cape Dorset, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
First Annual Collectors Invitational, Inuk 1/Eskimo Art, San Francisco, CA
Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Festival of Birds, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, CA
The Year of the Bear, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, CA
Cape Dorset Engravings, Dept of Indian Affairs, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Murray and Marguerite Vaughan Inuit Print Collection, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Noel au Chateau, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Return of the Birds, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Grasp Tight the Old Ways, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Inuit Survival, Enook Galleries, Waterloo, ON
Fantasy and Stylization, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Cape Dorset Prints, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON
Inuit Art at Rideau Hall, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON
Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada, UN General Assembly Building, New York, NY
Arctic Vision, Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Cape Dorset Prints, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
On the Land, The Arctic Circle, Los Angeles, CA
Images of the Far North, Studio Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
The Last and First Eskimos, Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX
Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany
Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Alaska Eskimo Dolls, Council on the Arts, Edmonton, AB
Chisel and Brush, Dept of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Aboriginal Rights In Canada, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Spirit of the Land, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON
John and Mary Robertson Collection of Inuit Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
Inuit Graphics through the Year, Arctic Artistry, Scarsdale, NY
Cape Dorset Prints and Sculpture, McMaster Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Inuit Graphics from the Past, Arctic Artistry, Scarsdale, NY
1987 Eskimo Art, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961-1987, Arctic Artistry, Hartsdale, NY
Cape Dorset Prints, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC
Contemporary Inuit Drawings, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC
A Collectors Feast, Snow Goose Associates, Seattle, WA
Inuit Images in Transition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Exhibition of Original Drawings by Three Inuit Artists, Gallery Phillips, Don Mills, ON
The World Around Me, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Cold Stones, Warm Hearts, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Cape Dorset Printmaking, McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, ON
Birds, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON
A New Day Dawning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Inuit Graphic Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Inuit Art from the Gelnbow Collection, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Arctic Mirror, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC
Inuit drawings, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Art Inuit, Maison Falleur, Cambrai, France
Art Inuit, Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet, France
Small Sculptures from the Canadian Arctic, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Inuit Graphics and Drawings, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Art Inuit, Thonon les Bains, France
Inuit Masterworks, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Art Inuit, Galerie Saint Merri, Paris, France
Sojourns to Nunavut, Bunkamura Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Art Inuit, Le Theatre, la Ciotat, France
Art Inuit, Galerie la Tour des Cardinaux, L'Isle sur la Sorge, France
Inuit Music in Art, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Mother and Child, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Inuit, Galerie Ombre et Lumiere, Ensisheim, France
Art Inuit, Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France
Glaciopolis, Maison de Pesney, Les Arcs, France
Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Art Inuit, Galerie Akenaton, Troyes, France
Art Inuit, Le Colombier, Ville D'Avray, France
Inuit Sculpture, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA
Art Eskimo, Galerie de France, Paris, France
Inoonoot Eskima, Konstframjandet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo Prints & Recent Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Eskimo Sculpture, Man & His World, Arctic Pavilion, Montreal, QC
Eskimo Carvings, Waddington, Montreal, QC
Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival, Alaska Methodist University Galleries, Anchorage, AK
Sculpture Inuit, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Ottawa, ON
Les Eskimos, Studio 44, Brussels, Belgium
Crafts from Arctic Canada, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Ottawa, ON
Ulu/Inua, Casino Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists, Gallery of the Arctic, Victoria, BC
Eskimo Art, Queens Museum, Flushing, New York, NY
Cape Dorset Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Moving Around the Form, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
Inuit Print and Sculpture, Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Inuit Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Salon International Europ'art, Galerie Saint Merri, Geneva, Switzerland
Oonark, Pudlo, Kananginak, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Each Depends on the Other, Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
Arctic Ice, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Borealis, Freeport Art Museum and Cultural Centre, Freeport, IL
Small Sculptures by Great Artists 1, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Muskox-Umingmak, Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
Sculpture and Graphics from Cape Dorset, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Treasured Monument, Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Drawings by Kananginak Pootoogook, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Inuit Drawings, Muscaraelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA
Small Sculptures by Great Artists 2, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Share the Vision, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cape Dorset Revisited, West Baffin Eskimo Co-op, Cape Dorset, NU
Cape Dorset Revisited, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
Arctic Spirit, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Huis Hellemans, Edegem, Belgium
Small Sculptures by Great Artists 3, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Immaginario Inuit, Galerie d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Verona, Italy
The Birds of Cape Dorset, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition of Inuit Art, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Engravings and Etchings, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Sunakutagnuvalautut: Things from the Past, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Sedna: Spirit of the Sea, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Elagiiqniq/Family, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Emerging Spirit, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Stone & Bone, Sun Valley Centre for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
itinraire inuit, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Inuit Prints and Drawings, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC
Singing & Dancing & Playing, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Wolves & Caribou, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Graphite & Stone, Spirit Wrestler, Vancouver, BC
Fishing, Hunting & Wildlife, River Gallery, Fergus, ON
Horizons, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Arctic Spirit, Boise State University, Boise, ID
A Different Nature, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection, West Baffin Eskimo Co-op, Cape Dorset, NU
Small Sculptures by Great Artists 2000, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Living Arctic, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Cross-Currents, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Legends, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection 02, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Graphics, Arctic Artistry, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Then and Now, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Kananginak - Engravings, Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, ON
Pudlo Prints, Dept of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Work by Kananginak, Eskimo Graphics, Kitchener, ON
Drawings by Kananginak Pootoogook, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC
Kananginak: Designs & Drawings, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, QC
Exhibition of Original Drawings by Kananginak Pootoogook, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON
Kananginak Pootoogook of Cape Dorset, Gallery Indigena, Stratford, ON
Drawings by Kananginak Pootoogook, Issacs/inuit Gallery, Toronto, ON
Kananginak Pootoogook: Drawings, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Cape Dorset Spring Folio Print Release
Cape Dorset Graphics Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
Publications
Baird, Irene. Cape Dorset Man. Canadian Geographical Journal, vol 71, no 5
Barz, Sandra. Art of the Eskimos. Arts & Culture of the North, vol 2, no 1
Barz, Sandra. Simiuni Sivuarapi vs JJ Audubon. Arts & Culture of the North, vol 7, no 2
Barz, Sandra. Canadian Inuit Print Artist. Arts & Culture of the North.
Blodgett, Jean. Grasp Tight the Old Ways. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario.
Blodgett, Jean. In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Dept of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. A Face Like the Sun. Ottawa: Dept of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council. Crafts from Arctic Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Counci. Sculpture/Inuit. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Cochran, Bente Roed. Arctic Animals Theme for Exhibition. Edmonton Journal.
Cochran, Bente Roed. Eskimo Print Portfolio is Compelling. Edmonton Journal.
Driscoll, Bernadette. Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Eber, Dorothy. Looking for the Artists of Dorset. Canadian Forum, vol 52, no 618/619.
Eber, Dorothy. When the Whalers were up North. Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press.
Enright, Robert. Winnipeg Superb Spot for Devotees of Inuit Artworks and Culture. Winnipeg Free Press.
Feheley, Patricia. Kananginak. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol 3. No 2
Five College Canadian Studies Program. Perspectives on Inuit Culture. Amherst, Mass: University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology.
Gilbert, Bil. Kananginak: Eskimo Audubon. Audubon, vol 80, no 4
Gustavison, Susan. Arctic Expressions: Inuit Art. Kleinburg, ON: McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Houston, James. Eskimo Graphic Art. Canadian Art, vol 17, no 1
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture. Vancouver, BC: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. Inuit Masterworks. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver.
Jackson, Marion. Contemporary Inuit Drawings. Guelph: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.
Jackson, Marion. Personal versus Cultural Expression in Inuit Prints. Edmonton: University of Alberta.
James, Geoffrey. Masterworks of the Arctic. Time.
Jordon, Wendy. By the Light of the Qulliq. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service.
LaBarge, Dorothy. From Drawing to Print. Calgary: Glenbow Museum.
Lipton, Barbara. Arctic Vision. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers.
Lipton, Barbara. Arctic Vision. Archaeology
Macduff, Alistair. Lords of the Stone. Vancouver: Whitecap Books.
Marion Scott Gallery. Arctic Ice. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery.
Marion Scott Gallery. The Treasured Monument. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery.
Mekler, Gilda. Dorset Prints. Nunatsiaq News.
Mitchell, Marybelle and Ovilu Goo-Doyle. The Artists Speak. Inuit Art Quarterly.
Muehlen, Maria and Julie Hodgson. Lithography in Cape Dorset. Inuit Arts and Crafts.
Muscarelle Museum of Art. Contemporary Inuit drawings. Williamsburg, VA: The College of William and Mary in Virginia
National Museum of Man. The Inuit Print. Ottawa: The National Museum of Man.
Printers of Kingait Press. The Inuit World. Cape Dorset: Kingait Press.
Sabat, Christina. Visual Arts in Review. Daily Gleaner.
Souchotte, Sandra. Inuit art. Northwest Explorer 4 (4)
Swinton, George. Kananginak Pootoogook. Edmonton, Hurtig Press.
Swinton, George. Sculpture of the Eskimo. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Galerie d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Immaginario Inuit. Verona: Galerie d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.
West Baffin Island Eskimo Co-op. Cape Dorset 1971. Cape Dorset: West Baffin Island Eskimo Co-op.
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Cape Dorset. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Cape Dorset. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery.
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