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Ohotaq Mikkigak
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etching, aquatint
15.1 x 18.7 in. | | 45/50 | | $ 400 CDN |
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lithograph
10 x 12 in. | | 9/50 | | $ 300 CDN |
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Ohotaq Mikkigak
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Ohotaq was born in 1936 and lives in Cape Dorset with his wife Qaunak, who is a carver and traditional throat-singer.
Ohotaq began drawing in the early years of the print program in Cape Dorset, and his print, Eskimo Fox Trapper, was released
in 1961. He became less involved with drawing as the community grew, working full time instead for various community agencies. Since his retirement from his job as caretaker of the Peter Pitseolak School in Cape Dorset, Ohotaq has again expressed an
interest in drawing. We were pleased to include three of his prints in the 40th anniversary collection released in 1999. Since then he has become a fixture at the table in the Kinngait Studios, working on drawings covering a wide range of themes and
subjects, including an illustrated life history.
This year’s collection includes three images by Ohotaq, all illustrating his unique drawing style and, especially in Face to Face (2009-29), his quirky sense of humour.
Also known as
Oqutaq, Ohuqtaq, Ohotaq, Ohotok.
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Ohotaq Mikkigak
Collections
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, PQ
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
The Arnold Aubert Vernon Inuit Collection at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Exhibitions
2012 Cape Dorset Graphics Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2011 Cape Dorset Graphics Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2010 Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2009 Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2008 Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2007 Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2006 Cape Dorset Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2005 Cape Dorset Print Collection 2005, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2004 Cape Dorset Print Collection 2004, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2003 Then and Now - Inuit Prints from 1962-2002, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Ltd., Vancouver, BC
2002 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection, Dorset Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2001 Spirit of the Walrus, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2001 Cross-Currents, Cape Dorset in the 1960s, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2001 Older Sculpture from Private Collections V, Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, San Francisco, CA
2000 Cape Dorset Print Collection 2000, West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, Cape Dorset, NU
1997 Graphite and Stone, Sculpture and Drawing: Baffin Artists in Two Mediums, Spirit Wrestler, Vancouver, BC
1994 - 95 Cape Dorset Revisited, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
1994 Cape Dorset Revisited- a collection of previously unreleased prints, exhibited at selected commercial galleries, organized by West
Baffin Eskimo Co-op
1989 Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989, McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, ON
1987 Cape Dorset Sculpture, Eskimo Art Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, SK
1980 The Abbot Collection of Inuit Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1971 Canadian Eskimo Sculpture, Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC
1970 Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada: Second Collection, Cultural Affairs Division, Department of External Affairs, Canada, Ottawa, ON
1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69, Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, ON
1961 Cape Dorset Graphics Annual Collection
Publications
1994 Gustavison, Susan J. Arctic Expressions: Inuit Art and the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council 1961-89. Kleinburg, ON: McMichael Canadian Art Collection
1993 URGENT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY ARTISTS. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.3, Fall 1993, p 24-33.
1988 Monuments in Stone: Recent Sculpture from Cape Dorset. The Innuit Art Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, ON.
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