Adamie Alariaq Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1930 - d. 1990

ADAMIE ALARIAQ (OOTOOCHIE; ALLAVIAK; OOTOCHIE)
Born: November 10, 1930 Male E7-1090
Died: 1990
Resided: Cape Dorset; also lived in Lake Harbour and Iqaluit
Sculpture
Adamie's wife Nakasuk, and sons, Novoalia, and Simeonie Alariaq are
sculptors in Cape Dorset.

EXHIBITIONS:
1955 Eskimo Sculpture
arranged by the Department of Northern
Affairs and National Resources, and the
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(catalogue)
October - Nov 1974 Eskimo Art
Queens Museum
Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1976 The Bear, the Owl, the Walrus
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
September 1977 Wildlife of the Arctic: Eskimo Sculpture
Pucker/Safrai Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)

March - April 1979 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at the Rathaus Foyer
Mainz, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
January - March 1980 Cape Dorset
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving
from the Northwest Territories
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1986 Masterwork Sculpture 1986
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Dec 1987 - Feb 1988 Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les
esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai,
at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras
Arras, France
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet
France
July 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
France

November 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Martres-de-Veyre
France
December 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie des Tanneurs, Mulhouse
France
January - Feb 1989 Images of the Far North
Arctic Artistry
(held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
February - March 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at St. Marcellin
France
March - April 1989 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet
France
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)
August 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux
du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation,
Thonon
France

March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
France
February - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Humbert
Nantes, France
April - May 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de l'Europe
Le Touquet, France
May - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at La Halle aux Bles
Saint Malo, France
Nov - Dec 1991 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
Dorset 1991
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Colombier
Ville D'Avray, France
February - April 1992 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Montador
Dieppe, France
April - July 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of
Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
Sep - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
March - April 1973 Stone Sculpture by Adamie of Cape Dorset
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
Oct - Nov 1979 Alariaq - Recent Sculpture
Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario
May 1980 Adamie Alariaq Sculpture
London Regional Art Gallery
London, Ontario
Nov - Dec 1980 Adamie Alariaq
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
COLLECTIONS:
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:

MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.

Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Inuit Galerie
ADAMIE ALARIAG. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany :
Inuit Galerie, 1980.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
AN ENDURING TRADITION II: Inuit Carving from the Northwest
Territories. Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1983.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1986.
Musee des Beaux-Arts (Arras, France)
INUK, INUIT: Art et tradition chez les Esquimaux d'hier et
d'aujourd'hui. Arras, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1987.
Pucker/Safrai Gallery
WILDLIFE OF THE ARCTIC: Eskimo Sculpture. Boston:
Pucker/Safrai Gallery, 1977.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
CAPE DORSET. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
CAPE DORSET: Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1975.