MATIUSI ILIMASAUT AMARUALI Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1931 -

MATIUSI ILIMASAUT AMARUALI (ILIMASAUT; KOPE; KOPI; MATHEW; MATTIOSIE;
AMARUALIK)
Born: June 10, 1931 Male E9-804
Resides: Puvirnituq
Sculpture
Matiusi is the adopted son of Puvirnituq artist Aisa Qupirualu Alasua. He
was elected president of the Povungnituk Cooperative Association in 1969.

EXHIBITIONS:
Jan - Feb 1989 The Art of the Eskimo
Newman Galleries
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Nov 1995 - Jan 1996 Qiviuq: A Legend in Art
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario
COLLECTIONS:
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1979 Travelled to Ottawa, on behalf of the Povungnituk Cooperative, to present 369
Povungnituk prints to the National Museum of Man.