Levi Amidlak Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1931 -

LEVI AMIDLAK (AMIDILAK)
Born: March 2, 1931 Male E9-1564
Resides: Inukjuak
Sculpture
Levi Amidlak was born in 1931 and has spent his life in the settlement of
Inukjuak. As the son of the carver, Samwillie Amidlak, Levi became
acquainted with the art form at an early age; he began to carve in his
mid-teens and has been moderately productive since that time.
Levi's work is deeply-rooted in the heritage of the Inuit. He tends to
portray the secular world of his culture, such as solitary hunters and the
animals of his region; his favourite subjects are birds. Frequently, to
enhance the facial features of his sculpture, Levi inlays the eyes, and
delineates the whiskers and teeth with ivory; he also creates details with
delicate incising.
Levi feels that in spite of how difficult carving is, it has become an
integral feature and a means of expressing modern Inuit culture.
Levi's sisters Louisa Kutchaka and Sarah Paulosie are also carvers.

EXHIBITIONS:
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July - August 1987 Exposition Sculptures d'Arctique
Hotel d'Asfeld
St. Malo, France
Nov 1987 - Jan 1988 Inuitkonst fran Kanada - skulptor och grafik
Millesgarden
Lidingo, Sweden
(illustrated catalogue)

March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
Dec 1988 - 1989 Im Schatten der Sonne:Zeitgenossische Kunst
der Indianer und Eskimos in Kanada/In the
Shadow of the Sun:Contemporary Indian and Inuit
Art in Canada
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
May - August 1992 Arctic Wildlife: The Art of the Inuit
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
COLLECTIONS:
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Ministere des affaires culturelles du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

SELECTED REFERENCES:

IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und
Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art
of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition
Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.

Burland, Cottie
ESKIMO ART. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1973.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
SCULPTURE/INUIT: Sculpture of the Inuit: masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic = La sculpture chez les Inuit: chefs-d'oeuvre de
l'Arctique canadien. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
London: Aidan Ellis Publishing, 1971.
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS
D'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts,
c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.
Roberts, A. Barry
THE INUIT ARTISTS OF INOUCDJOUAC, P.Q: Historical and
Biographical Information for the Viewers and Collectors of
Eskimo Art. Montreal: La Federation des Co-operatives du Noveau
Quebec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs, 1978.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Swinton, Nelda
LA FAUNE DE L'ARCTIQUE = ARCTIC WILDLIFE: L'art des Inuit = the
Art of the Inuit. Montreal: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,
1993.
Watt, Virginia
IN RETROSPECT: IMITATION NATIVE ART. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol.
8, No.1, Spring 1993, pp. 48-50.