Kaka Ashoona Art for Sale at Auction

Sculptor, b. 1928 - d. 1996

QAQAQ ASHOONA (KAKA; HAKA; QAQAK; HAKKAK; QUGAG)
Born: September 18, 1928 Male E7-1101
Resides: Cape Dorset
Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS:
May 1953 Eskimo Carvings: Coronation Exhibition
Gimpel Fils
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
1955 Eskimo Sculpture
arranged by the Department of Northern
Affairs and National Resources, and the
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(catalogue)
Jany - Feb 1963 ART ESKIMO
Galerie de France
Paris, France
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
April - May 1967 Carvings and Prints by the Family
of Pitseolak
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
1968 Eskimo Sculpture
Man & His World, Arctic Pavilion
Montreal, Quebec
May - June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture '69
Robertson Galleries
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
1970 Mythology in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - July 1970 Sculpture
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
a competition/exhibition organized as
a contribution to the Centennial of the
N.W.T.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1970 Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival
Alaska Methodist University Galleries
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1970 The Woodget Collection of Eskimo Art
and Artifacts
Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Art
Halifax, Nova Scotia
(catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1970 Whalebone and Stone Eskimo Carvings
Waddington Galleries
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
1971 - 1973 Sculpture/Inuit: Masterworks of the
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)


Jan - Feb 1971 The Art of the Eskimo
Simon Fraser Gallery,
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(catalogue)
Sep - Oct 1971 Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the
Collection of York University
Art Gallery of York University
Downsview, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan - Feb 1972 INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection
of Inuit Art
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
January - March 1972 Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1973 Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Dec 1973 - Jan 1974 Les Eskimos/De Eskimo's
Studio 44 - Passage 44
Brussels, Belgium
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Cape Dorset Sculpture
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
June - Sept 1974 Ulu/Inua: Form and Fantasy in Eskimo Art
Casino Gallery, Ravinia Park
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
August 1974 Ten Masterworks Exhibition Artists
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1975 The Hand
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1975 Sedna, the sea spirit:
Sculpture in bone and stone
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
April 1976 Baffin Island Sculpture Exhibition
Baffin Regional School
Iqaluit, Northwest Territories
September 1976 The Bear, the Owl, the Walrus
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1977 Kaka and Axangayuk
Gallery Shop,
London Public Library
London, Ontario
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)

October 1978 Kiawak, Kumwartok, Kaka:
The Sons of Pitseolak Ashoona - Cape Dorset
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
1979 - 1981 By the Light of the Qulliq: Eskimo Life in the
Canadian Arctic
Smithsonian Institution, A travelling exhibition
of Inuit art from the Feheley Collection
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1979 - May 1980 Inuit Art in the 1970s
Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development, and the
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1979 Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterwork
Exhibitors of the Canadian Arctic
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
1980 Eskimo Sculpture from the Eastern Arctic
Ufundi Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario
January - Feb 1980 Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
January - March 1980 Cape Dorset
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)

Feb - Mar 1980 Collectors' Choice - An Exhibition of
Important Inuit Sculpture
Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario
Sept - Oct 1980 La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea
Goddess
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1981 Four Cape Dorset Sculptors
Theo Waddington Galleries
Toronto, Ontario
Sept - Oct 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery,
(organized to complement the Musee
des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit
of the same name)
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
1982 Ashoona Kaka
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1982 Songs in Stone
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving
from the Northwest Territories
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Dec 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from
the Collection of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
McMichael Canadian Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
Nov 1983 - Jan 1984 Inuit Art at Rideau Hall
Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
February - March 1984 Canadian Inuit Art
City Hall
Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
Feb 1984 - Jun 1986 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and Canadian
Arctic Producers
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1984 The Oral Tradition
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who
wrestled with them
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Sept - Oct 1984 On the Land
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Nov 1984 - Feb 1985 Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper:
Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections
Edmonton Art Gallery
Edmonton, Alberta
Dec 1984 - Feb 1985 The Last and First Eskimos
Museum of Science and History
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Feb 1985 - Apr 1986 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Department of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada, Ottawa,
presented by Commerzbank
Frankfurt, Germany
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1985 Masterwork Sculpture 1985
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
May - June 1986 Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel
Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1986 Baffin Island Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Jul 1986 - Feb 1988 Selections from the John and Mary Robertson
Collection of Inuit Art
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

October 1986 Masterwork Sculpture 1986
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1987 Contemporary Sculpture from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
Feb - June 1987 The Lindsay and Swartz Collections:
New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
October 1988 Opening Exhibition
Nunavut Fine Arts Limited
Toronto, Ontario
Nov 1988 - Apr 1989 Night Spirits: Cape Dorset 1960-1965
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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)
Jan - Feb 1989 The Early Years: Sculpture from the 50's
and 60's
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)

February - April 1989 Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of
Inuit Art
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Banff, Alberta
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
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)
Jan - Sep 1990 Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
May 1990 Early and Contemporary Sculpture and Prints
by Well-Known Inuit Artists
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the
Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
June 1990 - July 1992 The First Passionate Collector: The
Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Dec 1990 - Jan 1991 A Family Tradition: Inuit Art
from Canada's Arctic
Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

February 1991 Animals of the Arctic
Arctic Inuit Art
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
February - March 1991 Cape Dorset Sculpture
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
February - June 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (first exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
June - Sept 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (second exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
August - Sept 1991 Cape Dorset Stone Sculpture: Masters
& the Next Generation
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1992 Our Hoods Are Full
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Oct - Nov 1992 Arctic Ice: Sculptures in Marble by the
Artists of Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1992 Inuit Sculpture--New Acquisitions
Pucker Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

Nov - Dec 1992 Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
December 1992 Small Sculptures by Great Artists I
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
April - July 1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of
Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
Nov 1993 - Mar 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
October 1994 Sculpture of the Inuit:
Major Works by the Masters of Stone
Maslak McLeod Canadian Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
March - July 1995 Immaginario Inuit Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1995 Sedna: Spirit of the Sea
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

November 1995 Inspiration
Four Decades of Sculpture
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
Jan - Feb 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step...
Galerie D'Art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
April 1973 Sculpture by Kaka of Cape Dorset
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
November 1973 Kaka
Zwickers Gallery
Halifax, Nova Scotia
April - May 1981 Kaka Ashoona: Sculpture
Theo Waddington
New York, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
December 1981 Kaka Ashoona
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
Feb - Mar 1990 Kaka Ashoona Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
COLLECTIONS:
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Fitzgerald Collection, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
GE Canada Inuit Art Collection, Mississauga, Ontario
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Kroller Muller Museum, Holland
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
York University, Toronto, Ontario
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1973 Received a short term grant from the Canada Council to accumulate pieces for
a one-man-show.
1988 Attended the gala opening of the new National Galley of Canada in Ottawa.
1989 June: Attended the opening of the `Masters of the Arctic' exhibition
in New York.

1990 Travelled to Vancouver for his solo exhibition, visited Victoria and was
featured on CTV National News.
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.

SCOTS SEE ESKIMO CARVINGS. Winnipeg Free Press, January 3, 1979.
Blodgett, Jean
SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT
SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes
Etherington Art Centre, 1986.
Canadian Arctic Producers
KAKA ASHOONA. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative
Limited, 1983.
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.
Galerie d'art Vincent
NOT JUST A DANCING STEP = PLUS QU'UN PAS DE DANSE: An Inuit Art
Exhibition organized by Galerie d'art Vincent, Chateau Laurier,
Ottawa, Canada = Une exposition d'art Inuit... Ottawa: Galerie
d'art Vincent [1996].

Gillmor, Alison
THE ASHOONA FAMILY OF CAPE DORSET. Inuit Art Quarterly, 10(2)
Summer 1995, pp. 38-39.
Gimpel, Charles
A COLLECTOR'S VIEW. The Beaver, Autumn, 1967. pp.72-75.
Hinds, Barbara
KAKA'S MASSIVE CARVINGS REVEAL THIS ARTIST'S ORIGINAL TALENT.
Halifax Mail Star, November 29, 1973.
Inuit Art Collection
CAPE DORSET: Sculptors and their Sculpture. Manchester, Conn.:
The Inuit Art Collection, 1981.
Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Federal Republic of
Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1986, 1986.
Inuit Galerie
KAKA ASHOONA. Mannheim, F.D.C.:Inuit Galerie, 1982.
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
Baffin Island Sculpture. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery, 1986.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
CAPE DORSET STONE SCULPTURE: MASTERS AND THE NEXT GENERATION:
August 17-September 6, 1991. Vancouver, B.C.: Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1991.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver, 1986.
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Masterwork Exhibitors of the Canadian
Arctic. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1979.

Jackson, Marion E.
THE ASHOONAS OF CAPE DORSET: In Touch with Tradition.
North/Nord, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 1982. pp.14-18.
Jordon, Wendy Adler
BY THE LIGHT OF THE QULLIQ: Eskimo Life in the Canadian
Arctic. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Exhibition Service, 1979.
Lipton, Barbara
ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit. Ottawa : Canadian
Arctic Producers, 1984.
Macduff, Alistair
LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By
Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.
Malone, Judy
CONTRASTS VIVIDLY SHOWN BY TWO ESKIMO ARTISTS. London Evening
Free Press, February 28, 1977.
Marion Scott Gallery
ARCTIC ICE: SCULPTURES IN MARBLE BY THE ARTISTS OF CAPE DORSET,
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1992.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.
Robertson Galleries
CARVINGS AND PRINTS BY THE FAMILY OF PITSEOLAK. Ottawa: The
Robertson Galleries, 1967.
Robertson Galleries
ESKIMO SCULPTURE '69. Ottawa: The Robertson Galleries, 1969.

Routledge, Marie
QAQAQ ASHOONA: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh,
editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 3:1514, 1985.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
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.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE IAN LINDSAY COLLECTION. The WAG Magazine, February/March
1986. p.17.