Barnabus Arnasungaaq Sold at Auction Prices
b. 1924 - d. 2017
BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ (AKKANASHOONARK; AKKANARSHOONAK; ANGRNASUNGAAQ;
ARNASUNGNAAQ; ARKNASUNGARK)
Born: 1924 Male E2-213
Place of Birth: Kazan River area
Resides: Baker Lake
Sculpture, Prints, Drawings
Barnabus Arnasungaaq is married to graphic artist and carver Fanny
Arngnakik. Their sons David and Norman are carvers as well.
EXHIBITIONS:
November - December 1964 Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
1971 Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
January - February 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)
February - March 1972 Eskimo Sculpture: Selections from the
Twomey Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1973 - January 1974 Eskimo Sculpture (and Drawings)
Waddington Galleries
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
1974 Baker Lake Sculpture
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
1974 Stone Sculpture of Baker Lake Eskimos
Pucker/Safrai Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1974 Baker Lake Sculpture
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1977 Sheokju of Cape Dorset & Eleven
Sculptors of Baker Lake
Victor Waddington Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman:
Eskimo Shamanism and Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
August - November 1978 The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
January - June 1979 Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit
of Baker Lake
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
November - December 1979 In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
April - May 1980 Baker Lake - Drawings, Sculpture,
Tapestries
Theo Waddington
Toronto, Ontario
April - May 1980 The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit
Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
September - October 1980 La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea
Goddess
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1981 The Year of the Bear
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
September 1981 Exhibition and Sale of Musk-Oxen
& Bears
Cottage Craft Gifts & Fine Arts Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
September - October 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
1983 An Enduring Tradition II: Inuit Carving
from the Northwest Territories
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1984 Demons and Spirits and those who
wrestled with them
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
November - December 1984 Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Inuit Galerie, Mannheim
held at Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Institute, University of Siegen
at Villa Waldrich
Siegen, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
March - May 1985 Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
May - June 1986 The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
July - August 1986 L'art et la Matiere: Peintures au sable
de Claude Durand - Sculptures d'Art Esquimaux
Conseil Municipal
Le Comite d'Animation Culturelle
Deauville-Touques, France
July - August 1986 Keewatin Sculpture: Reflections of
the Spirit
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1986 - February 1988 Selections from the John and Mary Robertson
Collection of Inuit Art
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September - November 1987 The Swinton Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1987 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux
France
December 1987 - February 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)
March 1988 Magic and Shamanism
Artspace
Main/Access Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
April 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet
France
June - September 1988 Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art
from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
June - September 1988 The World Around Me
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Alberta
July 1988 [L'art inuit]
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
France
October 1988 Tundra & Ice: Stone Images of
Animals and Man
presented by Orca Aart at the
Adventurers' Club
Chicago, Illinois
October 1988 Inuit Legends in Stone
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
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 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art
from the Northwest Territories
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
February 1989 Arctic Images: Major Sculptures by Canada's
Leading Contemporary Eskimo (Inuit) Artists
at D/Erlien Fine Art Limited
presented by Orca Aart, Chicago
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 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 Galerie Autre Regard, Paris
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)
June - July 1989 Baker Lake Sculpture
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1989 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle
France
August 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux
du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Chapelle de la Visitation,
Thonon
France
December 1989 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Chiroux, Centre Culturel de la Wallonie,
Liege
Belgium
1990 Baker Lake
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
January 1990 Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin
Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold
France
February - March 1990 Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada)
by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France
at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries,
Brugge, Belgium
March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Maison Falleur, Cambrai
France
June - July 1990 Small Sculptures from across the
Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
November 1990 Inuit Masterworks
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1990 Art Inuit
Galerie Saint Merri
Paris, France
November - December 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape
Dorset 1990
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Centre Culturel Canadien
Paris, France
November 1990 - February 1991 Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
December 1990 - January 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 - June 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (first exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
March - April 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Le Theatre
La Ciotat, France
April - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
May - June 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at La Halle aux Bles
Saint Malo, France
June - July 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
Ensisheim, France
June - September 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (second exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
August - September 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
Troyes, France
October - December 1991 Art Inuit
Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Maite Aubert
Le Havre, France
November - December 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
November - December 1991 Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with
the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
April - May 1992 Salon International Europ'art '92
presented by Galerie Saint Merri
Geneva, Switzerland
May - August 1992 Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
June - October 1992 Nouveau Territoires...
350/500 Ans Apres, Presented at les maisons
de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-
de-Grace, and Rosemont-Petite Patrie
Montreal Recreation and Community
Development Service and les Ateliers
Visions Planetaire
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1992 - January 1993 Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
April 1993 The Art of Keewatin
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
November - December 1993 The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1993 - March 1994 The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
April - May 1994 Mythic Image
Ancestral Spirits Gallery
Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A.
July 1994 Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
August - October 1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic
Bayly Art Museum
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
September - October 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum
Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
May - September 1995 Keeping Our Stories Alive:
An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts
from Dene and Inuit of Canada
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
(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)
November - December 1995 Miniaturen
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(brochure)
January - February 1996 Not Just a Dancing Step...
Galerie D'Art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
February 1976 Stone Sculpture by Akkanashoonark of
Baker Lake
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
January - February 1979 Recent Sculpture by Barnabus Argrnasungaaq
(Akkanashoonark) of Baker Lake
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
November - December 1979 Barnabus Arnasungnaaq - Recent Sculpture
Gallery One
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
March - April 1981 Barnabus Akkanashoonark
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)
June - July 1992 Barnabus Akkanashoonark
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated brochure)
COLLECTIONS:
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Macmillan-Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A.
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1964 Attended the opening of the exhibition 'Eskimo Carvers of Keewatin, N.W.T.',
in Winnipeg.
1965 Participated in an experimental graphics workshop in Baker Lake (unpublished
and uncatalogued).
1992 Barnabus attended a Baker Lake carving workshop led by David Ruben
Piqtoukun.
MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.
Ayre, Robert
THIS NORTH VISION REMAINS AS VITAL. Montreal Star, October 18,
1969.
Blakeman, Evelyn
OMINGMAK: The Muskox. The Inuit Art Enthusiasts Newsletter,
Issue 31, April, 1986.
Blodgett, Jean
SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT
SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes
Etherington Art Centre, 1986.
Blodgett, Jean
THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art.
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.
Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill,
Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.
Burgess, Helen
A TALENT TO CARVE. North, vol. 12, 2, March-April, 1965.
pp.19-27. Reprinted: Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1967, 1967.
Butler, K.J.
MY UNCLE WENT TO THE MOON: [Transcribed and edited by Kay
Bridge.]. artscanada, vol. 30, nos. 5,6, December/January,
1973. pp.154-158.
Canadian Arctic Producers
BARNABUS ARNASUNGNAAQ: Recent Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian
Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1979.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
CRAFTS FROM ARCTIC CANADA = ARTISANAT DE L'ARCTIQUE CANADIEN.
Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1974.
Driscoll, Bernadette
THE INUIT COLLECTION OF THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY. Canadian
Antiques & Art Review, vol. 2, no. 17, April, 1981. pp.36-41.
Driscoll, Bernadette
UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art
Gallery, 1985.
Eakin, William and Jack Butler
PHOTOESSAY: BAKER LAKE 1983-84. Arts Manitoba, vol.3, no.4,
Fall 1984, pp. 20-25.
Embankment Gallery
ESKIMO ART AT THE EMBANKMENT GALLERY. London: Embankment
Gallery, 1978.
Gagnon, Louis
ESPACES INUIT: Dessins et Sculpture. Sainte-Foy, Quebec:
Maison Hamel-Bruneau, 1990.
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].
Goo-Doyle, Ovilu
THREE BAKER LAKE ARTISTS COMMENT ON THE NEW JESSIE OONARK ARTS
AND CRAFTS CENTRE. Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No.1, Spring
1993, pp. 53-58.
Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Toronto: The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo
Art, 1974.
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from
Dene and Inuit of Canada. Santa Fe, N.M.: Institute of American
Native Arts Museum, 1995.
Inuit Galerie
BARNABUS AKKANASHOONARK [SIC]. Mannheim, F.D.R.: Inuit Galerie,
1987.
Inuit Galerie
BARNABUS AKKANASHOONARK. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany:
Inuit Galerie, 1981.
Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST AUS DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany
: Inuit Galerie, 1984.
Inuit Galerie
DIE KUNST DER ARKTIS. Mannheim, F.D.R.: Inuit Galerie, 1988.
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
BAKER LAKE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver [1990].
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
INUIT MASTERWORKS: November 3-November 24, 1990. Vancouver, B.
C.: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1990.
Marion Scott Gallery
INSPIRATION: FOUR DECADES OF SCULPTURE BY CANADIAN INUIT:
Curated by Norman Zepp. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery [1996].
Marion Scott Gallery
THE TREASURED MONUMENT: An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit
Sculpture. Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.
McMichael Canadian Collection
THE MCMICHAEL CANADIAN COLLECTION. Kleinberg: McMichael
Canadian Collection, 1979.
Sanavik Cooperative
SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.
Seidelman, Harold and James Turner
THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO FANTASTIC ART. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. School
of Art. Gallery 1 1 1, 1972.
Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland
and Stewart, 1965.
Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.
Upstairs Gallery
BAKER LAKE SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Upstairs Gallery 1989.
Vision Planetaire
NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES: 350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art
aborigene contemporain du Canada. Montreal: Vision Planetaire:
Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992.
Waddington Galleries
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. Montreal: Waddington Galleries, 1974.
Wight, Darlene
BUILDING ON STRENGTHS: New Inuit Art from the Collection.
Tableau, vol. 1, no.5, 1988. p.4.
Wight, Darlene
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. The WAG Magazine,
September/October, 1987. pp. 4-5.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO CARVERS OF KEEWATIN N.W.T. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art
Gallery with the Department of Northern Affairs and National
Resources, 1964.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.
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