George arluk

GEORGE ARLUK   (AIYARANI; ARLOO; ARLOOK; ARLU; ARLOOQ)

Born: May 5, 1949
Gender: Male
Disc Number: E3-1049
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Resides: Arviat; also lived in Baker Lake, Rankin Inlet Sculpture

… »Arluk began to teach himself how to carve soapstone at age 9. In the

1960s he was influenced by sculptors Tiktak and Kavik and John Pangnark. By

the mid-1970s he had developed a unique style of semi-abstraction. He depicts single figures such as hunters and mothers with babies in their hoods. Most often he groups figures together to form abstracted compositions of gently curving forms that undulate rythmically. His sculptures often have antler parts added that protrude in complex patterns from the stone. »

D. Wight

Canadian Encyclopedia 1985.

His father Sevuoi Aiyarani was also carver. His brother Charlie Panigoniak a well known singer, song-writer in the north.

George Arluk-Famille

Exhibitions

January – March 1972
Eskimo Fantastic Art
Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

1974
Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974
Lippel Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)

March – July 1976
The Mulders’ Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)

August – September 1977
Two Artists • Sculpture/Arlook, Drawings/Qarlisaq Image of the Inuit
Contempo Westwood Centre
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

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)

October – November 1978
Eskimo Art
Embankment Gallery
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)

March – April 1979
Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/Dr. Harry Winrob Collection
Surrey Art Gallery
Surrey, British Columbia
(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)

November – December 1979
In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

January – February 1980
Inuit Master Artists of the 1970s
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

February – April 1981
Rankin Inlet/Kangirlliniq
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)

September – October 1981
The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)

April 1982
Sculpture Inuit: Stone/Bone circa 1960-1979
Canadiana Galleries
Edmonton, Alberta

October – December 1982
Collector’s Choice: 1965-1980 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

April – May 1986
Sixty Diminutive Eskimo Carvings
Images of the North
San Francisco, California

May – June 1986
The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)

– June 1987 July –
[Inuit Art Exhibition] Whitby Arts Incorporated,
The Station Gallery
Whitby, Ontario

November 1987
Useful Bits of Bone
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba

September 1987
The Williamson Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan (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

November – December 1987
Art Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec

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)

April 1988
[Art inuit] Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
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
(Art Inuit)
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Les Martres-de-Veyre
France

November 1988
Primitive Art from the. Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.

December 1988
[L’art inuit] Presented by 1’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie des Tanneurs
Mulhouse, France

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

April 1989
Legacy in Stone: Carvings from the Canadian Arctic
Four Winds Gallery
Sydney, Australia
(illustrated brochure)

June – July 1989
Art Inuit
Presented by 1’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Sanguine
La Rochelle, France

July – September 1989
Mother and Child: Selections from the Inuit Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario

August 1989
Arviat: Eskimo Point
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)

October 1989
Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Poutre
Marseille, 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 Walloni
Liege, Belgium

January – September 1990
Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec

February – March 1990
Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada)
by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France
at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries
Brugge, Belgium

June 1990
Three Sculptors; George Arlook, Charlie Kittosuk and Enook Manomie
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario

June – July 1990
Small Sculptures from across the Canadian Arctic
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

August 1990
Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone
Images of the North
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

November – December 1990
Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990
Presented by 1’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien
Paris, France

November 1990 – February 1991
Espaces Inuit
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Ste-Foy, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)

January 1991
Bears of the North
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

April – June 1991
Art Inuit
Presented by 1’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
‘Isle sur la Sorgue, France

June – July 1991
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere
Ensisheim, France

August – September 1991
Art Inuit
Presented by I’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Akenaton
TrOyes, France

October – December 1991
Art Inuit
Presented by I’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
at Galerie Maite Aubert
Le Havre, France

October 1992 – January 1993
Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)

April – July 1993
Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery

September – November 1993
The Bear: Sculpture
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

November 1993 – March 1994
The Inuit Imagination
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba

1994
Kanuitpit? Kunst and Kulturen der Eskimo: Eine Auswahl aus den Museumssammlungen Staatliches
Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
Munich, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)

July 1994
Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

September – October 1994
Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo’s
Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)

May – July 1995
Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

July – September 1995
The Inuit: Managers of the Land Chrysalis Gallery
Southampton, New York, U.S.A.

December 1995
Images from the Arctic
Galerie D’Art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario

December 1995 – January 1996
Inuit Art: from the collection of Maurice Yacowar
Collector’s Gallery
Calgary, Alberta

December 1995 – January 1996
Inuit Art: from the collection of Maurice Yacowar
Collector’s Gallery
Calgary, Alberta

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

March – June 1996
Tundra & Ice IV
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, U.S.A.

November – December 1996
Emerging Spirit
Banff Centre
Organized by Northern Art Impressions Inc.
Banff, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)

January 1997
Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art
presented by Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Paris, France
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

January 1997
Stories in Stone: A Canadian Inuit Art Exhibition held on the occassion of the trade mission to Korea lead by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
held and the Westin Chosua Hotel orgainzed by McKnight Associates Seoul, Korea
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)

Solo exhibitions

1968
Sculpture by George Arlook
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba

1969
George Arlook Sculpture
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta

December 1972
Sculpture by Arlook of Rankin Inlet
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario

July – August 1979
George Arlook – The Song in the Stone
Images of the North
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)

July – August 1980
George Arluk – Sculpture
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)

January 1982
George Arluk
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany
(illustrated catalogue)

December 1988
Abstract in Stone
Northern Reflections Eskimo Art Gallery
La Jolla, California, U.S.A.

December 1992
George Arluk
Inuit Galerie
Mannheim, Germany

December 1993 – January 1994
The Sculpture of George Arlook
Richard Rapfogel Fine Arts
Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

Collections

Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Manitoba
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
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
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives, Red Deer, Alberta Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Williamson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
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.

Blodgett, Jean
WHALE BONE. The Beaver, Autumn, 1982. pp.4-il.

Brandson, Lorraine E.
CARVED FROM THE LAND: The Eskimo Museum Collection. Churchill, Man.: Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay, 1994.

Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs
CANADIAN INUIT SCULPTURE. Ottawa: Inuit Art Section, 1992.

Canadian Arctic Producers
GEORGE ARLUK: Sculpture. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers Cooperative Limited, 1980.

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.

Embankment Gallery
ESKIMO ART AT THE EMBANKMENT GALLERY. London: Embankment Gallery, 1978.

Graburn, Nelson H.H.
INUIT ART: IN Arctic Life: Challenge to Survive. Martina Magenau Jacobs and James B. Richardson III, eds. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. pp. 174-193, 1983.

Images of the North
GEORGE ARLUK: The Song in Stone. San Francisco: Images of the North, 1979.

Inuit Galeria
GEORGE ARLUK. Mannheim, F.D.R.: Inuit Galerie, 1987.

Inuit Galerie
GEORGE ARLUK. Galerie, 1981. Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany : Inuit

Inuit Galerie
INUIT MINIATUREN. Mannheim, Germany: Inuit Galerie, 1990.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
COLLECTOR’S CHOICE: 1965 – 1980. Vancouver: Inuit Gallery, 1982.

Lippel Gallery Inc.
INUIT SCULPTURE 1974/SCULPTURE INUIT 1974. Montreal: Lippel Gallery Inc, 1974.

Marion Scott Gallery,
ARVIAT: Eskimo Point. Vancouver: Marion Scott Ltd, 1989.

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.

Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.

Northern Reflections
ABSTRACT IN STONE: George Arlook [sic]. La Jolla, California: Northern Reflections Eskimo Art Gallery, 1988.

Restive, Gino
GEORGE ARLOOK – CARVER. The Inuit Art Enthusiasts Newsletter 41: 10, 1989.

Routledge, Marie
INUIT ART IN THE 1970s/L’ART INUIT ACTUEL: 1970-79. Kingston, Ont. : The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1979.

Seidelman, Harold and James TurnerTHE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1993.

Swinton, George
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. = SCULPTURE ESQUIMAUDE. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1965.

Swinton, George
SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.

University of Regina. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. Regina: University of Regina. The Norman MackenzieArt Gallery, 1987.

Wight, D.
GEORGE ARLUK: IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh, editor-in-chief. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1:90, 1985.

Wight, Darlene
WINNIPEG COLLECTS: Inuit Art from Private Collections. Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.

Wight, Darlene Coward
MULTIPLE REALITIES: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, April 17-July 25, 1983. Winnipeg, Man.: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1993.

Winnipeg Art Gallery
DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM BAKER LAKE. Winnipeg, Man.: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1992.

Winnipeg Art Gallery
RANKIN INLET/KANGIRLLINIQ. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981.

Winnipeg Art Gallery
SWINTON COLLECTION OF INUIT ART. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987.

Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE MULDERS’ COLLECTION OF ESKIMO SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1976.

Winnipeg Art Gallery
THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.

HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS

1972 Received a Canada Council travel grant to attend the opening of his solo exhibition at the Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art in Toronto.

1987 Commissioned to create a sculpture to be auctioned with all proceeds going to the Keith Rawlings Memorial Scholarship Fund; the monies raised to be used to assist northern native students to careers in business.

1988 Attended the opening of his solo exhibition ‘Abstract in Stone’ in La Jolla, California.

1991 George presented a carving demonstration at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in July.

1993 The Inuit Galerie of Mannheim, Germany, features reproductions of Arluk’s sculpture in their 1993 calender.

1993 Attended Greater Columbus Arts Festival in Ohio (June 2-6, 1993) to give a carving demonstration.

(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1997