Description
Beautiful print from the 2024 Dorset Print Collection: Ivitaaruq (Arctic Char) by Alasuaq Sharky.
Alasua started carving at a very young age, around 13 or 14 years old. He was inspired by his late stepfather, Shorty Killiktee. Alasua also learned by watching his grandfather, Kopapik Ragee. His first carving was a small resting bird.
Alasua was also interested in experimenting with graphic art. In 2016, he decided to ask Bill Ritchie, studio manager at the time, if he could try drawing. Alasua likes to draw all sorts of things, like people going hunting, local and migratory birds, and other animals from the Arctic.
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Biography Alasuaq Sharky
ALLASHUAQ SHARKY (ALASHUA)
Date of Birth: July 1, 1973 Male/Female: Male
Place of Birth: Cape Dorset
Mother: Ragee Kiliktee
Father: Josephee Sharky
EXHIBITIONS:
November – December 1996
Sculpture Inuit
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(brochure)
February – April 1997
Stone & Bone
The Inuit Master Carvers of the Canadian Arctic
The North West Company
held at the Sun Valley Centre for the Arts and
Humanities
Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.A
June – July 2000
Die Kunst aus der Arktis
Exhibition title: Art in Stone
Canadian Arctic Gallery (Grunder)
Hammerstrasse 50, Basel, Switzerland
(illustrated catalogue)
2006 Rhythms in Motion
Galerie d’art Vincent
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
Summer 2009 Summer Celebration
Images of the North
San Francisco
March – April, 2010
Vancouver Olympic Exhibition
Canadian Arctic Gallery
Basel, Switzerland
November, 2011
Sharky Family
Kulik Art Inuit
Quebec City, Quebec
January, 2012
Small Treasures
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
December, 2012 – March, 2013
Telling Stories:
Inuit Art from Cape Dorset
Toronto Pearson Airport: Terminal 1
Toronto, Ontario
November 2015 – January 2016
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto Ontario
February, 2018
Small Treasures
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
January – February, 2020
Small Treasures 2020
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
December, 2022 – January, 2022
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
April-July 2023
Gwangju Biennale
Canadian Pavilion
Gwangju, Korea
COLLECTIONS:
Musee d’art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
