biography Pitaloosie Saila
PITALOOSIE SAILA (PITALOUISA; PITALOOSEE)
Date of Birth: August 11, 1942
Place of Birth: Cape Dorset
Mother: Katauga
Father: Sam Pudlat
Male/Female: Female
Pitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in Quebec and Ontario for treatment of tuberculosis. She learned English during this time, and recalls the difficulty she experienced in relearning her native language upon her return to Baffin Island in 1957. She is now one of the few of her generation who speak both English and Inuktitut fluently.
Pitalossie began drawing in the early 1960’s, and quickly established herself as a versatile and intelligent graphic artist. Pitaloosie has treated a wide range of themes and has developed personal styles that range from pure realism to formal/abstract, and that include compositions blending both styles. She tends to stylize and to reduce to the essential, the shape of a single subject. Powerful compositions are the result. Some of Pitaloosie’s works are uniquely striking for their unconventional style, their modernist approach and their intelligent use of color and texture. Like other Cape Dorset artists, Pitaloosie uses her art to express her concerns and to be in her own way a chronicler of the traditional Inuit way of life. Over the years, she has become a familiar presence in the Kinngait Studios, and her work has been included in annual print collections since 1968,
Since the laste 1960’s Pitalossie has made frequent trips to southern Canada to attend exhibitions and conferences. In 1967, she spent several weeks in Toronto while her husband, the sell know sculptor Pauta Saila, participated in an International Sculpture Symposium. Subsequently, she has visited Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa, Kansas City and Vermont. Her work has been featured in solo drawing exhibitions, and in 1977, Canada Post issued a stamp depicting her print, Fisherman’s Dream. Her 1985 lithograph entitled In the Hills represented the Northwest Territories in the centennial celebration of the National Parks of Canada. Amnesty International, the international human rights organization, selected a drawing by Pitaloosie entitled Mother and Child to use for their 1990 Christmas card. She was also one of nine featured artists in the acclaimed exhibition Isumavut: The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women, which opened at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in the fall of 1994 and continues to travel to other venues.
Pitaloosie’s husband, Pauta, passed away in Cape Dorset in June of 2009 at the age of 93. In 2004, both she and Pau- ta were appointed members of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, in recognition of their life’s work and contri- butions to Canadian art.
EXHIBITIONS:
December 1961:
Contemporary Canadian Eskimo Art Gimpel Fils
London, England
(illustrated catalogue)
1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Cape Dorset Graphics (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1969:
Eskimo Art Robertson Galleries Ottawa, Ontario
September – October 1970:
Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival Alaska Methodist University Galleries Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
January – February 1971:
The Art of the Eskimo Simon Fraser Gallery Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia
(catalogue)
1973:
Canadian Eskimo Lithographs: Third Collection Presented under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of External Affairs, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario (tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October – November 1974:
Eskimo Art
Queen’s University Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
1975 – 1979:
We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario (tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1975 – December 1977:
Inuit Games/InuitPinguangit/Jeux des inuit Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
January 1977 – June 1982:
The Inuit Print/L’estampe inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man Ottawa, Ontario
(tour) (illustrated catalogue)
April 1978:
Cape Dorset Lithographs 1978 The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art Toronto, Ontario
November – December 1978:
Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics Jerusalem Artists’ House Museum Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1979 – October 1981:
Images of the Inuit: from the Simon Fraser Collection
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
April – May 1980:
The Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art Art from the Art Gallery of Ontario University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1981:
Transformation
The Arctic Circle Gallery
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
October 1981 – January 1983:
Cape Dorset Engravings
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
September 1982:
Break-up and Freeze-up
The Arctic Circle Gallery
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
(catalogue)
February – March 1983:
Return of the Birds
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May 1983 – April 1985:
Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1983:
The Way We Were – Traditional Eskimo Life Snow Goose Gallery
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
October – November 1983:
The Cape Dorset Print
Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and Northern
Affairs, Canada Ottawa, Ontario
February 1984 – June 1986:
Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Canadian Arctic Producers Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
September – October 1984:
On the Land
The Arctic Circle Gallery
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
October 1984:
Images of the Far North Studio Art Gallery
State University of New York Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.
December 1984 – February 1985:
The Last and First Eskimos Museum of Science and History Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
May – June 1986:
Northern Exposure: Inuit Images of Travel Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
November 1986:
The Ancestors/Links Between Worlds Minnesota Museum of Art
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
November 1986:
Inuit Graphics Through the Year: Rare Prints from the Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
November – December 1986:
Cape Dorset Prints and Sculpture McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
February – June 1987:
The Lindsay and Swartz Collections: New Acquisitions
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May – June 1987:
Inuit Graphics from the Past Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
October – November 1987:
1987 Eskimo Art
Franz Bader Gallery Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
November 1987:
Inuit Traditions in Graphics: 1961 – 1987 Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
December 1987 – February 1988;
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 Hull, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1989 – 1991:
Flight of Fancy – Kenojuak Ashevak, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Pitaloosie Saila
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
January – February 1989:
Images of the Far North
Arctic Artistry
(held at the Erie County Fairgrounds) Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
June – July 1989:
Cape Dorset Women Artists Kenojuak, Pitaloosie and Lucy Gallery Indigena
Stratford, Ontario
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:
Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimau du Canada Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
At Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
Thonon, France
August – October 1989:
Inuit Graphic Art from Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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
January – September 1990:
Arctic Mirror
Canadian Museum of Civilization Hull, Quebec
March 1990:
Art Inuit, l’Art des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Maison Falleur
Cambrai, France
April 1990:
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Palais L’Europe Le Touquet, France
June – September 1990:
Inuit Graphics and Drawings from 1959 – 1990 Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
July 1990:
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Thonon des Bains
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
February – April 1991:
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Galerie Humbert
Nantes, France
March – April 1991:
Estampes Inuit: Trois Graveurs de Cape Dorset Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai
At Galerie Musepict
Marseille, France
March – April 1991:
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Le Theatre
La Ciotat, France
April – May 1991:
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Palais L’Europe
Le Touquet, 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:
Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
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
July 1991:
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon Thonon, France
July – August 1991:
Glaciopolis: Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Maison de Pesey
Les Arcs, France
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
December 1991 – March 1992:
In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way: Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
February – April 1992:
Art Inuit
Presented by l’Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai At Galerie Montador
Dieppe, France
June – July 1992:
Women of the North: An Exhibition of art by Inuit Women of the Canadian Arctic
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June – July 1993:
PRINT EXHIBITION
Pitaloosie Saila, Pitseolak Ashoona, Pudlo Pudlat
Gallery Indigena
Waterloo, Ontario
November 1993 – January 1994:
Contemporary Inuit Drawings Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1994:
Patiently I Sing
Selections from the Tyler/Brooks Collection Carleton University Art Galley
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
May – June 1994:
Cape Dorset Revisited – a collection of previously unreleased prints, exhibited at selected commercial galleries, organized by West Baffin Eskimo Co-op
Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories
May 1994 – July 1995:
Cape Dorset Revisited
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1994:
Arctic Spirit
35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
September – October1994:
Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo’s Gemeentelijk Kunscentrum Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium
(illustrated brochure)
October 1994 – September 1995:
Isumavut: The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull, Quebec
(illustrated catalogue)
March – July 1995:
Immaginario inuit
Arte e cultura degli esquimesi canadesi Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Verona, Italy
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1995 – February 1996:
Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
September 1995:
Sedna: Spirit of the Sea Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
December 1995 – March 1996:
Imaak Takujavut: Paintings from Cape Dorset McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario
March – April 1996:
Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
March – June 1996:
Imaak Takujavut: The way we see it Paintings from Cape Dorset McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue
October 1996 – January 1997:
Pitaloosie and Pauta
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg, Ontario
April – May 1997:
Inuit Prints and Drawings 1961 – 1990 Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec
June 1997:
Singing and Dancing and Playing Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario (brochure)
November 1997:
Graphite and Stone
Sculpture & Drawing: Baffin Artists in two mediums
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June – September 2000:
Arctic Spirit – Canadian Inuit Sculpture Boise State University
Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
June:
Cross-Currents
Cape Dorset in the 1960’s Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
August – September 2001:
Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts Houston North Gallery
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
September 2001 – August 2003:
Inuit Art 1950 – 2000 Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, Ontario
January – February 2002:
Cape Dorset Prints: 1961 – 1976 The Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
April:
Art by Women:
An investigation of Inuit Sculpture and Graphics Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
Cape Dorset: First Generation Printmakers The Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
August, 2009 – January, 2010:
The Inuit Sea Goddess Museum of Inuit Art Toronto, Ontario
September – November, 2009:
Sanattiaqsimajut
Inuit Art from the Carleton U. Art Gallery Ottawa, Ontario
October, 2009:
Mixed Media from Cape Dorset Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
Oct 2009 – Jan 2010:
Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
June – July, 2010:
North Meets South Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
July – December, 2010:
Nipirasait: Many Voices
Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset
The Canadian Embassy Art Gallery Washington, DC
August, 2010 – January, 2011:
Traditional Stories: Unikaaqtuat/ Modern Stories: Unkkaat McMichael Canadian Collection Kleinburg, Ontario
December 2010:
Survival: Staying Alive in a Harsh World Images of the North
San Francisco
June 2011:
Dorset Large:
Large Scale drawings from the Kinngait Studios Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
September – October 2012:
Ice and Sand
Coombe Farm Gallery Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
December 2012 – May 2013:
Telling Stories: Inuit Art from Cape Dorset Toronto Pearson International Airport (Terminal 1)
Toronto, Ontario
October – November 2013:
The Hand of the Artist Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
October – December 2013:
Cape Dorset Prints Gallery 210
St. Louis, Missouri
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1974:
Pitaloosie Saila Inukshuk Gallery Waterloo, Ontario
January 1974:
Retrospective Prints and Recent Drawings by Pitaloosie
Beckett Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
June – July 1981:
Pitaloosie Saila Drawings Gallery One
Toronto, Ontario
February 1993:
Pitaloosie Saila Graphics
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
February:
Drawings by Pitaloosie Saila, Cape Dorset The Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
February – March 1994:
Pitaloosie Saila: Original Drawings The Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS:
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston,
Ontario Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
CIBC Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottesville, Prince Edward Island
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 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
Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, Quebec
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVENTS:
1972
Participated in an animation workshop sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada. One of her animated “shorts” was featured in the resulting film, “Animation from Cape Dorset”.
1974 Attended the opening of a solo exhibition of her work at Beckett Gallery in Hamilton, Ontario.
1977
Pitaloosie’ print, “Fisherman’s Dream”, was reproduced as a twelve-cent stamp which was issued on November 18, 1977.
1980
Pitaloosie’s print, “Arctic Madonna” was chosen for a 1983 UNICEF card.
1983
Newfoundland Historic Park Association Commission. The artist was chosen to represent the Northwest Territories in a Centennial Arts Project sponsored by Newfoundland Historic Park Association. Her lithograph, “Among the Hills” is documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue, 1985.
1986
Norgraphics Limited. Pitaloosie was one of several artists whose work was acquired and released by Norgraphics Limited between 1976 and 1984. The works that were selected are documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue, 1986.
1986
Pitsloosie’s etching, “Arctic Mother” was commissioned by the Potash Company of Canada and is documented in the Cape Dorset Graphic annual catalogue, 1986.
1988
Attended the opening of the exhibition, “In the Shadow of the Sun” in Dortmund, Germany
th on December 9 .
1990
Amnesty International. The international human rights organization selected a drawing by Pitaloosie entitled, “Mother and Child” to use for their 1990 Christmas cards.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ARTS OF THE ESKIMO: PRINTS/ Ed. by Ernst Roch. Texts by Patrick Furneaux and Leo Rosshandler. Montreal, Que.: Signum Press in association with Oxford University Press, Toronto, Ont.: 1974.
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 of Canada]. Stuttgart, Germany: Edition Cantz. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.
Berlo, Janet Catherine
AN EXHIBTION, A BOOK AND AN EXAGGERATED REACTION: A review essay by Janet Catherine Berlo. Inuit Art Quarterly: 10(1), Spring 1995, pp. 26 – 36.
Blodgett, Jean
GRASP TIGHT THE OLD WAYS: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art. Toronto, Ont.: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.
Blodgett, Jean
IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADESOF INUIT PRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies, Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ont.: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1991.
Browne, Evan
INUIT CULTURE GETS STAMP OF APPROVAL. North/Nord, Vol. 24, No. 6, November/ December 1977, pp. 32 – 33.
CEAC [Canadian Eskimo Arts Council]
TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH PITALOOSIE SAILA: Interviewed by Sharon van Raalte, translation by Maata in May of 1985, Cape Dorset, N.W.T. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council in collaboration with the Inuit Art Section, INAC, and the National Film Board of Canada, 1985.
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