Description
This Squatting Woman by Louis Arnayunak is signed Louie in syllabics and attributed to Louis Arnayuak a.k.a Louie Iquliq. The carving was purchased by a private collector directly in Baker Lake, probably sometime around 2002. Another nice little treasure from the Baker Lake community.
Bio Louis Arnayunak
LOUIE ARNAYUIRNAAQ
(SUNGAUJAALIK; LOUIS; ARNAKYUINAK; ARRANJUINNAQ; IQULIQ)
Born: January 2, 1968
Male E2-1892
Resides: Baker Lake; also lived in Rankin Inlet
Sculpture
Louie is the son of artist Tuna Iquliq. He was adopted by Yvonne Kanayuq
Arnakyuinak and Paul Arnakyuinak, who are also carvers in Baker Lake.
EXHIBITIONS:
June – July 1989 The Iquliq Family of Baker Lake: Tuna,Camilla, Johnny, Louie.
Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue)
1990 Baker Lake
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
May – June 1991 Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)
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
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Albers Gallery of Inuit Art
THE IQULIQ FAMILY OF BAKER LAKE: Tuna; Camilla; Johnny; Louie.
San Francisco: The Albers Gallery of Inuit Art, 1989.
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].
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
BAKER LAKE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver [1990].
