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SAMSON NASTAPOKA (SAMEESA) Born: September 15, 1931 Male E9-1712
Place of Birth: Abraham's Nastapoka's camp
Resides: Inukjuak
Sculpture
Samson's principal occupations are hunting and fishing. He has also worked
for the government in construction. His favourite pastime, however, is
carving and he signs his work in syllabics. Samson's wife Nellie is a craft
artist, and he is also the adopted son of well-known carver Abraham Nastapoka.
EXHIBITIONS: 1971 Sculpture in Miniature
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Sept - Oct 1971 Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the
Collection of York University
Art Gallery of York University
Downsview, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)
Dec 1973 - Jan 1974 Les Eskimos/De Eskimo's
Studio 44 - Passage 44
Brussels, Belgium
(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
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - July 1975 Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov 1976 - Jan 1977 Port Harrison/Inoucdjouac
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
Nov - Dec 1979 Rothmans' Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Kitchener - Waterloo Art Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
1980 A Taste of Arctic Quebec
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
Sept - Oct 1980 La deesse inuite de la mer/The Inuit Sea Goddess
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Apr 1981 - Mar 1982 Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from
the Collection of the National Museum of
Man, Ottawa, and the Rothmans Permanent
Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada
National Museum of Man, Ottawa and
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Oct - Nov 1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery,
(organized to complement the Musee
des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit
of the same name)
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1983 Miniature Show
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
Mar - July 1987 Winnipeg Collects: Inuit Art from
Private Collections
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
Feb - Jun 1991 Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Exhibition (first exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
May - August 1992 Hudson's Bay Company Collection of Inuit Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated brochure)
May - August 1992 Arctic Wildlife: The Art of the Inuit
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
COLLECTIONS: Art Gallery of York University, Downsview, Ontario
Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal, Quebec
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec
Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Pratt, Mary
ART OF THE CARIBOU PEOPLE. The Denver Magazine 6 (9):36-40,
August, 1976.
Roberts, A. Barry
THE INUIT ARTISTS OF INOUCDJOUAC, P.Q: Historical and
Biographical Information for the Viewers and Collectors of
Eskimo Art. Montreal: La Federation des Co-operatives du Noveau
Quebec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs, 1978.
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
ART/INUIT/ART: La Collection Permanente de Sculpture
Esquimaudes Rothmans/The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo
Sculpture. No publication information, 1975.
Swinton, Nelda
LA DEESSE INUITE DE LA MER. = THE INUIT SEA GODDESS. Montreal:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1980.
Swinton, Nelda
LA FAUNE DE L'ARCTIQUE = ARCTIC WILDLIFE: L'art des Inuit = the
Art of the Inuit. Montreal: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,
1993.
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