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Abraham Anghik Ruben

Solo Exhibitions

    2001-2002 Abraham Anghik Ruben
           Winnipeg Art Gallery
           Winnipeg, Manitoba
           (illustrated catalogue

2000-2002 Abraham Anghik Ruben
           Paige's Art Gallery
           Ketchum, Idaho, USA

1998 Abraham Anghik Ruben
           Maslak-McLeod Gallery
           Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

1991 Spirit of my People
           Alaska Gallery of New York
           New York, New York, USA

1981 Abraham Anghik
           Images for a Canadian Heritage
           Vancouver, British Columbia

1980 Abraham Anghik 
        Bayard Gallery
           New York, New York, USA





Group Exhibitions

1997 Group Exhibit
           Sun Valley Center for Arts and Humanities
           Ketchum, Idaho, USA

1997 Nunavut/Nunavik: Sculpture in the Time of Change
           Spirit Wrestler Gallery
           Vancouver, British Columbia
           (illustrated catalogue)

1997 Itin, Raire inuit
           recontrer un peuple ... travers son art 
           held at Unesco headquarters sponsored by
           association Inuksuk L'homme debout
           Paris, France
           (catalogue)

1997 Stone and Bone: The Inuit Master Carvers 
           of the Canadian Arctic
           The North West Company
           Sun Valley  Center for the Arts and Humanities
           Ketchum, Idaho, USA

1996 New Visions
           Spirit Wrestler Gallery
           Vancouver, British Columbia
           (illustrated catalogue)

1995 The Next Generation
           Orca Aart Gallery
           Chicago, Illinois, USA
           (illustrated brochure)

1995 Keeping our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art
           and Crafts from Dene and the Inuit of Canada
           Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
           Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
           (illustrated catalogue)

1994 Sculpture of the Inuit: Major Works 
           by the Masters of Stone
           Maslak - McLeod Canadian Art
           Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

1994 Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic
           Bayly Art Museum
           Unversity of Virginia
           Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

1994 Selections from the Herb 
           and Cece Schreiber Collection
           Art Gallery of Hamilton
           Hamilton, Ontario

1993 Inuit Sculpture 
           Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
           Montreal, Quebec

1993 Sculpture Inuit et Retrospective Pudlo Pudlat
           Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
           Montreal, Quebec

1993 The Shaman's Drum - Echoes from the Past
           Images from the North
           San Francisco, California, USA
           (illustrated brochure)

1993 Multiple Realities: Inuit Images
           of Shamanic Transformation
           Winnipeg Art Gallery
           Winnipeg, Manitoba
           (illustrated brochure)

1993 The Theme of Transformation in Inuit Sculpture
           The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
           Toronto, Ontario

1993 Arts from the Arctic
           Anchorage Museum of History and Art
           Anchorage, Alaska, USA
           (tour, illustrated catalogue)

1993 Borealis: Inuit Images of Man and Animals
           Freeport Art Museum and Cultural Center
           Freeport, Illinois, USA

1992 Nouveau Territoires...350/500 Ans Apres
           Presented at Les Maisons de la Culture Cote-des-
           Neiges, Notre-Dame-de-Grace, and Rosemont-
           Petite Montreal Recreation and Community
           Development Service and Les Ateliers
           Visions Planetaire
           Montreal, Quebec
           (tour, illustrated catalogue)

1992 Images of Influence: Contemporary Inuit Art
           Surrey Art Gallery
           Surrey, British Columbia 

1991 Granville Island Canadian 
           Inuit Sculpture Exhibition
           Vancouver Inuit Art Society
           Vancouver, British Columbia



Public Collections

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Board of Regents Office, University of Juneau, Alaska

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec

Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway

GE Canada Inuit Art Colleciton, Mississauga, Ontario

Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta

House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario

Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario



Corporate Collections

Alberta Stock Exchange, Calgary, Alberta

Alcan Aluminum, Alberta

BC Chartered Accountants, Vancouver, British Columbia

BC Gas, Vancouver, British Columbia

Citicorp, Toronto, Ontario




Private Collections

John Adams, Vancouver, British Columbia

Lorne Balshine, Vancouver, British Columbia

Arthur Block, Vancouver, British Columbia

Tommy Chong, Paris, France

Alex de Figueiredo, Vancouver, British Columbia

Martin Goldfarb, Toronto, Ottawa

Dr. J. Hyman, New York, New York

Leon Kahn, Vancouver, British Columbia

Honours and Achievements

1995 Along with Joe and Bill Nasogaluak, Abraham completed construction of a six-meter, six ton sculpture 
           of steel, plaster and concrete, entitled "Spirits of the Land", for the newly renovated lobby 
           of the Stock Exchange Tower in Calgary, Alberta.

1993 Appointed chair of the Canadian National Committee for the exhibition "Arts
           from the Arctic." Travelled through Alaska, Greenland, and Eastern Siberia 
           from March thru June of that year.

1991 Attended the artists' sessions held in Ottawa by the Inuit Artists' College
           as an instructor.

1991 Won the $80,000 Manulife competition for sculpture entitled “Spirits in the Landscape”.
           Built at the BC Gas building in Vancouver.

1991 Won the $100,000 prize in the Glaxo Canada Inc. sculpture competition for his 16-foot work 
           titled "Northern Myth, Northern Legend".

1989 The sculpture "Shaman/Sedna with Raven Familiar" was featured on the cover 
           of the summer issue of Inuit Art Quarterly magazine.

1980 Received a Cultural Grant to attend Eskimo Art-in-Conference (III) in Yellowknife.

1980 One of six artists included in a commemorative portfolio of prints which were published 
           to assist the Royal Ontario Museum's renovation and expansion Fund.

1979 Received a Cultural Grant to participate in the Eskimo Art-in-Conference II held in Winnipeg.

1979 Commissioned by the Nahanni Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire to sculpt 
           a piece that was donated to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife. 
           The carving, entitled "Children of the Light", took four and a half months to complete.

1977 Attended the July opening of his solo exhibition held at the Pollock Gallery in Toronto.

1975 The Society for the Encouragement of Northern Talent adopted one of Abraham's 
           drawings of an owl as the design for their coat-of-arms.

1974 Received a Cultural Grant to participate in an Arts and Crafts study tour of Alaska, 
           which was sponsored by Indian and Northern Affairs.



Selected References

    ABRAHAM ANGHIK TALKS ABOUT THE TIMES.
           In: Inuit Artists' Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1991.

    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 in Canada].
           Stuttgart: Edition Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.

    PAULATUK ALBUM: PEOPLE OF THE '30S.
           Tusaayaksat, June, 1986.

    PORTRAIT: ABRAHAM ANGHIK.
           CANADA Journal, July/August, 1990.

    Anghik, Abraham
           AN INTERVIEW WITH ABRAHAM ANGHIK.
           Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(2) Spring 1991: 18-23.

    Austerer, Walter
          ABE ANGHIK: Contemporary and Accomplished Canadian Artist.
          Arts & Culture of the North 5(2): 319-21, 1981.

    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.4-11.

    Driscoll, Bernadette
          UUMAJUT: Animal Imagery in Inuit art.
          Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1985.

    Ingram, Jan
          ARTS FROM THE ARCTIC; A CELEBRATORY EXHIBITION:
          At the Anchorage Museum of History and Art until September 19, 1993.
          Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 3, Fall, 1993.

    Institute of Alaska Native Arts
          ARTS FROM THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Circumpolar Art by
          Indigenous Artists from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Sapmi (Lapland), Siberia.
          Presented by Institute of Alaska Native Arts and Anchorage Museum of History and Art,
          copyright Institute of Alaska Native Arts, 1993.

    Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
          KEEPING OUR STORIES ALIVE: An Exhibition of Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada.
          Santa Fe, New Mexico: Institute of American Native Arts Museum, 1995.

    Inuit Art Foundation.
          SIX SCULPTORS.
          Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3 (Fall 1995), pp.38-46, 1995.

    Lipton, Barbara
          ARCTIC VISION: Art of the Canadian Inuit.
          Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984.

    Mitchell, Marybelle
          INDIGENA: Perspectives of indigenous peoples on five hundred years.
          Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Summer/Fall 1992, pp. 41-43.

    Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery
          NEW WORKS BY A NEW GENERATION.
          Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1982.

    Schrager, Reissa
          THREE COUSINS IN TWO WORLDS. Nepean, Ont.
          Inuit Art Quarterly, 9(1), Spring 1994, pp. 5-12.

    Surrey Art Gallery
          THE INUIT SEA GODDESS.
          The Surrey Art Gallery, 1981.

    Sutherland, David
          PAULATUK: Mythology in Stone and Photographs.
          Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Fall, 1987. pp.13.

    Swinton, George
          MULTIPLE REALITIES: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation.
          Inuit Art Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter, 1993, pp. 43-47.

    Swinton, George
          SCULPTURE OF THE INUIT: Rev. and updated edition of Sculpture of the Eskimo.
          Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1992.

    The Great Canada '91 Organizing Committee
          CONTEMPORARY INUIT ART EXHIBITION: Sojourns to Nunavut.
          In: Great Canada '91 Official Program, pp. 46-49, 1991.

    Vallee, Frank
          SOJOURNS TO NUNAVUT: Contemporary Inuit art from Canada.
          Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(3) Summer 1991: 34-35.

    Vision Planetaire
          NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES:350/500 ANS APRES: Une exposition d'art
          aborigene contemporain du Canada.
          Montreal: Vision Planetaire: Ville de Montreal: UNESCO, 1992.

    Wight, Darlene 
          INUIT TRADITION AND BEYOND: New attitudes toward art-making in the 1980's.
          Inuit Art Quarterly, 6(2) Spring 1991: 9-15.

    Wight, Darlene 
          OUT OF TRADITION: Abraham Anghik / David Ruben Piqtoukun: a retrospective exhibition.
          Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1989.

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

    Zuk, Bill and Robert Dalton
          MONUMENTAL ARCTIC ART: TRADITION AND INNOVATION.
          Inuit Art Quarterly: 10 (1) Spring, 1995.