Good ol' Abe

Biography
of 
Abraham Anghik Ruben

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Abraham has accomplished so much and has participated in such a great amount of activity over the past 30 years that a condensed biography had to be created.

His full biography is seven pages long!

 



Solo Exhibitions

2003 The Art of Abraham Anghik Ruben
          Appleton Galleries, Vancouver

2001-2002 Abraham Anghik Ruben
         
Illustrated catalogue, The Winnipeg Art Gallery

2000, 2001, 2002 Paiges Art Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho

1998 Maslak - McLeod Gallery, Santa Fe

1994 Abraham Anghik: Works in Bronze,
        
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery, Toronto

1991 "Spirit of My People:" Sculptures by Abraham
         Anghik, The Alaska Shop, New York

1981 Images for a Canadian Heritage, Vancouver

1980 Abraham Anghik - New Sculptures,
        
The Pollock Gallery, Toronto

1980 Bayard Gallery, New York

1979 The Pollock Gallery, Toronto

1978 The Pollock Gallery, Toronto

1977 The Pollock Gallery, Toronto


Two-Person Exhibitions

1989 Out of Tradition: Abraham Anghik/David
         Ruben Piqtoukun, Illustrated catalogue,
         The Winnipeg Art Gallery


Group Exhibitions

1997 Sun Valley Center for Arts and Humanities
         Ketchum, Idaho

1995 Canadian Inuit Sculpture: The Next
         Generation, Orca Aart Gallery, Chicago

1993 Arts from the Arctic, organized by the Canadian
         National Committee, Arts from the Arctic and
         Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife

1993 Arts from the Arctic, Anchorage Museum,
         Anchorage, Alaska,
         Yakutsk Art Centre, Yakutsk,
         Republic of Sakha, Siberia

1991 “Spirit of My People:” Sculptures by Abraham

1987 Orcas Gallery, Salt Spring Island

1984 Images Art Gallery, Toronto

1984-88 Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit,
         Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
         Development, Ottawa. 
         Tour of United States and Canada

1983-85 Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada,      
         Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
         Development, Ottawa

1982 New Work by a New Generation, Norman
         Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina

1982 Recent Works by Anghik, Morriseau, - Odjig, Thomas,
         Gallery Quan, Toronto

1982 Works by Abraham, Anghik, David Piqtoukun,
         Stefanie Ham, Gallery Quan, Toronto

1981 The Inuit Sea Goddess, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey 1981
         Gallery Quan, Toronto

1980 National Museum of Man, Ottawa

1980 Children of the Raven Gallery, Vancouver

1979 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

1978 The Coming and Going of the Shaman,
        
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

1977 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

1975 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska

 



Public Collections

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Canadian Museum of Civilization,Ottawa

Glenbow Museum, Calgary

House of Commons, Ottawa

Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa

McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,Yellowknife

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

University of Alaska, Board of Regents, Alaska, USA

Norwegian Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway

The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Corporate Collections

Alberta Stock Exchange, Calgary

Alcan World Headquarters, Montreal

BC Chartered Accountants Building, Vancouver

BC Gas Building, Vancouver

Citibank, Toronto

Glaxo/Smith/Kline
, Mississauga

Imperial Oil Ltd., Alberta

Kingswood Capital, Vancouver

Labbatt's Ltd.
, Ontario


Private Collections

John Adams, Vancouver

Lorne Balshine, Vancouver

Arthur Block, Vancouver

Tommy Chong, Paris, France

Alex De Figueiredo, Vancouver

Martin Goldfarb, Toronto

Dr. J. Hyman, New York

Leon Kahn, Vancouver

Klamer Family, Toronto

Don Klune, Ketchum, Idaho

Martha Marston, Dallas

Cas Morel, Calgary

Sam and Esther Sarick


Joseph Segal, Vancouver

Mrs. Selznick, Ketchum, Idaho

Christian Steckler, Vancouver


Honours and Achievements

Expo 86, Banners and backdrop for NWT Pavilion performance stage, Vancouver, Canada 1986

National competition for Glaxo/Smith/Kline Canadian Headquarters the 
16’ limestone sculpture,
Northern Myth Northern Legend 1990

Manulife national sculpture competition for placement at BC Gas Building, Vancouver, Canada 1993

Holocaust Sculpture Memorial, Holocaust Museum, Israel, 1992 - ongoing