Eyeetsiak Peter
Canadian, 1937
Eyeetsiak Peter
Disc Number: E7-1150
Eyeetsiak Peter was born on February 15, 1937 near Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut. He had 8 siblings, two who were also artists, and 8 children. Peter started to carve in the 1950s, and in 1961 his prints were in the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection. Eyeetsiak’s stone carvings often depict human figures and northern animals. A note on the Waddingtons website taken from the book Cape Dorset Sculpture published by Douglas & McIntyre described his artwork as possessing “…fluidity of line and use of cutaway that are now characteristic of his work.”
In 1970, his black serpentine carving titled Taloolayook and Man was awarded first place in the Northwest Territories Centennial Sculpture Competition. There were 280 submissions to the competition, of which 77 were in the exhibition. Following the awards, Eyeetsiak’s sculpture was gifted to Queen Elizabeth II upon her visit to the Northwest Territories.
Eyeetsiak’s artwork have been a part of numerous exhibitions, including at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Marion Scott Gallery, the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, the McMaster Art Gallery, the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, and others. He had a solo exhibition titled “Eegeechiak” at the Art Gallery of Windsor in 1974 and attended ‘Art in the Park’.
Some art collections that have work by Eyeetsiak Peter are the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Musée des beaux-arts de Montreal, Musée d’art Inuit Brousseau, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
He passed away in 2011.
Sources:
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Eyeetsiak-Peter
https://www.katilvik.com/browse/artists/864-eyeetsiak-peter/
https://www.waddingtons.ca/auction/inuit-art-sep-26-2019/gallery/lot/143/
https://www.rct.uk/collection/3719/taloolayook-and-man
https://www.artinuitbrousseau.ca/featured_item/eyeetsiak-peter/
Disc Number: E7-1150
Eyeetsiak Peter was born on February 15, 1937 near Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut. He had 8 siblings, two who were also artists, and 8 children. Peter started to carve in the 1950s, and in 1961 his prints were in the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection. Eyeetsiak’s stone carvings often depict human figures and northern animals. A note on the Waddingtons website taken from the book Cape Dorset Sculpture published by Douglas & McIntyre described his artwork as possessing “…fluidity of line and use of cutaway that are now characteristic of his work.”
In 1970, his black serpentine carving titled Taloolayook and Man was awarded first place in the Northwest Territories Centennial Sculpture Competition. There were 280 submissions to the competition, of which 77 were in the exhibition. Following the awards, Eyeetsiak’s sculpture was gifted to Queen Elizabeth II upon her visit to the Northwest Territories.
Eyeetsiak’s artwork have been a part of numerous exhibitions, including at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Marion Scott Gallery, the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, the McMaster Art Gallery, the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, and others. He had a solo exhibition titled “Eegeechiak” at the Art Gallery of Windsor in 1974 and attended ‘Art in the Park’.
Some art collections that have work by Eyeetsiak Peter are the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Musée des beaux-arts de Montreal, Musée d’art Inuit Brousseau, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
He passed away in 2011.
Sources:
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Eyeetsiak-Peter
https://www.katilvik.com/browse/artists/864-eyeetsiak-peter/
https://www.waddingtons.ca/auction/inuit-art-sep-26-2019/gallery/lot/143/
https://www.rct.uk/collection/3719/taloolayook-and-man
https://www.artinuitbrousseau.ca/featured_item/eyeetsiak-peter/