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Kavavaow Mannomee
Fish Become Birds

1999

About the Item

This artwork titled "Fish Become Birds" 1999 is an original colors stonecut on thin tissue paper by Canadian/ Inuit artist Kavavaow (Kavavau) Mannomee, b.1958. It is hand signed, titled, located, dated, described and numbered 4/50 in pencil by the artist. The subject size is 16 x 23.25 inches, sheet size is 24.5 x 29 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Qavavau born in Brandon, Manitoba in 1958 where his mother, Paunichea, was hospitalized for treatment of tuberculosis. He returned to Cape Dorset as a very young child and has lived there since. Qavavau has demonstrated a range of stylistic abilities over the years – from the very literal to the more expressive. His work is idiosyncratic and often amusing in his depictions of Inuit legends and mythology, Arctic wildlife and contemporary aspects of Inuit life. Qavavau is the latest among the second generation to attract critical acclaim from the contemporary arts audience in the south. He and Shuvinai Ashoona have been profiled, along with Nick Sikkuark of Gjoa Haven, in the Winnipeg-based arts magazine, Border Crossings. He traveled to Toronto in June of 2008 for his first solo exhibition of original drawings, and in 2009 to Vancouver for another exhibition featuring his contemporary work. He has been invited to attend an opening of this work in Victoria in the fall of 2012. For several years Qavavau has worked for the Kinngait Studios as a printmaker – first in the lithography studio and more recently in the stonecut studio. He is an accomplished and precise printmaker who enjoys the opportunity to demonstrate printmaking techniques to young artists and visitors to the studio. His works are held in several museums, including the Ackland Art Museum, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Canada, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the National Museum of the American Indian. EXHIBITIONS: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker) 1994 (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, Cape Dorset Graphics 1994, 1995 (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) March 1990 Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison Falleur, Cambrai France April 1990 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe Le Touquet, France July 1990 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Thonon les Bains France Nov - Dec 1990 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990 Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien Paris, France March - April 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre La Ciotat, France May 1991 Inuit Music in Art: Singing and Dancing and Playing Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario May - June 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at La Halle aux Bles Saint Malo, France October - December 1991 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert Le Havre, France Nov - Dec 1991 Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1991 Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Colombier Ville D'Avray, France Feb - Apr 1992 Art Inuit Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Montador Dieppe, France Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue) July 1994 Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art Frye Art Museum Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Sept - Oct 1994 Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans Edegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure) SOLO EXHIBITIONS: April - May 1994 Kavavaow Mannomee-Original Drawings Albers Gallery San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Creator:
    Kavavaow Mannomee (1958, Canadian, Inuit)
  • Creation Year:
    1999
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: man/fis/bir/011stDibs: LU666310983622

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