Joata Suqslak
Settlement: Gjoa Haven / Uqsuqtuuq
(1918-1986) — E4-351
Alternative Names: Suqslak Suqslak, Joata Suqslak, Shookslak Suqslak, Shookalak Suqslak, Shuqslaq Suqslak, Suqslaq Suqslak, Shookshlak Suqslak, Joseph Suqslak
Exhibitions
Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Gjoa Haven Community Show
Sur le Mur
Gjoa Haven Sculpture/Wallhangings
Atlantic Galleries
Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Spence Bay Sculpture: An Expressive Force
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
The Hand: Images in Inuit Sculpture
The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
The Spirit of the Land
The Koffler Gallery
The Tactile Eskimo Art Collection/ Collection de sculptures esquimaudes appreciables par le toucher
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, in cooperation with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Whalebone Carvings and Inuit Prints
Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery
Public Collections
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
University of Alberta
Edmonton
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg
Publications
AQJANGAJUK SHAA.
IN The Canadian Encyclopedia, James H. Marsh, editor-in-chief.
Author: Blodgett, Jean
Publication: Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1:68. (1985)
ARTISANAT QUEBECOIS: 3: INDIENS ET ESQUIMAUX.
Author: Simard, Cyril
Publication: Montreal: Les Editions de l'Homme (1977)
TUU'LUQ/ANGUHADLUQ.
Author: Blodgett, Jean
Publication: Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1976)
L'ART ESQUIMAU D'HOLMAN.
Author: Burgess, Helen
Publication: Ottawa: Ministere des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien. (1973)
IMAGES AND WORDS FROM SPENCE BAY, N.W.T.
Author: Harris, Pam and Judy McGrath
Publication: Artscanada 174/175:37-41. (1972)
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| CARIBOU HUNTERS AT RIVER CROSSING | 2011-05 (May 2011) | |
| DRUMMER AND WOMAN | 2009-11 (November 2009) | |
| MAN WITH OWL ON HIS HEAD | 2011-11 (November 2011) | |
| SPIRIT HUNTER | 2024-07 (July 2024) | |
| WOMAN HOLDING AN ULU WITH SPIRIT HEAD | 2020-09 (September 2020) | |
| WOMAN HOLDING AN ULU WITH SPIRIT HEAD ON HER FOOT | 2016-11 (November 2016) |
Recent Auction Results
Estimate: 600 — 900
Sold: Nov 2016 — Sold For: $420
