Tamusi Qumalu Tukula

Tamusi Qumalu Tukula

Tamusi Qumalu Tukula (b. 1945) - Artist Biography

Also known as Thomassie Tookalook, the artist like many from Povungnituk, carved naturalistic subjects with great skill. Tukala was particularly adept at carving birds, animals and other scenes of community life.

Exhibitions:
An Enduring Tradition: Inuit Carving from Arctic Quebec, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Art/Inuit/Art: The Rothmans Permanent Collection of Eskimo Sculpture, Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Early Masterpieces of Inuit Sculpture, Feheley Fine Arts
Images of the Far North, Arctic Artistry (held at the Erie County Fairgrounds)
Inuit Art: A Selection of Inuit Art from the Collection of the National Museum of History, Gatineau, and the Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Canada, National Museum of History, Gatineau and Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
The Art of the Eskimo, Newman Galleries
The Art of the Eskimo, Newman Galleries
The Spirit in the Stone, Arctic Artistry, Hartsdale held at the Greenburgh Native Centre
Visions of Rare Spirit, Museum of Indian Archaeology

Public Collections:
Musée du Quebec, Quebec City
Rothmans Permanent Collection of Inuit Sculpture, Toronto
Saputik Museum, Povungnituk