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
