Born 1972
Resides: Cape Dorset
(Samuillie)
Sam is the son of graphic artist Sheokju and Toonoo, and
the youngest brother of renowned Cape Dorset sculptor Oviloo
Tunnillie. He began carving in the summer of 1994, and his
preferred subject to carve is figures.
Exhibitions:
November 2001: Small Sculptures by Great Artists, Feheley
Fine Arts, Toronto, ON.
May-June 2001: Baffin Island Sculpture, Albers Gallery of
Inuit Art, San Francisco, CA. (illustrated catalogue)
November-December 2000: Small Sculptures by Great Artists,
Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON. (illustrated brochure)
June-July 2000: Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Art in Stone,
Canadian Arctic Gallery (Grunder), Hammerstrasse 50, Basel,
Switzerland (illustrated catalogue)
November 1998: Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic, Feheley
Fine Arts, Toronto, ON.
June 1997: Singing and Dancing and Playing, Feheley Fine
Arts, Toronto, ON., (brochure).
March-April 1979: Die Kunst aus der Arktis, Inuit Galerie,
Mannheim held at the Rathaus Foyer, Mainz, Germany
(illustrated catalogue).
n.d.: Our Land Transforming: Celebrating the Enduring
Spirit of the Inuit, Arctic Raven Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA,
98250 (brochure).
