MIALIA JAW (MAYLEA)

Date of Birth: August 6, 1934 Male/Female: Female

Deceased: April, 2006

Place of Birth: Cape Dorset

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Father:

Melia is a talented and prolific carver. She is married to Cape Dorset artist, Joe Jaw and they have five sons. Melia has strongly encouraged them to learn the art of carving. Her sons, Pootoogook, Noah, Qiliqti, Salomonie and Kingwatsiak Jaw have all become carvers in Cape Dorset.

(Note: Originally attributed to Melia Jaw, Photo#74, in Swinton, 1972 has now attributed to another artist in Swinton, 1992).

EXHIBITIONS:

May – June 1969 Eskimo Sculpture ‘69 Robertson Galleries Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)

1970 Mythology in Stone Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec

September – October 1970 Canadian Eskimo Arts Festival Alaska Methodist University Galleries Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. (illustrated catalogue)

1971 Sculpture in Miniature Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec

January – February 1972 INUA: 50 Works from the Cappadocia Collection Of Inuit Art McMaster Art Gallery Hamilton, Ontario

October – November 1973 Sculpture Inuit 25 Years After Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec Montreal, Quebec

2004, 2005, 2006 Cape Dorset Graphics (annual collection) (illustrated catalogue) !2

Oct 2009 – Jan 2010 Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)

July – August, 2014 Cape Dorset and Points South Theo Gantz Studio Beacon, New York

November – December, 2015 The Wind Will Carry Us

Theo Gantz Studio

Beacon New York

September – November, 2019 Kinngait Studios Returns Highpoint Centre for Printmaking Minneapolis, Minnesota !3

COLLECTIONS:

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Ryan, Leslie Boyd CAPE DORSET PRINTS: A Retrospective, Pomegranate, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 2007.

Winnipeg Art Gallery CAPE DORSET: Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1975.