Born: 1933 Male E2-465
Resides: Baker Lake; also lived in Gjoa Haven
Sculpture

Silas is married to Baker Lake artist Peggy Qablunaaq Aittauq, daughter of the late Jessie Oonark.

Bayat Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada

1970 June - July: Sculpture, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, a competition/exhibition organized as a contribution to the Centennial of the N.W.T., Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (illustrated catalogue)

1974: Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de l'arctique canadien, Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1974 March: Baker Lake Sculpture, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)

1975 - 79: We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1976 June - August: The People Within - Art from Baker Lake, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1976 July: Baker Lake Festival: Sculpture, Drawings and Wallhangings, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art, Toronto, Ontario (illustrated catalogue)

1978 March - June: The Coming and Going of the Shaman: Eskimo Shamanism and Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)

1978 August - November: The Zazelenchuk Collection of Eskimo Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)

1979 January - June: Spirits and Dreams - Arts of the Inuit of Baker Lake, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, Ontario (tour) (illustrated brochure)

1983 October - December 1983 Inuit Masterworks: Selections from the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

1986 October: Masterwork Sculpture 1986, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)

1988 November - December: Art of the Eskimo: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawings from the Canadian Arctic, Gallery 100 Hudson, New York, New York, U.S.A.

1989 June - July: Baker Lake Sculpture, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)

1992 October - 1993 January: Drawings and Sculpture from Baker Lake, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure)

1993 April - July: Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated brochure)

1973 November - December: Silas Aittauq - Sculpture in Stone, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (illustrated catalogue)

Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

EIGHT ARTISTS FROM BAKER LAKE EXHIBIT AT ART GALLERY. City Dweller, Ward-7 Edition (Toronto), July 1976.

Blodgett, Jean: THE COMING AND GOING OF THE SHAMAN: Eskimo Shamanism and Art. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979.

Ferguson, Jeremy: ARCTIC ART AT AGO. Key to Toronto (entertainment guide), July 1976.

FitzRandolph, Katie: SCULPTOR SHOWS PERSONAL VIEW. Winnipeg Free Press, Wed., November 28, 1973.

Halifax Mail Star: FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION OF INUIT ART TO BE DISPLAYED. Halifax, Mail Star, June 9, 1976.

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver: MASTERWORKS; SCULPTURE. Vancouver, B.C. : Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1986.

Macduff, Alistair: LORDS OF THE STONE: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture. / By Alistair Macduff. Photographs by George M. Galpin. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982.

Parkin, Jeanne: THE PEOPLE WITHIN: ART FROM BAKER LAKE = LES GENS DE L'INTERIEUR: L'ART DE BAKER LAKE. Artmagazine, vol. 7, no. 28, Summer/ete, 1976. pp.66-75.

Sanavik Cooperative: SCULPTURE 1974. Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974.

Swinton, George: SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972.

Upstairs Gallery: SILAS AITTAUQ: Sculpture. Winnipeg: The Upstairs Gallery, 1973.

Winnipeg Art Gallery: THE ZAZELENCHUK COLLECTION OF ESKIMO ART. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978.