Born: May 26, 1939 Male
Resides: Lake Harbour
Sculpture

Nalenik has been carving since he was fifteen years old. His wife Itee and his brother Takealook are also artists. He carves primarily in stone, but also uses ivory and antler when they are available. Nalenik lived in camps out on the land until the late 1970s.

Bayat Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada

1967: The Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank,
Toronto, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1972 January - March: Eskimo Fantastic Art, Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1974: Inuit Sculpture 1974/Sculpture Inuit 1974, Lippel Gallery, Montreal, Quebec (illustrated catalogue)

1975 February: Eskimo Sculpture, Aberbach Fine Art, New York, New York, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)

1977: Sculpture from Lake Harbour, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec

1979 March - April: Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine, Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia (illustrated catalogue)

1979 November - December: In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec

1984 February - March: Canadian Inuit Art, City Hall, Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland

June 1986 New Beginnings: a celebration of Native expression at the first Native Business Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario

1986 July - 1988 February: Selections from the John and Mary Robertson, Collection of Inuit Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1986 November - December: Art Inuit, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec

1987 October 1987 [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Chambre de Commerce de Chateauroux, France

1987 December - 1988 February: Inuk, Inuit: Art et tradition chez les esquimaux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, presented by L'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Musee des Beaux-arts d'Arras, Arras, France (illustrated catalogue)

1988 April: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Palais de L'Europe, Le Touquet, France

1988 June: The Inuit Experience: Animals of the Tundra and the Sea, Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (brochure)

1988 July: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon, France

1988 November: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Les Martres-de-Veyre, France

1988 December - 1989 January: Exposition thematique sur l'ours, L'iglou art esquimau, Galerie de l'ours, Bourges, France

1989 March - April: [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Autre Regard, Paris, France

1989 June: Masters of the Arctic: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit Masterworks, Presented by the Amway Corporation at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, New York, U.S.A. (tour) (illustrated catalogue)

1989 June - July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Sanguine, La Rochelle, France

1990 January: Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Centre d'Action Culturelle du Bassin, Houllier, Lorrain, Saint Avold, France

1990 March: Art Inuit, l'Art des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Maison Falleur, Cambrai, France

1990 April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Palais de l'Europe, Le Touquet, France

1990 July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Thonon les Bains, France

1990 August: Traditions and Innovations in Inuit Art Sculpture in Stone, Images of the North, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (illustrated brochure)

1990 November: This Is My World, Presented by Jordan Fine Arts, at the Windmill Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

1990 November - December: Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France

1991 February - March: Taste Of The Wild, Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

1991 February - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Humbert, Nantes, France

1991 March - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Le Theatre, La Ciotat, France

1991 April - June: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France

1991 May - June: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at La Halle aux Bles, Saint Malo, France

1991 June - July: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Ombre et Lumiere, Ensisheim, France

1991 August - September: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Akenaton, Troyes, France

1991 October - December: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Maite Aubert, Le Havre, France

1992 February - April: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, at Galerie Montador, Dieppe, France

1993 June - August: Masterworks of the Arctic: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada, Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

1994 September - October: Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum, Huis Hellemans
Edegem, Belgium (illustrated brochure)

1994 October: Sculpture of the Inuit: Major Works by the Masters of Stone, Maslak McLeod Canadian Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

1995 January - February: The Collector's Eye, Inuit Art from Private Collections, Albers Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA (illustrated brochure)

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Amway Environmental Foundation Collection, Ada, Michigan, U.S.A.
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1981 A sculpture "Bear and Seal" by Nalenik Temela was presented to His Royal
Highness Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on the occasion of their
wedding July 29, 1981 by the Hudson's Bay Company.

MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC: An Exhibition of Contemporary Inuit
Masterworks. Ada, Michigan: Amway Corporation, 1989.

Blodgett, Jean
SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN AND MARY ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF INUIT
SCULPTURE. Kingston, Ont. : Queens University, The Agnes
Etherington Art Centre, 1986.

Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFTS QUEBEC. = GUILDE CANADIENNE DES METIERS
D'ART QUEBEC: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts and Crafts,
c. 1900-1980. Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980.