• Jutai Toonoo

    (1959-2015), Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
Jutai Toonoo - Eskimo Tan

Eskimo Tan, 2010, oil stick, paper, 48 x 51.5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Dead Men

Dead Men, 2000, serpentinite, 26.75 x 10 x 6.5 in. Inscribed: “When you die you are not going to die, instead you are going to wake up in eternity wiether (sic) it’s good or bad, and it is your choice where you end up. It all depends on how you treat the least among you!”

Jutai Toonoo - Life

Life, 2015, oil pastel, paper, 23 x 30 in.

Jutai Toonoo - I Am Not Crazy

I Am Not Crazy, 2004, serpentinite, 7.75 x 1.25 x 2.5 in. Inscribed: "I Am Not Crazy."

Jutai Toonoo - Relationship With The Land

Relationship With The Land, 2006, stone, 14.5 x 15 x 10 in. Inscribed: "For four thousand years Inuit people had a bond with the land. Gone in one generation."

Jutai Toonoo - Sitting Duck

Sitting Duck, 2001, serpentinite, 8.25 x 10 x 10 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Bruised And Bloody

Bruised And Bloody, 2011, oil pastel, pastel, paper, 43 x 29 in.

Jutai Toonoo - God Hid Himself From Us

God Hid Himself From Us, 2004, stone, 8.25 x 6.5 x 7 in. Inscribed: "God hid himself from us."

Jutai Toonoo - Hierarchy

Hierarchy, 2002, serpentinite, 25.5 x 9.5 x 8 in. Inscribed: "Hierarchy, it is something I don't understand, how can a human look up to another human being?"

Jutai Toonoo - The Rock II

The Rock II, 2002, serpentinite, 19 x 8.5 x 7 in. "The stuff we're made of." JT

Jutai Toonoo - untitled (humans crawling over one another)

untitled (humans crawling over one another), 1999, stone, 2.5 x 2.25 x 2.25 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Brethren

Brethren, 2000, serpentinite, 16 x 8 x 4 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Gargoyle

Gargoyle, 2001, serpentinite, 13.25 x 11.75 x 7.75 in.

Jutai Toonoo - The Multitude

The Multitude, 2010, ink, paper, 19.5 x 25.5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - My Boat Sank!

My Boat Sank!, 2000, serpentinite, 11 x 10.25 x 4.75 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Inukpatsuuk

Inukpatsuuk, 2001, white marble, 6 x 4.25 x 3.5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Marijuana

Marijuana, 2013, color pencil, paper, 50 x 55.5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - The Lump

The Lump, 2001, serpentinite, 8.25 x 9 x 14.5 in. Inscribed: "The Lump."

Jutai Toonoo - Continual Pain

Continual Pain, 2006-07, color pencil, paper, 20 x 26 in. Text translation: "Sickness that we know, it hasn't stopped today, people who are close to me they are tired. For one full month, I haven't walked. You can lose your mind."

Jutai Toonoo - Spaceman

Spaceman, 2004, serpentinite, 26.25 x 16.25 x 4 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Inscribed: "I have flown with the birds. I have swam with the fish, rode along in a canoe with the seals, one day I hope to go into space with an astronaut,"

Inscribed: "I have flown with the birds. I have swam with the fish, rode along in a canoe with the seals, one day I hope to go into space with an astronaut,"

Jutai Toonoo - The Belly

The Belly, 2004, stone, 5.75 x 3 x 2.25 in. Inscribed: "The Belly."

Jutai Toonoo - Mary

Mary, 2009, oil pastel, paper, 30 x 44 in.

Jutai Toonoo - My Last Carving

My Last Carving, 2005, serpentinite, 30.25 x 15.25 x 7 in. Incribed: "My Last Carving."

Jutai Toonoo - Christian Rock Singers

Christian Rock Singers, 2006, stone, 11.5 x 7.5 x 5.25 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Double Minded

Double Minded, 2000, serpentinite, 9 x 10.25 x 6.5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Cloudy Day

Cloudy Day, 2010, pastel, 26.25 x 40 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Massive Sky

Massive Sky, 2006, white marble, 10.75 x 8 x 5 in. Inscribed: "If we're really 64,000 mph. Spinning at 1,000 mph in the equator, than (sic) the sky must be massive."

Jutai Toonoo - Hungry Bear

Hungry Bear, 2004, serpentinite, 4 x 2 x 1.75 in

Jutai Toonoo - untitled (swimming seal)

untitled (swimming seal), 2004, serpentinite, 4 x 2.5 x 2.25 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Construction Of Colors

Construction Of Colors, 2014, Pastel, 23 x 30 in.

Jutai Toonoo - A Life Changing Day

A Life Changing Day, 2005, stone, 12.5 x 9 x 6.5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Inuujaq

Inuujaq, 2006, white marble, 18 x 7 x 4 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Booby Man

Booby Man, 2011, sugar-lift etching, aquatint, paper, 31.5 x 47 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Politician

Politician, 2011, sugar-lift etching, aquatint, paper, 31.5 x 47 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Stoic

Stoic, 2011, sugar-lift etching, aquatint, paper, 31.5 x 47 in.

Jutai Toonoo - The Four Winds On A Calm Day

The Four Winds On A Calm Day, 2004, serpentine, 7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 in. Inscribed: "The four winds on a clam day."

Jutai Toonoo - One Foot

One Foot, c. 2000, stone (inscribed on bottom with title), 10 x 2.75 x 5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - New Age Christ

New Age Christ, 2008, etching, aquatint, paper, 24.5 x 22.5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Today Was A Strange Day

Today Was A Strange Day, 2004, granite, 19 x 13 x 6 in.

Jutai Toonoo - When Things Go Wrong They Come In 3's

When Things Go Wrong They Come In 3's, c. 2000, stone (inscribed on back with title), 5.5 x 1.75 x .5 in.

Jutai Toonoo - Shadow Boxing

Shadow Boxing, 2015, Color pencil, oil pastel, paper, 30 x 44 in.

Photograph: Jutai with The Rock II; Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, 2005.

Relationship With The Land, 2006: "For four thousand years Inuit people had a bond with the land. Gone in one generation." -- Ju