Ikirasaqa, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
Died
January 8, 2013(2013-01-08) (aged 85)
Cape Dorset, Dorset Island, Nunavut, Canada
Nationality
Inuit
Known for
soapstone carver, graphic artist
Movement
Inuit art
Awards
Order of Canada
Kenojuak Ashevak, CC ONu RCA (Inuktitut: ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ, Qinnuajuaq Aasivak), (October 3, 1927 – January 8, 2013) is celebrated[1] as a leading figure of modern Inuit art and one of Canada's preeminent artists and cultural icons.[2] Part of a pioneering generation of Arctic creators, her career spanned more than five decades. She made graphic art, drawings and prints in stonecut, lithography and etching, beloved by the public, museums and collectors alike.[3][4]
Ashevak surmounted her circumstances to become an artist. Her range of mediums was exceptionally broad and included stained glass. Her achievements were honored. She was the first Inuit artist inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame (2001), was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (1967) and promoted to Companion in 1982. She received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2008) and the Order of Nunavut (2012). Her work, with its superb design qualities, was used for Canadian stamps, coins and banknotes. For instance, in 1970, Canada Post placed her 1960 print Enchanted Owl on a stamp to commemorate the centennial of the Northwest Territories and in 2017, the Bank of Canada unveiled a commemorative $10 banknote in honour of Canada's 150th birthday featuring Ashevak's print Owl's Bouquet on the note. She received Honorary Doctorates from Queen's University (1991) and the University of Toronto (1992) and many films were made about her life.
^Tippett, Maria. "Sculpture in Canada". Douglas & McIntyre, 2017. p. 186. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
^Hessel, Ingo (2010). "Inuit Art in the Twentieth Century". The Visual Arts in Canada: the Twentieth Century. Foss, Brian, Paikowsky, Sandra, Whitelaw, Anne (eds.). Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-19-542125-5. OCLC 432401392.
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^Jean Blodgett, Kenojuak (Toronto: Firefly Books, 1985) ISBN 0-920668-31-3
KenojuakAshevak, CC ONu RCA (Inuktitut: ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ, Qinnuajuaq Aasivak), (October 3, 1927 – January 8, 2013) is celebrated as a leading figure of modern...
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where she curated the first retrospective exhibition of the art of KenojuakAshevak in 1986. She also did contract work for many other institutions, such...
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