Tariugajak on Baffin Island, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut
Died
2014(2014-00-00) (aged 80–81)
Education
self-taught
Kiugak AshoonaOC RCA (September 16, 1933 – 2014; also known as Kiawak;[1][2] Inuktitut syllabics ᑭᐅᒐᒃ ᐊᓲᓇ) was a Canadian Inuk artist renowned for his sculptural work and his expansive artistic portfolio.[3] He experienced the longest career of any Cape Dorset artist,[4] and is a member of the Order of Canada and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 1999, he was awarded the Canada Council Molson Prize for his outstanding lifetime contribution to the cultural and intellectual life of Canada.[5]
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^Borys, Stephen (2010). Kiugak Ashoona: stories and imaginings from Cape Dorset. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg.
^Murray, Joan (2006). McMichael Canadian Art Collection: One Hundred Masterworks. Kleinburg, Ontario: McMichael Canadian Art Collection. p. 16. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
KiugakAshoona OC RCA (September 16, 1933 – 2014; also known as Kiawak; Inuktitut syllabics ᑭᐅᒐᒃ ᐊᓲᓇ) was a Canadian Inuk artist renowned for his sculptural...
Ashoona is a surname commonly found in Inuit culture. People with this surname include: KiugakAshoona (1933–2014), Canadian Inuk sculptor Mayureak Ashoona...
married Ashoona, a hunter, in the Foxe Peninsula of Baffin Island. They had 17 children, though only six (Namoonie, Qaqaq, Kumwartok, Kiugak, Napachie...
Ashoona was born in 1961 in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, now Kinngait, Nunavut, to a family of celebrated artists. Her father KiugakAshoona was...
politician Karoo Ashevak, sculptor Kenojuak Ashevak, artist KiugakAshoona, artist Pitseolak Ashoona, artist Qapik Attagutsiak, World War II contributor Moses...
according to the Inuit Art Foundation. Kenojuak Ashevak KiugakAshoona Pitseolak Ashoona Shuvinai Ashoona Kingmeata Etidlooie Osuitok Ipeelee Siassie Kenneally...
Her brothers, Kiugak and Qaqaq Ashoona, are well known sculptors. As well, two of her sisters-in-law, Mayureak and Sorosiluto Ashoona are well known...
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