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Pitseolak
Ashoona
, OC, RCA
Photo: Pitseolak Ashoona
Credit: Jimmy Manning
Pitseolak
Ashoona
, OC, RCA
Medium:
drawing, printmaking
Artistic Community:
Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU
Date of Birth:
Artists may have multiple birth years listed as a result of when and where they were born. For example, an artist born in the early twentieth century in a camp outside of a community centre may not know/have known their exact date of birth and identified different years.
Tujjaat, NT
1904
Date of Death:
Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.
1983
Work
Pitseolak Ashoona
(Kinngait (Cape Dorset))
The Eyes of a Happy Woman c. 1974
Credit: courtesy Dorset Fine Arts
Biography
Born on the Southeast coast of Tujjaat and based in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, Pitseolak Ashoona’s work depicts the strength, resilience and identity of women. A self-taught artist working primarily in graphite, pencil crayons and felt-tip pens, Ashoona produced more than 9,000 drawings in her lifetime. Ashoona created works that were openly autobiographical, vividly portraying memories and stories of her life. The 1970s were a critical period in her career, becoming internationally recognized and accomplishing numerous remarkable achievements. In 1974, she was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Art. Furthermore, in 1977, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian art.
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Publications
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Title
Year
Author
Canadian and Indigenous Art: 1968 to Present
Fall 2017
Lindsay Nixon
Pitseolak: Pictures Out of my Life
1971, 2003
Pitseolak Ashoona
How can we Understand Inuit Art?
Fall 1995
Christine Lalonde
Exhibitions
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Name
Year
Gallery
Classic Prints from Cape Dorset: 1960 – 1972
Apr - May 2003
Albers Gallery
Women of the Ashoona Family: Inuit Print Retrospective
April 2003
The Guild Shop
Then and Now: Inuit Prints from 1962 – 2002
January 2003
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Achievements
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Achievement
Year
Organization
Cover of the Inuit Art Quarterly
Winter 2000
Inuit Art Foundation
Featured on Canadian Postage Stamp
1993
Canada Post
Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection
1984
Dorset Fine Arts
Public Collections
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Collection
Location
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University
Kingston, ON, Canada
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Fort Worth, TX, United States
Anchorage Museum
Anchorage, AK, United States
Edit History
September 12, 2017
Created by: Mikaela Clark Gardner
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