The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Women Artists (Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Art Gallery of Hamilton)
2015Boutilier, Alicia and Tobi Bruce
173 pages (color)
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1906 Back River area of Nunavut, Canada - 1985 Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Known for: Textile wall hanging, drawing, printmaking.
An Inuit artist born near Back River in Nunavut or Northern Canada, Jessie Oonark began her art career at age 54, creating a body of wall hangings and prints that earned her much acclaim and which,... Read full biography
An Inuit artist born near Back River in Nunavut or Northern Canada, Jessie Oonark began her art career at age 54, creating a body of wall hangings and prints that earned her much acclaim and which, in bright colors, are symbolic of her native heritage. She was married to an Inuit man at a young... Read full biography
An Inuit artist born near Back River in Nunavut or Northern Canada, Jessie Oonark began her art career at age 54, creating a body of wall hangings and prints that earned her much acclaim and which, in bright colors, are symbolic of her native heritage. She was married to an Inuit man at a young age, but with eight children and two left still needing support, she was widowed by 1953. In 1958, she moved to the hamlet of Baker Lake because the Caribou migration on which her farming people depended... Read full biography
An Inuit artist born near Back River in Nunavut or Northern Canada, Jessie Oonark began her art career at age 54, creating a body of wall hangings and prints that earned her much acclaim and which, in bright colors, are symbolic of her native heritage. She was married to an Inuit man at a young age, but with eight children and two left still needing support, she was widowed by 1953. In 1958, she moved to the hamlet of Baker Lake because the Caribou migration on which her farming people depended for food was shifting away, leaving many persons to starve. Two years later, her first prints were published. "Her style is marked by her bold use of large areas of flat colour and the attention she paid to shapes rather than to line styles.... Read full biography
An Inuit artist born near Back River in Nunavut or Northern Canada, Jessie Oonark began her art career at age 54, creating a body of wall hangings and prints that earned her much acclaim and which, in bright colors, are symbolic of her native heritage. She was married to an Inuit man at a young age, but with eight children and two left still needing support, she was widowed by 1953. In 1958, she moved to the hamlet of Baker Lake because the Caribou migration on which her farming people depended for food was shifting away, leaving many persons to starve. Two years later, her first prints were published. "Her style is marked by her bold use of large areas of flat colour and the attention she paid to shapes rather than to line styles. Although her medium was wall hangings and prints, her technique drew largely on traditional styles used in In... Read full biography
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About Jessie Oonark: Books
Books & Publications (14)
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AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario357 pages (color)Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
2013
(Exhibition catalog)Wight, Darlene Coward (Editor)256 pages (color)Hunters, Carvers & Collectors: The Chauncey C. Nash Collection of Inuit Art (The Peabody Museum)
2012
(Exhibition catalog)Lutz, Maija M.148 pages (color)Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art
2012Russell, Karen Kramer244 pages (color)Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007Newlands, Anne366 pages (color)Isaacs Seen: 50 Years on the Art Front, a Gallery Scrapbook
2005Wigmore, Donnalu and John Parry168 pages (color)Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002Newlands, Anne355 pages (color)In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
1993
(Exhibition catalog)McMaster, Gerald et al538 pagesArt and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson1,557 pages (color)The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985Marsh, James H. (Editor)2,089 pages (color)Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Lipton, Barbara107 pages (color)The Inuit Print
1977Editor, National Museums of Man, Canada and Department of Indian and Northern Affairs267 pages (color)A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974MacDonald, Colin, S.3,667 pages