Ohito Ashoona (1952). An Inuit* Canadian sculptor and graphic artist, Ohito Ashoona (disc number* E7-1304) was born in a camp near Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) and has lived in the environs of Cape... Read full biography
Ohito Ashoona (1952). An Inuit* Canadian sculptor and graphic artist, Ohito Ashoona (disc number* E7-1304) was born in a camp near Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) and has lived in the environs of Cape Dorset/ Kinngait for most of his life. His works are in several major Canadian museum collections such... Read full biography
Ohito Ashoona (1952). An Inuit* Canadian sculptor and graphic artist, Ohito Ashoona (disc number* E7-1304) was born in a camp near Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) and has lived in the environs of Cape Dorset/ Kinngait for most of his life. His works are in several major Canadian museum collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Winnipeg Art Gallery*. His mediums include stone and bone carvings, etchings* and Chine Collé* prints. His subjects include figures, Inuit genre, mythology, and... Read full biography
Ohito Ashoona (1952). An Inuit* Canadian sculptor and graphic artist, Ohito Ashoona (disc number* E7-1304) was born in a camp near Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) and has lived in the environs of Cape Dorset/ Kinngait for most of his life. His works are in several major Canadian museum collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Winnipeg Art Gallery*. His mediums include stone and bone carvings, etchings* and Chine Collé* prints. His subjects include figures, Inuit genre, mythology, and Arctic wildlife (e.g. bears, birds, and narwhals). His style would be described as Inuit Art*. He frequently signed his works “Ohito Ashoona” in roman (e.g. plain upright ordinary print); see the askART auction result HUNTER HAULING SEAL for an... Read full biography
Ohito Ashoona (1952). An Inuit* Canadian sculptor and graphic artist, Ohito Ashoona (disc number* E7-1304) was born in a camp near Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) and has lived in the environs of Cape Dorset/ Kinngait for most of his life. His works are in several major Canadian museum collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Winnipeg Art Gallery*. His mediums include stone and bone carvings, etchings* and Chine Collé* prints. His subjects include figures, Inuit genre, mythology, and Arctic wildlife (e.g. bears, birds, and narwhals). His style would be described as Inuit Art*. He frequently signed his works “Ohito Ashoona” in roman (e.g. plain upright ordinary print); see the askART auction result HUNTER HAULING SEAL for an illustration of it. His askART auction record also has dozens of excellent photos of his carvings. His art education was derived l... Read full biography
Ohito Ashoona - Artist Info
About Ohito Ashoona: Books
Books & Publications (3)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices in a Land of Vast Horizons
2016
Hallendy, Norman
328 pages (color)
Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples To Canadian Identity and Culture, Volume 1
2005
Beavon, Daniel J.K.; Cora Jane Voyageur; David Newhouse
458 pages (color)
Northern Rock: Contemporary Inuit Stone Sculpture (McMichael Canadian Art Collection) (Exhibition catalog)