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1933 Tariugajak Camp, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada - 2014. Known for: Inuit sculpture, carving, drawing, printmaking.
Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona OC, RCA (1933). An important Inuit sculptor, carver, draftsman and printmaker, Kiawak Ashoona (aka: Kiugak Ashoona) was born at the Tariugajak camp on Baffin Island, Nunavut,... Read full biography
Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona OC, RCA (1933). An important Inuit sculptor, carver, draftsman and printmaker, Kiawak Ashoona (aka: Kiugak Ashoona) was born at the Tariugajak camp on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada and currently (2014) lives near Cape Dorset (on Baffin Island), Nunavut. Ashoona's carvings,... Read full biography
Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona OC, RCA (1933). An important Inuit sculptor, carver, draftsman and printmaker, Kiawak Ashoona (aka: Kiugak Ashoona) was born at the Tariugajak camp on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada and currently (2014) lives near Cape Dorset (on Baffin Island), Nunavut. Ashoona's carvings, drawings and prints have been included in dozens of major exhibitions and his works are in the collections of numerous museums including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the British Museum... Read full biography
Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona OC, RCA (1933). An important Inuit sculptor, carver, draftsman and printmaker, Kiawak Ashoona (aka: Kiugak Ashoona) was born at the Tariugajak camp on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada and currently (2014) lives near Cape Dorset (on Baffin Island), Nunavut. Ashoona's carvings, drawings and prints have been included in dozens of major exhibitions and his works are in the collections of numerous museums including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the British Museum (London, England), the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). (1). His mediums include stone, marine ivory, bone, antler, wood, sinew, colored pencil, stone cut print* and mixed mediums. His subjects include Inuit... Read full biography
Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona OC, RCA (1933). An important Inuit sculptor, carver, draftsman and printmaker, Kiawak Ashoona (aka: Kiugak Ashoona) was born at the Tariugajak camp on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada and currently (2014) lives near Cape Dorset (on Baffin Island), Nunavut. Ashoona's carvings, drawings and prints have been included in dozens of major exhibitions and his works are in the collections of numerous museums including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the British Museum (London, England), the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). (1). His mediums include stone, marine ivory, bone, antler, wood, sinew, colored pencil, stone cut print* and mixed mediums. His subjects include Inuit genre (e.g. nomadic life, family activities, hunting and fishing), figures, mother and child, legends, mythology, religion (Christian), al... Read full biography
Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona - Artist Info
About Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona: Keywords
Keywords (36)
Art Method
- •Carving of Walrus, Caribou, Antler, Baleen, Whalebone
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Ivory
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Stone and/or Limestone
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mother and Child
- •Mythology, Legends
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Awards/Recognition
- •Canada Council Grant for the Arts
- •Molson Prize, Canada Council for the Arts
- •National Aboriginal Achievement Award
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
Art Collection
- •Lorne Balshine International Art Collection, Vancouver Airport
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Robertson Galleries, Ottawa
- •Waddington Galleries, England and Canada
Exhibition of Museum
- •Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- •Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts)
- •Inuit Modern: Sarick Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada