Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University
36 University Avenue
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Canada
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Canada
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Artist Museums
Museums page for Jessie Oonark ((1906 - 1985)), known for Textile wall hanging, drawing, printmaking. Showing 14 museum collections and exhibitions.
Jessie Oonark MUSEUMS
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
Jessie Oonark - Artist Info
About Jessie Oonark: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (14)
All MuseumsArt Gallery of Alberta, AGA
2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB T5J 2C1
CanadaArt Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV)
1040 Moss Street
Victoria, BC V8V 4P1
CanadaArt Gallery Of Nova Scotia
1723 Hollis Street
PO Box 2262
Halifax, NS B3J 3C8
CanadaArt Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M5T 1G4
CanadaCanadian Museum of History
100 Laurier Street
Po Box 3100 Station B
Gatineau, QC K1A OMB
CanadaMcMichael Canadian Art Collection
10365 Islington Avenue
Kleinburg, ON L0J 1C0
CanadaMontreal Museum of Fine Arts
1379-1380 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC H3G 1J5
CanadaNational Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, ON K1N 9N4
CanadaPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
11 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138Quebec Museum of Fine Arts
Parc Des Champs-De-Bataille
Quebec City, QC G1R 5H3
CanadaRemai Modern
102 Spadina
Crescent East
Saskatoon, SK S7K 0L3
CanadaThe Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen Street
Civic Centre
Oshawa, ON L1H 3Z3
CanadaWinnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Boulevard
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3V6
Canada