Kenojuak Ashevak
Kinngait, NU | Printmaking
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013) was a Canadian Inuk artist based in Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut, who worked in drawing, printmaking, sculpture, engraving, textiles, and stained glass.
- Lifeb. 1927 Baffin Island · d. 2013
- HonoursOrder of Canada (+5)
- CollectionsMetropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum (+10)
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Kenojuak Ashevak
Kinngait, NU | Printmaking
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Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013) was a Canadian Inuk artist based in Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut, who worked in drawing, printmaking, sculpture, engraving, textiles, and stained glass.
Life
b. 1927 Baffin Island · d. 2013 Wikidata
Honors
- Order of Canada
- RCA
Collections
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Brooklyn Museum
- Groninger Museum
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
- Canada Council Art Bank
- National Museum of World Cultures
- Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
- Print collection of the national Library of BAnQ
- +4 more
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