Inuit Art

Who are the Inuit?• Natives to Canada

• Canada is in North America

• The Inuits live in the northern portion of Canada

Since the 1950s, the area of Cape Dorset, which calls itself the "Capital of Inuit Art" has been a centre for drawing, printmaking, and carving.

…Season, Elsie Klengenberg,

Holman Island,2004

Nowhere to Hide , Susie Malgogak

Holman Island

Summer Time, Susie Malgogak

Holman Island, Stencil, 2004

Muskox, Simeonie Killiktee

KimmirutSerpentine, antler12 x 8 x 10 inches

Artist name: Pudlat, PudloTitle: Family of CranesSize: 56.5 X 76.2 cmDescription: Litograph & Stencil

Artist name: Pudlat, PudloTitle: Caribou tent

Artist name: Qinnuayuak, LucyTitle: Three Young OwlsSize: 55.9 X 63.5 cmDescription: Stonecut

Artist name: Ashevak, JohnnieboTitle: Hare spiritsSize: 48.3 X 60.0 cmDescription: Stencil

Kenojuak Ashevak

• Born October 3, 1927 in Northern Canada in the southern coast of Baffin Island

• Many of Ashevak's drawings, prints and sculptures are familiar to Canadians, because they've been on government stamps or prints. Among her most famous works are The Owl and The World Around Me.

Kenojuak Ashevak

• Kenojuak’s personal style for birds is evident.  The artist constantly changes her work, giving free rein to her imagination in her exploration of line, form, and colour.

• Kenojuak has also drawn other subjects: camp scenes, sea goddesses, metamorphosis.  

• Although she has represented divinities and characters from legends, she is more interested by the artistic design rather than the story itself.

The Enchanted Owl

The World Around Me

Artist name: Ashevak, KenojuakTitle: Audacious OwlSize: 62.1 X 73.7 cmDescription: Stonecut & Stencil

Kenojuak Ashevak

• Ashevak's simple, powerful images have made her one Cape Dorset's most acclaimed artists.

• She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy, a companion of the Order of Canada and has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

Kenojuak Ashevak

This is an image of the Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op Ltd., Cape Dorset, Nunavut.

Young Owl Takes a Ride (1984)stonecut & stencil print