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Shuvinai Ashoona wasn’t born when sank in 1947. The Royal Mail Ship served as a supplier to

Oviloo‘s of Ikayukta Tunnillie - who gave birth to daughter, Kakulu Saggiaktok aboard the ship in 1940.

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2020-08-16

Napachie Pootoogook & Mother Pitseolak Ashoona

Theme | Sea Creatures Water Works

Bird I Desire, 1960
Medium: stencil

Walrus Surprises Hunter, 1967

A Tent at Fish Lake, 1981


Dogs Eat Seal, 1981

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2020-08-15

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day
ᓱᓕᔪᖅ
Sulijuq
Su-li-juq
true, what they are saying is the truth
(image: Shuvinai Ashoona's Stone Qulliq)

Listen here:
ᓈᓚᒃᓯᐅᒃ ᐅᕙᓂ:
https://t.co/f8iikosy8F

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2020-08-14

Have you seen this year's Dorset Fine Arts Archive Release?
This limited edition collection features prints by Peter Pitseolak, Soroseelutu Ashoona, Eegyudluk Ragee & Pitseolak Ashoona. Each are created at Kinngait Studios in Cape Dorset. https://t.co/Kyhdxgx2fo

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2020-08-12

Obras de su abuela como “Composition (Pitseolak Ashoona)”,“Pitseolak Drawing with Two Girls in Her Bed” y “Composition (Drawing of My Grandmother's Glasses)” (2007) manifiestan que su influencia es una fuerza de inspiración constante en su obra

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2020-05-17

🌎 On this Sunday morning, the work of Shuvinai Ashoona reminds us that we’re all 🙂 Stay safe, be well—from all of us at ACI! 📷 Shuvinai Ashoona, Composition (Holding Up the Globe), 2014, collection of BMO Financial Group.

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2020-04-19

lovers will also appreciate these prints: adorable Playful Bears by Pauojoungie Saggiak & powerful Prowling Bear by Ohito Ashoona. https://t.co/HhWUk8aedy https://t.co/6IM4gjZTSH

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2019-10-22

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day
ᕿᑐᕐᖓᕇᑦ
qi-tur-nga-ri-it
Family
(Image: Mayoreak Ashoona's Walrus Family)

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2019-10-08

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ Word of the day
ᑎᓂᙵᔪᖅ
Tinngajuq
Ti-nin-nga-juq:
Low tide
(Image: Shuvinai Ashoona's Low Tide)

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2019-08-06

Enjoy this detail of a father at play in Soroseelutu Ashoona's stonecut print © Dorset Fine Arts. Generously gifted to McMaster by Mr. W.M. Berry who purchased many early Inuit prints while visiting his sons working in Cape Dorset.

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2019-06-16

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ Word of the day
ᐊᐃᕖᑦ
Aiviit
ai-viit:
Herd (walrus)
(Image: Mayoreak Ashoona's Walrus Family)

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2019-05-27

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ Word of the day
ᐅᖅᑰᔾᔪᑕᐅᓲᖅ ᓂᖅᑎᐅᕈᑕᐅᓲᖑᓪᓗᓂᓗ
uqquujutausuuq niqtiurutausuungullunilu
uq-quu-jju-tau-suuq niq-tiu-ru-tau-suu-ngu-llu-ni-lu:
Source of heat for cooking
(Image: Shuvinai Ashoona’s Stone Qulliq)

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2019-05-14

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ Word of the day
ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊ
makivvia ma-kiv-vi-a:
Easter
(Image: Shuvinai (Suvinai) Ashoona’s Hatched)


ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᕿᑲᕐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓐᓇᔭᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᕆᕗᓯ!
makivviani qikarnautillugu pinnajattiarniarivusi!
Enjoy your Easter long weekend!

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2019-04-18

Congratulations 🎉👏 to on winning the 2019 Gershon Iskowitz prize! 🌟💫✨ The $50,000 prize is awarded annually to an outstanding Canadian visual artist. 🎨🔥 + catch Shuvinai's otherwordly drawings on view now at

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2019-01-27

2019 + lots of gallery-going! Thks to f/ including the highly-anticipated Mapping Worlds, a survey show of prolific practice. in their 2019 list. Opens 26 Jan-12 May. https://t.co/c5CnyWwWhb

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2019-01-05

I’ve become a little obsessed with the work of Pitseolak Ashoona...

https://t.co/oBK2UvvRPs

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2018-12-10

Pictured here: works by Tim Pitsiulak, Shuvinai Ashoona, & Padloo Samayualie |

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2018-11-15

Kinngait (#CapeDorset)-based artist drawings are where humans and monsters meet. ✨🐙 Read about her work “Composition (Attack of the Tentacle Monsters)” (2015) here: https://t.co/QQ3mrPziGw

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2018-08-08

Inuk artist Pitseolak Ashoona, Festive Bird, 1970

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2018-05-08