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Encyclopedia > Kenojuak Ashevak

Kenojuak Ashevak (born October 3, 1927) is a Canadian Inuit artist. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Inuit woman Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk or Inuq / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples of the Arctic who descended from the Thule. ...


Honours

  • In 1967 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1982.
  • In 1970 Canada Post placed her 1960 print Enchanted Owl on a stamp to commemorate the centennial of the Northwest Territories.
  • In 1974 she was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
  • In 1980 Canada Post uses her 1961 print Return of the Sun on a seventeen cent as part of its Inuit stamp series.
  • In 1991 she received an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University.
  • In 1992 she was awarded an honorary doctorate the University of Toronto.
  • In 1993 Canada Post featured the 1969 drawing The Owl for its Masterpieces of Canadian Art series.
  • She was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2001.

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Kenojuak Ashevak - Women Artists in Canada - Celebrating Women's Achievements (924 words)
Kenojuak's life was put on hold in her early twenties however, when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to recover, for three years, in a Québec City hospital.
Kenojuak received high praise for her work, and she and Johnniebo welcomed the second source of revenue as insurance against failed hunts.
Kenojuak's drawings were among the first by an Inuk woman to be transferred to a template for printing.
Famous Native American Women - Kenojuak (1428 words)
Although remembered by Kenojuak as a kind and benevolent man, her father caused conflict within the Ikerrasak camp and was murdered by its other members in 1933.
Kenojuak's financial success, however, was not always admired within her own community.
Kenojuak's unwillingness to view herself primarily as an artist is consistent with the traditional Inuit culture; living conditions demanded that men and women develop competence in a wide range of skills in order to survive.
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