Sheouak Petaulassie
Sheouak Petaulassie | |
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| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 1961 (aged 42–43) near the Itilliarjuk camp in Nunavut |
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| Known for | printmaking |
Sheouak Parr Petaulassie was an Inuk printmaker.[1]
Early life
She grew up in the Kinngait (Cape Dorset) area.[2]
Career
James Houston chose ten of her prints for inclusion in the 1960 and 1961 print collections of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative, which she was involved with.[1][3][4][5][6] She died of influenza[6] in 1961 near the Itilliarjuk camp in Nunavut.[1] Her work is held in several museums, including the National Gallery of Canada,[2][1] the Canadian Museum of Civilization,[1] the Glenbow Museum,[1] the Hood Museum of Art,[7] the Museum of Anthropology at UBC,[8] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[9] the Art Institute of Chicago,[10] and the Art Gallery of Windsor.[1] She and Agiak Petaulassie (an Anglican minister)[11] had six children,[6] including the artist Mayureak Ashoona.[12] Sheouak's granddaughter, Siassie Kenneally (1969–2018) was also an artist.[11]
Works
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Men Meeting (1960)
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Ringed Seal (1960)
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Three Walrus (1960)
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Reflections in My Mind (1960)
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The Pot Spirits (1960)
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White Whales Startled by Bear (1961)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Artists : Petaulassie, Sheouak". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sheouak Petaulassie". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ "Sheouak Petaulassie (1918-1961) Kinngait (Cape Dorset) - Pot Spirits, 1960 #55". First Arts. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ Dhopade, Prajakta (19 October 2019). "'That's my auntie': A new book reframes photos from Indigenous communities". Maclean's. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ Campbell, Heather (22 June 2022). "How to Strip an Archive of Cultural Insensitivity: Reclaiming Our Names". Inuit Art Quarterly. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hinds, Barbara (March 2019). "Chapter 23 ~ Artists and Spirits – Collision in the Arctic". digitaleditions.library.dal.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ "Reflections in my Mind". Hood Museum. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ "Collection Online | Museum of Anthropology at UBC". collection-online.moa.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ "Exchange: Three Walrus". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ "Furnishing Fabric". The Art Institute of Chicago. February 1960. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Siasse Kenneally: All the Things That I Have Seen". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ "Mayoreak Ashoona". 13 May 2017.
