Kenojuak Ashevak Inuit Artist aquatint

Kenojuak is regarded as one of the most notable Canadian pioneers of modern Inuit art.

The piece is 42" x 40".

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One of the first Inuit women in Cape Dorset to begin drawing, Kenojuak worked in graphite, coloured pencils, and felt-tip pens, and occasionally used poster paints, watercolours or acrylics. She created many carvings from soapstone and thousands of drawings, etchings, stonecut prints and prints — all sought after by museums and collectors. She designed several drawings for Canadian stamps and coins, and in 2004 she created the first Inuit-designed stained-glass window for the John Bell Chapel in Oakville, Ontario.

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 used her 1961 print Return of the Sun on a seventeen-cent stamp as part of its Inuit postage stamp series.

In 1982, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada.
In 1991, she received an honorary doctorate from Queen's University.
In 1992, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto.
In 1993, Canada Post featured the 1969 drawing The Owl for its Masterpieces of Canadian Art series.
In 1999, a famous piece of hers, the "Red Owl" was featured on the April issue of the 1999 Millennium quarter series. Her initials in Inuktitut – ᑭᓇᐊᓯᐃ – were on the left of the design, the first time the language had appeared on circulation coinage.
In 2001, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
In 2004, she created the first ever Inuit-designed stained glass window for the John Bell Chapel at Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario.
In 2008, she received the renowned $25,000 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts from the Canada Council of the Arts.

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