Sheouak Petaulassie

Sheouak Parr Petaulassie (1918 or 1923–1961) was an Inuit printmaker. She was also known as Sheouak, Sheowa Sheouak, Sheowak Sheouak, and Sheoak Sheouak.[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.[3][1][4][5][6]

She died of influenza[6] in 1961 at either age 43 or 38,[3] 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]

References
  1. "Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : PETAULASSIE, Sheouak". cwahi.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. "Sheouak Petaulassie". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  3. "SHEOUAK PETAULASSIE (1918-1961)KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Pot Spirits, 1960 #55". First Arts. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. October 19, Prajakta Dhopade; 2019 (2019-10-19). "'That's my auntie': A new book reframes photos from Indigenous communities". Macleans.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-22.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Foundation, Inuit Art. "How to Strip an Archive of Cultural Insensitivity". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. "Chapter 23 ~ Artists and Spirits – Collision in the Arctic". digitaleditions.library.dal.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  7. "Reflections in my Mind". Hood Museum. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  8. "Collection Online | Museum of Anthropology at UBC". collection-online.moa.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  9. "Exchange: Three Walrus". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  10. "Furnishing Fabric". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  11. Foundation, Inuit Art. "Siasse Kenneally: All the Things That I Have Seen". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  12. "Mayoreak Ashoona".
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