Sheouak Parr Petaulassie (1918 or 1923–1961) was an Inuk 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.[1][3][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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Artists : Petaulassie, Sheouak". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Sheouak Petaulassie". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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. 1 2 3 Hinds, Barbara (March 2019). "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. February 1960. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  11. 1 2 "Siasse Kenneally: All the Things That I Have Seen". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  12. ↑ "Mayoreak Ashoona". 13 May 2017.


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