About Ningeosiak Ashoona

NINGEOOSIAK ASHOONA

Date of Birth: December 20, 1979 Male/Female: Female

Place of Birth: Cape Dorset

Mother: Mayoreak Ashoona

Father: Kaka Ashoona

Influenced by her father, Ningeoosiak started to carve around 1998.

EXHIBITIONS:

July 1 – September 2006 Out of the Ordinary

Cape Dorset Sculpture

Gallery Indigena

Stratford, Ontario

2006 Rhythms in Motion

Galerie d’art Vincent

Ottawa, Ontario

(illustrated catalogue)

December 2006 – January 2007 Small Sculpture by Great Artists

Feheley Fine Arts

Toronto, Ontario

January – February, 2009 Small Treasures

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia

March – April, 2009 Arctic Wildlife

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia

December, 2009 Small Sculptures by Great Artists

Feheley Fine Arts

Toronto, Ontario

(illustrated brochure)

October, 2010 Arctic Wind III: An Expression of Survival

Coastal Peoples Gallery

Vancouver, British Columbia

(illustrated brochure)

January – February, 2011 Small Treasures 2011

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia

April, 2011 Flight Across the Tundra

Balzac Fine Arts

Toronto, Ontario

April 2011 Continuum

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia

June – July, 2011 New Beginnings in the Arctic

Balzac Fine Arts

Toronto, Ontario

September, 2011 Fall Migration:

A Selection of Birds in Sculpture, Prints and Drawings

Feheley Fine Arts

Toronto, Ontario

October, 2011 Stone and Paper

Cape Dorset 2011

Native Art Gallery

Oakville, ON

(illustrated catalogue)

January, 2012 Small Treasures

Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

Vancouver, BC

August, 2012 Faces of Baffin

Canadian Arctic Gallery

Basel, Switzerland

December, 2012 – March, 2013 Telling Stories:

Inuit Art from Cape Dorset

Toronto Pearson Airport: Terminal 1

Toronto, Ontario

September – October, 2012 Ice and Sand

Coombe Farm Gallery

Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom

(illustrated catalogue)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

June 2007 Ningeosiak Ashoona

Transformations

Gallery Philip

Toronto, ON

(illustrated catalogue)