Description
Gorgeous print from the 2020 Dorset Print Collection: Sparkling Bird by Saimaiyu Akesuk
When I went down to the litho shop to sell my first drawing, I was very nervous wondering whether they would buy it or not. My first drawing was an image of my late grandfather’s (Latchaolassie) carving of a bird. I was so proud to get paid for that drawing and it inspired me to do more drawings. -Saimaiyu Akesuk
Saimaiyu Akesuk was born on April 28, 1988 in Iqaluit but she has lived in Cape Dorset her whole life. Her parents are Lau Akesuk and Olayuk Akesuk who was one of the first Members of the Legislative Assembly in Nunavut. Saimaiyu was inspired to start drawing by Ningeokuluk Teevee while they were taking a class together at the Nunavut Teaching Education Program. Saimaiyu’s confident drawings of birds and bears are characterized by her bold and dynamic simplicity rendered with soft tenderness and quite often a touch of whimsy.
Biography Saimaiyu Akesuk
SAIMAIYU AKESUK
Date of Birth: April 28th, 1988
Place of Birth: Iqaluit, NU
Mother: Lau Akesuk
Father: Olayuk Akesuk
Male/Female: Female
”When I went down to the litho shop to sell my first drawing, I was very nervous wondering whether they would buy it or not. My first drawing was an image of my late grandfather’s (Latchaolassie) carving of a bird. I was so proud to get paid for that drawing and it inspired me to do more drawings.”
-Saimaiyu Akesuk
Saimaiyu Akesuk was born on April 28, 1988 in Iqaluit but she has lived in Cape Dorset her whole life. Her parents are Lau Akesuk and Olayuk Akesuk who was one of the first Members of the Legislative Assembly in Nunavut.
Saimaiyu was inspired to start drawing by Ningeokuluk Teevee while they were taking a class together at the Nunavut Teaching Education Program.
Saimaiyu’s confident drawings of birds and bears are characterized by her bold and dynamic simplicity rendered with soft tenderness and quite often a touch of whimsy.
EXHIBITIONS
2014:
Cape Dorset Graphics Annual Print Collection (illustrated catalouge)
2013:
Cape Dorset Graphics Annual Print Collection (illustrated catalouge)
October 2013:
Toronto International Art Fair Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Ontario
October – November 2013
The Hand of the Artist Feheley Fine Arts Toronto, Ontario
REFERENCES
BLAZER, DAVID
David Blazer’s Four Art Faves. Canadian Art. October 26, 2013 http://www.canadianart.ca/features/2013/10/26/david-balzers-art-toronto-picks/
