Kenojuak Ashevak,, is celebrated as a leading figure of modern Inuit art and one of Canada's preeminent artists and cultural icons. Part of a pioneering generation of Arctic creators, her career spanned more than five decades. She made graphic art, drawings and prints in stonecut, lithography and etching, beloved by the public, museums and collectors alike.
Ashevak in 1997
Window of John Bell Chapel (Appleby College, Oakville near Toronto; designed in 2004).
Ashevak's star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
Inuit art, also known as Eskimo art, refers to artwork produced by Inuit, that is, the people of the Arctic previously known as Eskimos, a term that is now often considered offensive. Historically, their preferred medium was walrus ivory, but since the establishment of southern markets for Inuit art in 1945, prints and figurative works carved in relatively soft stone such as soapstone, serpentinite, or argillite have also become popular.
Angakkuq, a sculpture by Pallaya Qiatsuq (Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory, Canada)
Swimming polar bear carved from walrus ivory, Middle Dorset culture, Iglulik region, Canada
Alaskan Inupiat woven baleen basket with a walrus ivory finial, depicting a polar bear, c. early 20th century
