Sheouak Petaulassie

Sheouak Petaulassie
Born	1918
Died	1961(1961-00-00) (aged 42–43) near the Itilliarjuk camp in Nunavut
Other names	Sheouak Sheowa Sheouak Sheowak Sheouak Sheoak Sheouak[1]
Known for	printmaking

Sheouak Parr Petaulassie was an Inuk printmaker.[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 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]

Works

• 
  Men Meeting (1960)
• 
  Ringed Seal (1960)
• 
  Three Walrus (1960)

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  Reflections in My Mind (1960)
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  The Pot Spirits (1960)
• 
  White Whales Startled by Bear (1961)

References

1. "Artists : Petaulassie, Sheouak". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
2. "Sheouak Petaulassie". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
3. "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. 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. "Siasse Kenneally: All the Things That I Have Seen". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
12. "Mayoreak Ashoona". 13 May 2017.