Siassie Kenneally

Siassie Kenneally
Born	(1969-05-29)May 29, 1969 Iqalugajuk
Died	2018(2018-00-00) (aged 48–49)
Nationality	Canadian Inuk
Known for	Graphic arts (pencil crayon)

Siassie Kenneally (29 May 1969 – 2018) was an Inuk artist based in Cape Dorset (Kinngait), Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).[1][2] Kenneally was known for her pencil-crayon drawings depicting traditional Inuit lifestyles.[3]

Early life

Siassie Kenneally was born on 29 May 1969 in Iqalugajuk, a traditional camp on the South Baffin coast of Nunavut.[4]

Kenneally comes from a family of artists, her mother Mayureak Ashoona was a celebrated print maker and her father, Qaqaq Ashoona, noted carver.[5] She was the granddaughter of artists Sheouak Petaulassie and Pitseolak Ashoona, and cousins to Shuvinai Ashoona and Annie Pootoogook.[6]

Career

Kenneally began to draw 2004 while in the Kinngait Co-operative.[7] She specialised in color pencil works.[8]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada[9] and the Dennos Museum.[10] In 2017, her work had a solo exhibition at Feheley Fine Arts titled "All the Things That I Have Seen".[1][3] The work was created very soon after her son's suicide.[11]

Kenneally died in 2018.[1][12]

References

1. Foundation, Inuit Art. "Siassie Kenneally | IAQ Profiles". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
2. Randolph Leigh, Patricia (2010-10-31). International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives. IGI Global. ISBN 9781615207947.
3. IAQ. "Remembering Siassie Kenneally". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
4. "Imago Mundi Collection". imagomundicollection.org. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
5. Inuit Art Foundation (2018-08-20). Siassie Kenneally. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via YouTube.
6. "Siasse Kenneally: All the Things That I Have Seen". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
7. Campbell, Nancy G. (2020). Annie Pootoogook : life & work (PDF). Art Canada Institute. p. 82. ISBN 9781487102371.
8. "Artist of the moment……Siassie Kenneally". Diattaart Blog. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
9. "Siassie Kenneally".
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
11. Kenneally, Patricia Feheley and Siassie. "One Drawing that Encompasses a Life". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
12. "The Glossary of Canadian Art History". Art Canada Institute - Institut de l’art canadien. Retrieved 2025-01-05.