LOT 05 - Shuvinai Ashoona

Dorset Fine Arts

Title: Untitled

Dimensions: 23.03" x 14.96" (before frame)

Medium: Graphite, coloured pancil and ink on paper

Shuvinai Ashoona 1961- Shuvinai Ashoona was born in Cape Dorset in August 1961. She is the daughter of Kiawak Ashoona and Sorosilutu, both well known for their contributions to the arts in Cape Dorset. Shuvinai began drawing in 1996. She works with pen and ink, coloured pencils and oil sticks and her sensibility for the landscape around the community of Cape Dorset is particularly impressive. Shuvinai’s work has attracted the attention of several notable private galleries as well as public institutions.Following the opening of her exhibition, Mapping Worlds, at The Power Plant (her first solo show in a public institution), Shuvinai was announced as the 2019 recipient of the Gershon Iskowitz Prize in honour of her artistic excellence and contribution to contemporary Canadian art. In 2022, her work was exhibited at the Venice Biennale and was awarded a Special Mention. In 2024, Shuvinai was granted the Governor General’s Artistic Achievement Award.