Annago Ashevak Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1956 - d. 2009

ANNAGO ASHEVAK (ANNACO; ANAGO; ARNAQUQ; ARNAQU)

Born: November 24, 1956 Male E7-1526
Resides: Cape Dorset
Sculpture, Printmaking, Prints

Arnaqu was born near Cape Dorset on south Baffin Island in 1956. He is
adopted son of Kenojuak and Johnniebo Ashevak.


Arnaqu began carving in early 1980's and is perhaps better known three
dimensional work. He does not make simple carvings, but rather constructions
of various and often unconventional materials. With assistance from the Inuit
Art Foundation, Arnaqu took up a five week residency in 1991 at Banff Centre
for the Arts where he worked with ceramics for the first time. He has also
participated in several printmaking workshops sponsored by the West Baffin
Co-operative in Cape Dorset.


Arnaqu began working as an assistant printmaker for the co-operative in
1990 and has been represented as a printmaker in annual collections since that
time. Last year (1990) was the first year that Arnaqu both conceived and
printed his own work, making his debut as a graphic astist in his own right.


This year, Arnaqu is represented by Owl and the Raven (95-1), which was
conceived by Arnaqu and printed by his friend and colleague Pitseolak
Niviaqsi.


West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative

EXHIBITIONS:

1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, Cape Dorset Print Collection (printmaker)
1993, 1994 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

May 1984 Sculpture from Cape Dorset - The New Generation
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Toronto, Ontario

December 1991 - March 1992
In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way:
Three Decades of Inuit Printmaking
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)


1994, 1995 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)

COLLECTIONS:

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:

1991 Awarded a grant by the Inuit Art Foundation to attend The Banff Centre for the
Arts for five weeks.

1992 Received a scholarship from the Inuit Art Foundation to attend a three-week
carving workshop at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland,
Vermont.

SELECTED REFERENCES:


ARTISTS ATTEND VERMONT WORKSHOP. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7,
no. 3, Summer/Fall 1992, p. 55.


TWO ARTISTS AT BANFF: ASHEVAK AND HAY. Inuit Art Quarterly,
6(3) Summer 1991: 18-22.

Blodgett, Jean
IN CAPE DORSET WE DO IT THIS WAY: THREE DECADES OF INUIT
PRINTMAKING: Jean Blodgett/with essays by Heather Ardies,
Leslie Boyd and Linda Sutherland. Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichael
Canadian Art Collection, 1991.