MARY KOOMWARTOK ASHOONA Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1938 -

MARY KOOMWARTOK ASHOONA (KOMWARTOK; KOOMWARTOK)
Born: July 26, 1938 Female E7-717
Resides: Iqaluit; also lived in Cape Dorset
Drawings, Prints, Printmaking, Sculpture
Mary's husband Koomwartok, and her son Salomonie, are carvers.

EXHIBITIONS:
1978 Cape Dorset Graphics
(annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
March - June 1984 The Oral Tradition
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
November - Dec 1986 Cape Dorset Prints and Sculpture
McMaster Art Gallery
Hamilton, Ontario
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994 Contemporary Inuit Drawings
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
(illustrated catalogue)
June 1995 - Feb 1996 Inuit Woman: Life and Legend in Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

SELECTED REFERENCES:
Muscarelle Museum of Art (Williamsburg)
CONTEMPORARY INUIT DRAWINGS: The gift collection of Frederick
and Lucy S. Herman. Williamsburg, Va.: The College of William
and Mary in Virginia, 1993.