The Kinngait Archives: Shuvinai Ashoona
February 11 – March 25, 2023
Marion Scott Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works on paper by Kinngait’s Shuvinai Ashoona, one of Canada’s best-known artists. The third installment in MSG’s trilogy of back-to-back exhibitions focussing on Ashoona’s expression, The Kinngait Archives: Shuvinai Ashoona explores some of the less widely known dimensions of the award-winning artist’s practice as it has evolved over a twenty-five-year period. Spotlighting Ashoona’s varied use of drawing media and technical approaches while highlighting her interest in a diverse range of subjects, this exhibition of mostly older images, many of which have never been seen before, will give viewers and followers of Ashoona’s work an opportunity to gain new insight into her singular artistic vision and craft.
The Kinngait Archives: Shuvinai Ashoona is the first in a new series of exhibitions that will offer in depth examinations of some of Inuit art’s best-known artists. These exhibitions will unfold within our programming at intervals over the course of 2023.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (fish eggs collage), 2004, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 65.7 x 50.8 cm. / 25 7/8 x 20 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (tent with wifi access), 2006, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 49.1 x 33.3 cm. / 19 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (tent collage), 2008, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 32.8 x 50.6 cm. / 13 x 20 in., $1,800
Shuvinai Ashoona
Eggs Inside a Big Box, 2007, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 33.1 x 50.9 cm. / 13 x 20 in., $1,800
Shuvinai Ashoona
C.D. Howe, 2007, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 33.4 x 38 cm. / 13 1/8 x 15 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
Around 1918 Type or at 1930 + 1950s, 2008, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 28 x 75.9 cm. / 11 x 29 7/8 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (satellite & life on globes), 2008, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 66.2 x 51 cm. / 26 x 20 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (egg composition), 2006, coloured pencil on paper, 66 x 56.3 cm. / 26 x 22 1/8 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
Wheels of Fortune, 2008, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 76 x 55.8 cm. / 30 x 22 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (two dollar bill & coin), 2009, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 28 x 76 cm. / 11 x 30 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (faux collage), 2008, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 66.2 x 55.8 cm. / 26 x 22 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
Iqaluit/Frobisher Bay 1965-1970, 2009, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 38 x 56 cm. / 15 x 22 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
1960 or 1990 Cape Dorset/Kinngait, 2009, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 38 x 56 cm. / 15 x 22 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
untitled (spirit looking over egg nest), 2010, graphite, coloured pencil & pentel pen on paper, 65 x 49.9 cm. / 25.5 x 19.75 in., $3,000
Shuvinai Ashoona
Sanajaga (I made), 2012, graphite & coloured pencil on paper, 65 x 50 cm. / 25.5 x 19.75 in.
Shuvinai Ashoona
Merry Christmas 2015, 2015, coloured pencil on paper, 50 x 33.2 cm. / 19.75 x 13 in., $1,800
