Koomwartok Ashoona
Settlement: Cape Dorset / Kinngait
(1930-1984) — E7-1102
Exhibitions
- Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum
- Baffin Island Sculpture, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative exhibition from the collection of Professor and Mrs. Philip Gray, Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University
- Canadian Inuit Art, Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
- Cape Dorset, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo Prints & Recent Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada, in cooperation with the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee
- Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Cape Dorset Sculpture, Signature Shop
- Carvings and Prints by the Family of Pitseolak, Robertson Galleries
- Collector's Choice: 1965-1980, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Contemporary Canadian Eskimo Art, Gimpel Fils
- Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the Collection of York University, Art Gallery of York University
- Eskimo Sculpture, Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building
- Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and Paintings of Norval Morrisseau, Art Association of Newport
- Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (first exhibition), Vancouver Inuit Art Society
- Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo, Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College
- In Celebration, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Kiawak, Kumwartok, Kaka: The Sons of Pitseolak Ashoona - Cape Dorset, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
- Kumwartok Ashoona: Sculpture, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
- Masterwork Sculpture 1985, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Sculpture by Kumwartok Ashoona, Image of the Inuit
- Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection, Surrey Art Gallery
- Songs in Stone, The Arctic Circle
- The Bear: Sculpture, Albers Gallery
- The Collector's Eye Inuit Art from Private Collections, Albers Gallery
- The Eskimo, Museum of Fine Arts
- The Eskimo World in Carving, Signature Shop
- The Inuit Sea Goddess, Surrey Art Gallery, (organized to complement the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit of the same name)
- The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina
- The Mysterious World of Komwartok Ashoona, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- The Year of the Bear, The Arctic Circle
- We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs
Collections
- Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
- Art Gallery of York University, Downsview
- Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
- Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
- Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
- Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
- Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Exhibitions
Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art
Frye Art Museum
Baffin Island Sculpture
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Building on Strengths: New Inuit Art from the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Canadian Eskimo Art: a representative exhibition from the collection of Professor and Mrs. Philip Gray
Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University
Canadian Inuit Art
Sponsored by Canadian Arctic Producers at City Hall
Cape Dorset
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Cape Dorset - A Decade of Eskimo Prints & Recent Sculpture
National Gallery of Canada, in cooperation with the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee
Cape Dorset - Selected Sculpture from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Cape Dorset Sculpture
Signature Shop
Carvings and Prints by the Family of Pitseolak
Robertson Galleries
Collector's Choice: 1965-1980
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Contemporary Canadian Eskimo Art
Gimpel Fils
Eskimo Carvings and Prints from the Collection of York University
Art Gallery of York University
Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery presented at the Manitoba Legislative Building
Eskimo Sculpture, Eskimo Prints and Paintings of Norval Morrisseau
Art Association of Newport
Granville Island Canadian Inuit Sculpture Exhibition (first exhibition)
Vancouver Inuit Art Society
Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo
Colorado Galleries of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College
In Celebration
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Kiawak, Kumwartok, Kaka: The Sons of Pitseolak Ashoona - Cape Dorset
The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
Kumwartok Ashoona: Sculpture
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Masterwork Sculpture 1985
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Multiple Realities: Inuit Images of Shamanic Transformation
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Sculpture by Kumwartok Ashoona
Image of the Inuit
Sculpture of the Inuit: Lorne Balshine Collection/Lou Osipov Collection/ Dr. Harry Winrob Collection
Surrey Art Gallery
Songs in Stone
The Arctic Circle
The Bear: Sculpture
Albers Gallery
The Collector's Eye Inuit Art from Private Collections
Albers Gallery
The Eskimo
Museum of Fine Arts
The Eskimo World in Carving
Signature Shop
The Inuit Sea Goddess
Surrey Art Gallery, (organized to complement the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal exhibit of the same name)
The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina
The Mysterious World of Komwartok Ashoona
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
The Year of the Bear
The Arctic Circle
We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs
Public Collections
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton
Art Gallery of York University
Downsview
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
Inuit Cultural Institute
Rankin Inlet
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal
Montreal
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Vancouver
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg
Artwork
| Title | Last Sold At Auction | |
|---|---|---|
| ANGELS BECKON, 2002 | 2024-12 (December 2024) | |
| BIRD | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| BIRD TRANSFORMATION | 2019-11 (November 2019) | |
| BIRDS | 2007-11 (November 2007) | |
| CROUCHING TRANSFORMATION | 2012-04 (April 2012) | |
| GOOSE FEEDING | 2012-06 (June 2012) | |
| MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE | 2010-04 (April 2010) | |
| SEAL | 2017-10 (October 2017) | |
| SEDNA | 2013-05 (May 2013) | |
| SPIRIT | 2010-11 (November 2010) | |
| SPIRIT BIRD | 2013-11 (November 2013) | |
| SPIRIT CREATURE | 2018-05 (May 2018) | |
| STANDING BIRD | 2013-05 (May 2013) | |
| TRANSFORMATION | 2015-06 (June 2015) | |
| YOUNG FALCON | 2015-11 (November 2015) |