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Koomwartok Ashoona

Settlement: Cape Dorset / Kinngait

(1930-1984) — E7-1102

Koomwartok Ashoona Born in Nettilling Lake, Nunavut, 10 October 1930 Died in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, 22 April 1984

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)

Recent Auction Results

ANGELS BECKON, 2002
Estimate: 100 — 150
Sold: Dec 2024 — Sold For: $62.50
SPIRIT CREATURE
Estimate: 300 — 500
Sold: May 2018 — Sold For: $264
SEAL
Estimate: 200 — 400
Sold: Oct 2017 — Sold For: $180
BIRD TRANSFORMATION
Estimate: 200 — 300
Sold: Jan 2016 — Sold For: $330
BIRD
Estimate: 150 — 250
Sold: Jan 2016 — Sold For: $120
YOUNG FALCON
Estimate: 600 — 900
Sold: Nov 2015 — Sold For: $600