Tumira Ashoona
Settlement: Frobisher Bay / Iqaluit
(1943) — E7-874
was married to Ottochie Ashoona, daughter of Simeonie Kopapik, sister of Simigak Simeonie -------- Tumira Ashoona Born: 1943 Community: Iqaluit Also resided in Cape Dorset Female - Drawing, Prints Tumira's first husband was the late Ottochie Ashoona, son of Pitseolak from Cape Dorset. Tumira is perhaps best known for her drawings, but took part in the 1964 and 1965 Cape Dorset Print Collections.Her work is included in many major collections of Inuit art including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Canadian Museum Of Civilization.
Exhibitions
- 4th National Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby Art Society
- Cape Dorset Graphics *64/65, (annual collection)
- Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989, McMichael Canadian Collection
- Eskimo Narrative, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Images of the Inuit: from the Simon Fraser Collection, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
- Return to Origins III, The Arctic Circle
- Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, McMichael Canadian Collection
- The Art of the Eskimo, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
- The Contemporary Eskimo Prints and Sculpture, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
- The Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank
- The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man
Collections
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston
- Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth
- Art Gallery of York University, Downsview
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
- Glenbow Museum, Calgary
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol
- Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet
- London Regional Art Gallery, London
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
- Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
- Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Exhibitions
4th National Burnaby Print Show
Burnaby Art Society
Cape Dorset Graphics *64/65
(annual collection)
Cape Dorset Printmaking 1959-1989
McMichael Canadian Collection
Eskimo Narrative
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Images of the Inuit: from the Simon Fraser Collection
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
Return to Origins III
The Arctic Circle
Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings
McMichael Canadian Collection
The Art of the Eskimo
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
The Contemporary Eskimo Prints and Sculpture
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
The Eskimo Art Collection of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank
The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man
Public Collections
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University
Kingston
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
Fort Worth
Art Gallery of York University
Downsview
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Hull
Glenbow Museum
Calgary
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University
Bristol
Inuit Cultural Institute
Rankin Inlet
London Regional Art Gallery
London
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby
Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection
Toronto
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg
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