Siassie Kenneally
Born
May 19, 1969
Died2018
NationalityCanadian Inuit
Known forGraphic arts (pencil crayon)

Siassie Kenneally (29 May 1969 – 2018) was an Inuk artist based in Cape Dorset (Kinngait), Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).[1][2] Kenneally was known for her pencil-crayon drawings depicting traditional Inuit lifestyles.[3]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada[4] and the Dennos Museum.[5] In 2017, her work had a solo exhibition at Feheley Fine Arts titled “All the Things That I Have Seen”.[1][3]

Biography

Kenneally comes from a family of artists, her mother Mayureak Ashoona was a celebrated print maker and her father, Qaqaq Ashoona, noted carver. She was the granddaughter of artists Sheouak Petaulassie and Pitseolak Ashoona, and cousins to Shuvinai Ashoona and Annie Pootoogook.[6]

She began to draw 2004 while in the Kinngait Co-operative.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Foundation, Inuit Art. "Siassie Kenneally | IAQ Profiles". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. ↑ Randolph Leigh, Patricia (2010-10-31). International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives. IGI Global. ISBN 9781615207947.
  3. 1 2 IAQ. "Remembering Siassie Kenneally". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Siassie Kenneally".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2019-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Siasse Kenneally: All the Things That I Have Seen". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  7. ↑ Campbell, Nancy G. (2020). Annie Pootoogook : life & work (PDF). Art Canada Institute. p. 82. ISBN 9781487102371.


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