Siassie Kenneally

Inuk artist (1969–2018)

Born(1969-05-29)May 29, 1969

Iqalugajuk

Died2018(2018-00-00) (aged 48–49)

KnownforGraphic arts (pencil crayon)

Siassie Kenneally
Born	(1969-05-29)May 29, 1969 Iqalugajuk
Died	2018(2018-00-00) (aged 48–49)
Known for	Graphic 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]

Siassie Kenneally was born on 29 May 1969 in Iqalugajuk, a traditional camp on the South Baffin coast of Nunavut.^[4]

Kenneally comes from a family of artists, her mother Mayureak Ashoona was a celebrated print maker and her father, Qaqaq Ashoona, noted carver.^[5] She was the granddaughter of artists Sheouak Petaulassie and Pitseolak Ashoona, and cousins to Shuvinai Ashoona and Annie Pootoogook.^[6]

Career

Kenneally began to draw 2004 while in the Kinngait Co-operative.^[7] She specialised in color pencil works.^[8]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada^[9] and the Dennos Museum.^[10] In 2017, her work had a solo exhibition at Feheley Fine Arts titled "All the Things That I Have Seen".^[1]^[3] The work was created very soon after her son's suicide.^[11]

Kenneally died in 2018.^[1]^[12]

References

1 2 3 Foundation, Inuit Art. "Siassie Kenneally | IAQ Profiles". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
↑ 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.
1 2 IAQ. "Remembering Siassie Kenneally". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
↑ "Imago Mundi Collection". imagomundicollection.org. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
↑ Inuit Art Foundation (2018-08-20). Siassie Kenneally. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via YouTube.
↑ "Siasse Kenneally: All the Things That I Have Seen". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
↑ Campbell, Nancy G. (2020). Annie Pootoogook : life & work (PDF). Art Canada Institute. p. 82. ISBN 9781487102371.
↑ "Artist of the moment……Siassie Kenneally". Diattaart Blog. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
↑ "Siassie Kenneally".
↑ "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)
↑ Kenneally, Patricia Feheley and Siassie. "One Drawing that Encompasses a Life". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
↑ "The Glossary of Canadian Art History". Art Canada Institute - Institut de l’art canadien. Retrieved 2025-01-05.

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