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Battle Royale Graphic by Inuit Cape Dorset artist Napachie Ashoona

6. Battle Royale

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by Napachie Ashoona

Cape Dorset

Collection release date: October 21, 2023
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Stonecut
Kizuki Kozo Natural paper
(Printer: Napachie Ashoona)

Unframed, Edition 20/50

Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection 2023

(For inquiries on Custom Framing, please contact the gallery)

11 x 18.5" (27.94 x 46.99cm)

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Collection release date: October 21, 2023
Now available for reservation only

Stonecut
Kizuki Kozo Natural paper
(Printer: Napachie Ashoona)

Unframed, Edition 20/50

Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection 2023

(For inquiries on Custom Framing, please contact the gallery)

Dimensions	11 x 18.5" (27.94 x 46.99cm)
Product Number	I-107258
Exhibition Code	CDAPS23
LOC	CP - Print Drawer A - PD11 - CDAPS23


Artist	Napachie Ashoona
Nation	Cape Dorset
Description	Cape Dorset Napachie Ashoona was born on October 10, 1974, in Cape Dorset, Baffin Island. He is a member of one of the most prominent families of Inuit artists in Canada. His Grandmother, Pitseolak Ashoona, was a famous printmaker, and so is his talented mother, Sorosiluto. His father, Kiawak and uncle Kaka ( now deceased ) are two well-known Inuit artists. Other artists in the family include Koomwartok ( now deceased ) and Namonai, and their sister Napatchie, all three sculptors. Kaka’s son, Ohito Ashoona, has become famous for his carvings of Polar Bears, and his son Ottokie has followed the same artistic path. When Napachie was a small child, he used to watch his father carving and occasionally would help him sand or file. With a lot of patience and help from his father, he soon learned how to handle the stone. Undoubtedly, Kiawak had a very strong influence on Napachie, both in style and thematically. Like his father, Napachie enjoys carving the human body in action. With their expressive and very detailed faces, and bodies in full motion, Napachie’s hunters and drum dancers are very reminiscent of Kiawak’s work, and approach the Master’s technical control in representing the volume. Napachie has yet to explore the rich world of Inuit mythological imagery, so present in his father’s work. Napachie carves in the local stone called serpentine. It is very hard metamorphic rock indigenous to Baffin Island, with a structure similar to jade. The colour of the stone varies from light green to brown or even black and like his father, Napachie prefers the darker shades.

Artist

Napachie Ashoona

Nation

Cape Dorset

Description

Cape Dorset

Napachie Ashoona was born on October 10, 1974, in Cape Dorset, Baffin Island. He is a member of one of the most prominent families of Inuit artists in Canada. His Grandmother, Pitseolak Ashoona, was a famous printmaker, and so is his talented mother, Sorosiluto. His father, Kiawak and uncle Kaka ( now deceased ) are two well-known Inuit artists. Other artists in the family include Koomwartok ( now deceased ) and Namonai, and their sister Napatchie, all three sculptors. Kaka’s son, Ohito Ashoona, has become famous for his carvings of Polar Bears, and his son Ottokie has followed the same artistic path.

When Napachie was a small child, he used to watch his father carving and occasionally would help him sand or file. With a lot of patience and help from his father, he soon learned how to handle the stone. Undoubtedly, Kiawak had a very strong influence on Napachie, both in style and thematically.

Like his father, Napachie enjoys carving the human body in action. With their expressive and very detailed faces, and bodies in full motion, Napachie’s hunters and drum dancers are very reminiscent of Kiawak’s work, and approach the Master’s technical control in representing the volume. Napachie has yet to explore the rich world of Inuit mythological imagery, so present in his father’s work.

Napachie carves in the local stone called serpentine. It is very hard metamorphic rock indigenous to Baffin Island, with a structure similar to jade. The colour of the stone varies from light green to brown or even black and like his father, Napachie prefers the darker shades.