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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1969 |
| Died | 2018 |
| Nationality | Canadian Inuit |
| Known for | Graphic arts (pencil crayon) |
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]