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The 2024 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection is NOW OPEN to view and reserve!
The 2024 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection is NOW OPEN to view and reserve!
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12. Squeak

12. Squeak

by Saimaiyu Akesuk
$500.00 - $500.00
$500.00
$500.00 - $500.00
$500.00
Edition: 1 R

2024 CAPE DORSET Annual Print Collection

Official release date for sale, Saturday October 19, 2024
To inquire, contact 416.921.1721 or shop@craftontario.com

Lithograph
Printer: Niveaksie Quvianaqtuliaq
40.5 x 58.4 cm

Saimaiyu Akesuk  ᓴᐃᒻᒪᐃᔪ ᐊᑭᒃ

"When I went down to the litho shop to sell my first drawing, I was very nervous wondering whether they would buy it or not. My first drawing was an image of my late grandfather’s (Latchaolassie) carving of a bird. I was so proud to get paid for that drawing and it inspired me to do more drawings."

Saimaiyu Akesuk was born on April 28, 1988 in Iqaluit but she has lived in Cape Dorset her whole life. Her parents are Lau Akesuk and Olayuk Akesuk who was one of the first Members of the Legislative Assembly in Nunavut. Saimaiyu was inspired to start drawing by Ningiukulu Teevee while they were taking a class together at the Nunavut Teaching Education Program. Saimaiyu’s confident drawings of birds and bears are characterized by her bold and dynamic simplicity rendered with soft tenderness and quite often a touch of whimsy.