22. Spiritual Owl - 2026 CAPE DORSET Annual Print Collection
2026 CAPE DORSET Annual Print Collection
Official release date for sale, Saturday October 17, 2026
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OOLOOSIE SAILA
Spiritual Owl
Lithograph
Paper: BFK Rives Tan
Printer: Niveaksie Quvianaqtuliaq
42.8 x 58.3 cm
Dorset ID # 26-22
Ooloosie Saila ᐅᓘᓯ ᓴᐃᓚ 1991-
Ooloosie Saila 1991- as a child, was inspired to draw through occasional visits to the home of Kenojuak Ashevak. At age 14 she won first prize at her high school drawing contest. She began selling her drawings to the Co-op in 2015 and continues to explore many diverse themes and ideas in her work.
Dorset Fine Arts was established in Toronto in 1978 as the wholesale marketing division of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. The Co-operative is in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut and is unique among the Arctic Co-operatives for its focus on the arts and artists of the community. Dorset Fine Arts was established to develop and serve the market for Inuit fine art produced by the artist members of the Co-operative.