Ohito Ashoona Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1952 -

OHITO ASHOONA (OKITUK; OHIKTO; OQUITUK; OQITUK)
Born: December 11, 1952 Male E7-1304
Resides: Cape Dorset
Sculpture
Ohito is the son of Cape Dorset carver Kaka Ashoona, and the nephew of
Kiawak Ashoona.

EXHIBITIONS:
September 1981 The Year of the Bear
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
March - April 1982 Songs in Stone
The Arctic Circle
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
March 1988 Arctic Forms - Inuit Sculpture
Arctic Inuit Art Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
January 1989 Cold Stones, Warm Hearts: Inuit Art
from the Northwest Territories
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
Dec 1990 - Jan 1991 A Family Tradition: Inuit Art
from Canada's Arctic
Presented by Arctic Inuit Art at the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
Nov - Dec 1994 Small Sculptures by Great Artists III
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
May - July 1995 Tundra & Ice: Exceptional Sculpture from Canada
Orca Aart Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
July 1995 Sunakutagnuvalautut:
Things from the Past
Feheley Fine Art
Toronto, Ontario

March - April 1996 Major/Minor
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
February 1989 Ohito Ashoona
Eskimo Art Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
February 1990 Ohito Ashoona
Eskimo Art Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
May 1995 Ohito Ashoona
Gallery Indigena
Stratford, Ontario
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS:
1989 Attended the opening of his solo exhibition at the Eskimo Art Gallery in
Toronto.
1989 Received a Division Award at the Scottsdale Fine Arts and Crafts Show in
Scottsdale, Arizona.
1990 Travelled to Toronto to demonstrate soapstone carving at the annual winter
festival.