Kenojuak Ashevak: Six-Part Harmony 500-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Kenojuak Ashevak (Canadian, Inuit, 1927–2013) Six-Part Harmony, 2011 Kenojuak Ashevak was a matriarch of modern Inuit art. She was an innovative artist with an intuitive sense of composition and a deep appreciation for birds and animals of the Arctic North. Six-Part Harmony, featured on this 500-piece puzzle, showcases her instinct for depicting the interconnectedness of all living things.

Kenojuak Ashevak

Kenojuak Ashevak (Canadian, Inuit, 1927–2013) was a groundbreaking artist for Kinngait Studios, in the territory of Nunavut, and ultimately a pioneer of modern Inuit art. Raised on the land in an isolated Arctic community, she went on to break artistic gender barriers, set sales records, and navigate profound social change. Throughout her career she created complex, rich images with intertwining, overlapping, and flowing forms. She had an intuitive sense of composition and an instinct for depicting the interconnectedness of all living things. After establishing her reputation in 1960 with The Enchanted Owl—an image so popular it was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp—she worked nearly nonstop. She contributed to Cape Dorset’s print collection almost every year and completed countless special commissions. Ashevak is widely considered a Canadian national treasure.