2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Award Ceremony

Watch the recording of the 2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Award Ceremony!
Congratulations to visual artist Ningiukulu Teevee! Based in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, the self-taught graphic artist was named winner of the $20,000 prize at a ceremony held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq on September 22, 2023, coinciding with the opening of Gasoline Rainbows, the solo show of 2021 KAMA winner, multidisciplinary artist Tarralik Duffy.
Dr. Heather Igloliorte, President of the Inuit Art Foundation Board of Directors, and Alysa Procida, Inuit Art Foundation Executive Director, co-presented the ceremony, with remarks from Dr. Stephen Borys, WAQ-Qaumajuq Director and CEO, and Rony Gravelines, Royal Bank of Canada Region Director for the North of 60 Division. The event was opened with a ceremonial lighting of the qulliq by Maxine Angoo and a performance by WAG Board Member and throat singer Nikki Komaksiutiksak, who also performed alongside her daughter, Chastity Swan.
This year, thanks to the exceptional support of RBC Emerging Artists, Teevee received $20,000, a solo exhibition in 2025, as well as a dedicated residency, catalogue and acquisition over the next two years.