Following her shortlist nomination for the 2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award, multidisciplinary artist Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona, from Ottawa, ON, sat down with Taqralik Partridge in June 2023 for a conversation about her eclectic experiences as an emerging artist and how she came to develop her creative practice.

Check out the video to learn about Kabloona’s experience working with multiple national and international companies, connecting with her grandmother and great grandmother’s work, and retelling traditional stories through her own vision.

Read more about the other shortlisted artists.

The Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award is made possible through the support of individual donors and RBC Emerging Artists.