Keeleemeeoomee Samualie

Biography

Keeleemeeoomee Samualie was born on the land on the west coast of Baffin Island, NU. Samualie’s work was featured in several Cape Dorset Annual Print Collections from 1969-1983, and has influenced multiple generations of artists, including her granddaughter, Nicotye Samayualie [1]. Samualie pulled from childhood memories to guide her art practice, filtering her experiences into her work in a playful manner. In Fox and Seal (1978), Samualie’s animals are not drawn with the intention of being true to life but instead are flattened and depth is added into the work through the pattern and texture drawn on each animal’s skin. The resulting works emphasized Samualie's point of view and her own illustrative style, rather than being a naturalistic rendering.



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Keeleemeeoomee Samualie est née sur la côte ouest de l’île de Baffin, au Nunavut. De 1969 à 1983, ses œuvres ont été illustrées dans plusieurs catalogues de la collection annuelle de gravures de Cape Dorset; elle a influencé plusieurs générations d’artistes, y compris sa petite-fille Nicotye Samayualie. Samualie a développé sa pratique artistique à partir de ses souvenirs d’enfance en transférant ses expériences à ses œuvres de façon ludique. Dans « Renard et phoque » (1978), les animaux de Samualie ne sont pas dessinés de façon réaliste; ils sont aplatis et l’artiste a ajouté de la profondeur à l’œuvre par la texture et le motif qu’elle a dessinés sur la peau de chaque animal. Les œuvres qui en ont résulté mettaient l’accent sur le point de vue de l’artiste et son propre style illustratif au lieu d’être une représentation naturaliste.
ᑮᓕᒥᐅᒥ ᓴᒧᐊᓕ ᐃᓅᓂᑯ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ. ᓴᒧᐊᓕ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᑭᓐᖓᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᐊᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ 1969-ᒥᑦ 1983-ᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐅᑎᖃᓲᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖓ, ᓂᑯᑦᑕᐃ ᓵᒪᔪᐊᓕ. ᓴᒧᐊᓕ ᐱᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᔾᔪᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐃᖃᐅᒪᔭᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᕆᐅᖅᓴᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᑐᓕᐊᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ. Fox and Seal (ᑎᕆᖓᓂᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᑦᑎᖅ) (1978), ᓴᒧᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓕᐊᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᓱᓕᔪ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᓵᑦᑑᑎᓪᖢᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᒥᖃᓪᓚᑖᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐋᕿᒍᑎᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᓴᕿᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᒧᐊᓕ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒋᓇᓱᒃᑕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕈᓯᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᓪᓚᑖᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᕿᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕆᓪᓗᓂ.

Artist Work

About Keeleemeeoomee Samualie

Medium:

Graphic Arts, Textile

Artistic Community:

Kinngait, Nunavut, Inuit Nunangat

Date of Birth:

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31 July 1919

Date of Death:

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1983

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November 15, 2017 Created By: Lera Kotsyuba