Siassie Kenneally

Siassie Kenneally began drawing in 2004. Known for detailed works imbued with storytelling, her work has been featured in Ashoona: The Third Wave, New Drawings by Shuvinai Ashoona, Siassie Kenneally and Annie Pootoogook (2006) at the Art Gallery of Alberta and Annie Pootoogook: Cutting Ice (2017–18) at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Kenneally is part of an artistic family lineage; she is the daughter of Qaqaq Ashoona and Mayoreak Ashoona, the granddaughter of Pitseolak Ashoona and the cousin of Shuvinai Ashoona and Annie Pootoogook. Born in Iqalugajuk, she now lives and works in Kinngait.