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Ashevak Adla
(1977 – ) | Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Ashevak Adla was born on February 22nd, 1977 in Iqaluit and returned home to Cape Dorset.
Adla comes from a family of carvers.
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His maternal grandfather Aoudla (Audla) Pee is well known for revealing the spiritual qualities of bears through his carvings of stone. His grandmother, Nurluapik Pee was a sculptor and craftswoman. His paternal grandfather Kalai Adla and his wife Tai carved stone and did drawings.
His brother Etidloi Adla is a carver as well as his cousin Tim Pee.
A young Ashevak would watch his grandfather Aoudla Pee carve Arctic creatures out of stone. When Adla was eleven or twelve years old, he started working with carving tools.
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His first carvings were simple sculptures and his first piece was a beluga. He started carving because he wanted to provide an income for himself. His knowledge of the art form came from observing respected artists and carving his own pieces.
As a teenager, Ashevak learned