Lot #30: INDIGENOUS ARTWORK (painting on canvas board) - "Loon Family" by Goyce Kakegamic 1982 (unframed)

A small collection of unframed Indigenous artworks, from a Brockville collector of 50+ years. ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: Goyce Kakegamic is a prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, educator and community leader. Kakegamic was born at the Sandy Lake Indian Reserve, Ontario. He began painting as a teenager, influenced by his Ojibwe brother-in-law Norval Morrisseau and Cree artist Carl Ray. Screenprinting would play a major part in Kakegamic’s career. He learned the craft of screenprinting at the Open Studio in Toronto; inspired by Daphne Odjig’s Indian Prints of Canada. Goyce, and his brothers Joshim and Henry, established the Triple K Cooperative printing company in 1973, based in Red Lake, Ontario. Triple K enabled indigenous artists (including Norval Morrisseau, Saul Williams, Barry and Paddy Peters) to present their work in an unfiltered, independent, and unique way. Triple K Cooperative existed for ten years and became the largest and most successful Indigenous economic development initiative in Northwestern Ontario. Many of the artists went on to have their work exhibited and acquired by prominent art galleries and museums both nationally and globally. Dimensions: 7" x 9" Pickup category timeslot {A}