Asinnajaq
Asinnajaq is the daughter of Carol Rowan and Jobie Weetaluktuk. She is an urban Inuk from Inukjuak, Nunavik and lives in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Asinnajaq’s art practice spans many mediums from film to performance, video to curation, and much in between. She co-created Tilliraniit, a three-day festival that celebrated Inuit art and artists. Asinnajaq wrote and directed Three Thousand (2017), a short sci-fi documentary. She co-curated Isuma’s presence in the ‘Canadian’ pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. She was longlisted for the 2020 Sobey Art Award. She co-curated INUA, the inaugural exhibition of Qaumajuq, the Inuit art centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Her installation, cradling river piece, is currently on view at Plug In ICA in the exhibition When Veins Meet Like Rivers.